National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame facts for kids
The Hall in 2009
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| Location | 630 Hall of Fame Drive Bonner Springs, KS 66012 United States |
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| Type | Ag Museum |
| Visitors | 20,000 / year |
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:
- Gallery of Rural Art
- National Agricultural Hall of Fame
- Hall of Rural Living
- National Farm Broadcasters Hall of Fame
- Rural Electric Conference Theater
- National Farmer's Memorial
- National Poultry Museum
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:
- 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
