… May Make & Take Monday - Bee and Flower Craft Sarah JacobsSarah.Jacobs@sdstate.edu605-688-6226 May. 13, 2024 2:30 PM May. 13, 2024 5:00 PM Event Support South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum … May Make & Take Monday - Bee and Flower Craft …
… National NHD Contest Information We are excited to head back to College Park, MD for the national contest AND to celebrate 50 years of NHD® ! First and second place entries from our state contest advance to the national contest, while third place entries serve as alternates. Here is some more information about the 2024 contest: Date: June 9-13, 2024 Location: University of Maryland, College Park MD Registration Opens: TBD Registration Closes: TBD More information about the contest, how to register, and what to expect can be found at https://nhd.org/en/contest/national-contest/. South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum … We are excited to head back to College Park, MD …
… multi-generational audiences to the importance of agriculture in their everyday lives. Core Values: Integrity We are the stewards of South Dakota’s agricultural history. The community turns to us to preserve their historic treasures and to tell the stories of bygone eras with accuracy and honesty. Service We exist for the public. We serve our patrons … in endeavors that enrich our society. We depend upon the support of the people to succeed and we honor that by serving our patrons to the best of our abilities. Approachability We are open to all. We believe that museums are unique places where people can share existing ideas while learning about new ones. We take a grassroots approach in developing educational … the Stock Judging Pavilion as its new location on the South Dakota State University campus. Built in 1918 and expanded in 1925, the Stock Judging Pavilion was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The pavilion was repaired, restored and renovated as a museum open to the public in 1981. During this time the museum became the official State …
… South Dakota students excel at 2023 National History Day Contest Fifty students from nine South Dakota school districts recently competed in the National History Day Contest, held in College Park, Maryland, June 10-15. The students who participated in the national contest were the top entries from the state contest held April 5 at South Dakota State University in Brookings. The 2023 contest theme was “Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas.” Participants joined more than half a million students globally who completed projects in one of five … Turbiville from Harding County Middle School in Buffalo were awarded the Junior Outstanding Affiliate Award for South Dakota. Their group exhibit was “The Evolution of the Telescope: Opening the Frontier of Space.” • Ethan Johnson, Max Mazela, Abilene McGuire, Chance Smith and Lane Stuwe from Hoven High School showcased their senior group exhibit, “How Barbed Wire …
… 1915 J. I. Case Steam Engine 65 hp The agricultural giant back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was the steam engine. As a typical general-purpose tractor, the Case 65 horsepower steamer was … fuel bunkers and a fully-jacketed (northern) boiler. The museum staff restored the engine between October 1982 and June 1983. The restoration has been ranked by the J. I. Case Company as one of the three finest restorations in the country. Photos of moving the 1915 Case Steam Traction Engine into the museum in 1982. South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum … "Image of the 1915 J. I. Case Steam Engine 65 hp inside the Ag Museum." The agricultural giant back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was the steam engine. As a typical …
… Thinking Thursday Are you looking for an agriculturally-related activity to do with your children, students, or day care kids? Check out our Thinking Thursday series from the South Dakota Agricultural Heritage … find step by step instructions along with a video tutorial for each week. Apr. 16, 2020: FARMO (farm version of BINGO) Apr. 23, 2020: Garden Gloves Apr. 30, 2020: CD Case Root Viewers May 7, 2020: Greenhouse Experiment May 14, 2020: Edible Soil Profiles May 21, 2020: Soil Experiment Part 1 - Experiment May 28, 2020: Soil Experiment Part 2 - Results Jun. 4, 2020: …
… Make-It Monday Are you looking for an agriculturally-related craft to do with your children, students, or day care kids? Check out our Make-It Monday series from the South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum! … Click on the links below to find step by step instructions along with a video tutorial for each week. April 6, 2020: Handprint Farm Animals April 20, 2020: Clothespin Flower Magnets April 27, 2020: Garden Markers May 4, 2020: Farm Discovery Game May 11, 2020: Floral Windsocks May 18, 2020: Farm Animal Finger Puppets June 1, 2020: Pig Tail Matching Game June 8, 2020: Stamped Market Tote June 15, …
… How to Donate Artifacts to the Museum If you are thinking about donating to the SD Agricultural Heritage Museum artifact collection, here are a few things to consider: Be sure that no one in your family would like the items you are considering donating. It is better to keep heirlooms within the family and avoid any conflict that may arise from someone being unaware of the donation or intent to donate. Please discuss potential donations with your children, grandchildren, siblings, cousins or other people who have an interest in the items. If items are to come to the Museum after your death, make a clear and direct statement to that effect in your will or estate dispersal instructions. Contact the SD Agricultural Heritage Museum. …
… FarmHer: South Dakota FarmHer: South Dakota, an exhibit celebrating South Dakota women farmers of the past and present, opened on April 20, 2019. It is a traveling exhibit produced by the South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum and FarmHer, Inc. … LeBeaux, and Vicki Hebb interviewed women across the state. The team selected ten women to be photographed by Ali Leuty of FarmHer, Inc. The women selected represent the diversity of commodities, ethnicity, size of operation and ages of women farmers/ranchers in South Dakota. This exhibit was open May 15, 2019 - February 8, 2020. An opening reception was held on …
… Museum 1884: Professor W.H. Orcutt appointed chairman of the museum at South Dakota Agricultural College and Mechanical Arts. It started as a zoological collection and grew to encompass the college history. 1958: Victor M. Dalthorp bequests South Dakota State College his collection of 2,000 pioneer, war and agricultural items. 1967: SDSU President Hilton Briggs asks Ralph E. Johnston to gather the collections of “museum related items” for a museum to be known as the “Museum and Heritages Center”. 1968: The museum opens in the lower level of Wenona Hall. Prior to 1968 the museum was in several different locations including the Botany building and old South (Extension). 1972: Henry DeLong was … as director. 2006: Mac Harris was hired as a new director. 2011: Mac Harris retired. 2014: Gwen McCausland hired as new director. South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum … "Image of museum interior. Tables and chairs on left. Shelves with artifacts on right." … 1884: … Professor W.H. Orcutt appointed chairman of the museum at South Dakota Agricultural …