National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame
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{{Infobox museum
|name = National Agricultural Center
and Hall of Fame
|image = Ag-hall-bonner.jpg
|caption = The Hall in 2009
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|coordinates = {{coord|39.1099|N|94.872571|W|format=dms|type:landmark_region:US-KS|display=inline,title}}
|established =
|location = 630 Hall of Fame Drive
Bonner Springs, KS 66012
United States
|type = Ag Museum
|collection =
|visitors = 20,000 / year
|president =
|website = [http://aghalloffame.com/ 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 one mile (1.6 km) west of the Kansas Speedway.
Components
=Main Building=
The Main Building built in 1963-64 includes:[http://www.aghalloffame.com/museum.aspx Museum Tour] webpage. National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame website.
- Gallery of Rural Art
- National Agricultural Hall of Fame[http://aghalloffame.com/hall.aspx National Agricultural Hall of Fame] webpage. National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame website.
- Hall of Rural Living
- National Farm Broadcasters Hall of Fame
- Rural Electric Conference Theater
- National Farmer's Memorial
- National Poultry Museum[http://aghalloffame.com/news2.aspx National Poultry Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917031621/http://aghalloffame.com/news2.aspx |date=2010-09-17 }} webpage. National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame website.
=Museum of Farming=
The {{convert|20400|sqft|m2|adj=on}} 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:
- 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
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External links
- [http://aghalloffame.com/ National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame], official website
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Category:Halls of fame in Kansas
Category:Agriculture museums in the United States
Category:History museums in Kansas
Category:Open-air museums in Kansas
Category:Museums in Wyandotte County, Kansas
Category:Museums established in 1960
Category:1960 establishments in the United States
Category:Agricultural organizations based in the United States
Category:Patriotic and national organizations chartered by the United States Congress