National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame
 The Hall in 2009 | |
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| Location | 630 Hall of Fame Drive Bonner Springs, KS 66012 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°06′36″N 94°52′21″W / 39.1099°N 94.872571°WCoordinates: 39°06′36″N 94°52′21″W / 39.1099°N 94.872571°W |
| Type | Ag Museum |
| Visitors | 20,000 / year |
| Website | aghalloffame.com |
The National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame is a museum and educational facility in Bonner Springs, Kansas, United States. The group holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code (issued in 1960). It is located east of K-7 and south of State Avenue (US-24, near 126th Street) next to the Sandstone Amphitheater and Kansas City Renaissance Festival. It is north of the Kansas Turnpike "Bonner Springs" exit, and about 1 miles west of the Kansas Speedway.
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
- School House
- 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
- Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area
- Fort Scott National Historic Site, Frontier Military Road destination
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 Archived 2010-09-17 at the Wayback Machine webpage. National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame website.
External links[]
- National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame, official website
- Science and technology halls of fame
- Halls of fame in Kansas
- Agriculture museums in the United States
- History museums in Kansas
- Open-air museums in Kansas
- Museums in Wyandotte County, Kansas
- Museums established in 1960
- 1960 establishments in the United States
- Agricultural organizations based in the United States
- Patriotic and national organizations chartered by the United States Congress