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

Bonner Springs, Kansas

Bonner Springs is a river city in Johnson, Leavenworth, and Wyandotte counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a suburb in the Kansas City, Missouri Metropolitan Area. The vast majority of the city, which lies in Wyandotte County, is part of the "Unified Government" which contains Kansas City,...

 was chosen.

It is located East of K-7 and just South of State Avenue (US-24, near 126th Street) next to Sandstone Amphitheater

Sandstone Amphitheater

Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone is an open-air amphitheater in Bonner Springs, Kansas, near the Village West development...

 and the grounds for the Kansas City Renaissance Festival.

The group holds a congressional charter

Congressional charter

A congressional charter is a law passed by the United States Congress that states the mission, authority and activities of a group. Congress issued federal charters from 1791 until 1992 under Title 36 of the United States Code....

 under Title 36 of the United States Code

Title 36 of the United States Code

Title 36 of the United States Code outlines the role of Patriotic Societies and Observances in the United States Code.*Subtitle I—Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies*Subtitle II—Patriotic and National Organizations...

 (issued in 1960).

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 20400 square feet (1,895.2 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
• 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
  Agritourism
  Agritourism, as it is defined most broadly, involves any agriculturally-based operation or activity that brings visitors to a farm or ranch. Agritourism has different definitions in different parts of the world, and sometimes refers specifically to farm stays, as in Italy...
  
  
• Biogeography
  Biogeography
  Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species , organisms, and ecosystems in space and through geological time. Organisms and biological communities vary in a highly regular fashion along geographic gradients of latitude, elevation, isolation and habitat area...
  
  
• Freedom's Frontier
  Bleeding Kansas
  Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas or the Border War, was a series of violent events, involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements, that took place in the Kansas Territory and the western frontier towns of the U.S. state of Missouri roughly between 1854 and 1858...
  
  , NE Kansas National Heritage Area
• Freedom's Frontier Heritage Area, at Fort Leavenworth's Frontier Army Museum
• Fort Scott National Historic Site
  Fort Scott National Historic Site
  Fort Scott National Historic Site is a historical area under the control of the United States National Park Service in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States. Named after Mexican-American War General Winfield Scott, during the middle of the 19th century it served as a military base for army action...
  
  , Frontier Military Road destination
• Kansas Sampler
  Kansas Sampler
  -Kansas Sampler Foundation:The Kansas Sampler Foundation is a public non-profit 501 organization. The Foundation is located at the Kansas Sampler Center near Inman, Kansas...
  
  , shares savvy insights on rural community character
• MOVES Institute - "California Road
  California Trail
  The California Trail was an emigrant trail of about across the western half of the North American continent from Missouri River towns to what is now the state of California...
  
  " Eco-History Trails virtual tourism
• Oregon-California Trails Association
  Oregon-California Trails Association
  The Oregon-California Trails Association is an interdisciplinary organization based at Independence, Missouri, United States. OCTA is dedicated to the preservation and protection of overland emigrant trails and the emigrant experience....
  
  , Westward emigration trails & tales
• Tamegonit Lodge at Theodore Naish Scout Reservation

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