- National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame
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The Hall in 2009
The National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame was issued a rare federal charter by the US Congress in 1960 to serve as the national museum of agriculture and a memorial to industry leaders. A site in Bonner Springs, Kansas was chosen.
It is located East of K-7 and just South of State Avenue (US-24, near 126th Street) next to Sandstone Amphitheater and the grounds for the Kansas City Renaissance Festival.
The group holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code (issued in 1960).
Contents
Components
Main Building
The Main Building built in 1963-64 includes:[1]
- Gallery of Rural Art
- National Agricultural Hall of Fame[2]
- Hall of Rural Living
- National Farm Broadcasters Hall of Fame
- Rural Electric Conference Theater
- National Farmer's Memorial
- National Poultry Museum[3]
Museum of Farming
The 20,400-square-foot (1,900 m2) building opened in 1967. Much of the museum's 30,000 artifacts, including an extensive collection of farm implements, are housed there.
Farm Town, U.S.A.
This recreation a rural village which opened in 1968 includes:[1]
- Blacksmith Shop
- General Store
- Poultry Hatchery
- Railroad Depot
- Union Pacific Caboose
- Operational narrow-gauge train
- Farm House
- Farm Shed
- Chicken Coop
- Eight-sided Wooden Silo
- 75-seat outdoor Pavilion
- Smith Event Barn
See also
- Agricultural Research Service Science Hall of Fame
- Agritourism
- Biogeography
- Freedom's Frontier, NE Kansas National Heritage Area
- Freedom's Frontier Heritage Area, at Fort Leavenworth's Frontier Army Museum
- Fort Scott National Historic Site, Frontier Military Road destination
- Kansas Sampler, shares savvy insights on rural community character
- MOVES Institute - "California Road" Eco-History Trails virtual tourism
- Oregon-California Trails Association, Westward emigration trails & tales
- Tamegonit Lodge at Theodore Naish Scout Reservation
References
- ^ a b Museum Tour webpage. National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame website.
- ^ National Agricultural Hall of Fame webpage. National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame website.
- ^ National Poultry Museum webpage. National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame website.
External links
- National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame official website
- National Agricultural Hall of Fame webpage. National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame website.
- Glacial Hills Scenic Byway, north along K-7 Corridor
- Freedom's Frontier, announces national heritage area designation
- Kansas Territory: Frontier Military Scenic Byway, south along K-7 Corridor
- Pathfinder: Eco-History Trails-n-Tales at Theodore Naish Scout Reservation
Coordinates: 39°06′36″N 94°52′21″W / 39.1099°N 94.872571°W
Categories:- Science and technology halls of fame
- Halls of fame in Kansas
- National halls of fame in the United States
- Agriculture museums in the United States
- History museums in Kansas
- Open air museums in Kansas
- American national museums in Kansas
- Museums in Wyandotte County, Kansas
- Museums established in 1960
- Kansas building and structure stubs
- United States museum stubs
- Agriculture stubs
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