The State Fair History exhibit never gets old (pun intended).
Category: Blue ribbon exhibits (Page 7 of 9)
Handcrafted items in the wool center show off fibers sheared from New York sheep.
The Youth Building is full of amazing projects exhibited by 4-H kids, like this robotic ball launcher.
The exotic Pan African Village always has rare finds on sale.
The Christmas Tree Growers always deck the Fair with some fine specimens. If yours looks as good as these, you’re doing great.
Pass the veggies–Happy Thanksgiving.
This tiny rowboat floated through the Fair on the rippling water of the reflecting pool.
The replica 1876 log cabin inside the Agriculture Museum is worth an annual visit. The antique furniture, cooking hearth, loft and rope bed offer a colorful glimpse of rustic life before plumbing, electricity and furnaces came along.
In spite of State Fair Hound’s previously-expressed reservations about the use of wild animals for performances, there’s no denying the popularity of the Sea Lion Splash among Fairgoers. The charismatic mammals have become a perennial favorite, drawing crowds of fans to their pool to see them swim, strut and bark for fish. They’re plenty photogenic, too.
With so much focus on what was new at the 2016 New York State Fair, there probably wasn’t enough praise for traditional favorites. 
Once again this year, the Horticulture Building proved that it’s not only a glorious, historic structure, it also houses displays of beauty and excellence as well as vendors stocked with New York’s finest products.
While the potato booth was in a new spot, the maple and honey exhibits were changed and the Fair’s first kosher food stand moved in, 
the Hort remains an anchor of the grounds and a reliable top performers when it comes to flowers and vegetable shows, educational displays on products grown and produced in the Empire State and unusual spots for dining or relaxing.
The popular butterfly 
tent was refreshed as some exotic foreign breeds were imported.