National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame

The National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame is a museum and educational facility in Bonner Springs, Kansas, holding a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code (issued 1960).¹ It sits east of K-7 and south of State Avenue (US-24), next to Azura / Sandstone Amphitheater and the Kansas City Renaissance Festival, west of the Kansas Speedway.¹

Overview

Address	630 Hall of Fame Drive, Bonner Springs, KS 660121
Charter	U.S. congressional charter, 1960 (Title 36)1
Main Building	Built 1963–64 (includes National Poultry Museum among components)1
Museum of Farming	20,400 sq ft building opened 1967; much of ~30,000 artifacts / farm implements1
Farm Town, U.S.A.	Rural village recreation opened 1968 (blacksmith, school house, general store, etc.)1

Components

The campus includes a Main Building (1963–64), the Museum of Farming (1967), and Farm Town, U.S.A. (1968), a reconstructed rural village with blacksmith shop, school house, and general store among other structures.¹

Sources

See also

• bonner-springs-ks
• azura-amphitheater
• kc-renaissance-festival
• Wiki

Footnotes

1. Wikipedia — “National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame.” — asserts: Bonner Springs museum; Title 36 congressional charter 1960; location relative to K-7, US-24, Sandstone Amphitheater, RenFest, Kansas Turnpike, Kansas Speedway; Main Building 1963–64; Museum of Farming 20,400 sq ft opened 1967; ~30,000 artifacts; Farm Town U.S.A. opened 1968; address 630 Hall of Fame Drive; National Poultry Museum component. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸