Come join us at the Agricultural Heritage Museum at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 27, for a look at the winning National History Day project documenting the impact of Dr. Walter Freeman's lobotomy on modern day brain treatment.  Three ninth-grade students from Brookings High School, Molly Scarbrough, Jackie Meyer, and Jenna Scarbrough, will travel to Washington, D.C.., to present their winning documentary at the Kenneth Behring National History Day Contest in June.  At the Ag Museum program, they will show their documentary and answer questions about the process they went through to develop the award-winning project. They will also explain why they chose to do research and learn more about how the lobotomy advanced treatment for people who suffered from mental illnesses.
National History Day is an exciting way to study history and learn about issues, ideas, people and events. Learning the skills and techniques of a historian, students research and develop a project according to the parameters of the theme and rules of the NHD program.  The South Dakota History Day program has been in existence for 30 years.  The Agricultural Heritage Museum and the South Dakota Humanities Council have sponsored it for the past two years, with the state contest held on the campus of SDSU.  Please come and learn more about South Dakota History Day and see how students research and develop their projects to compete at the district, state, and national competition.

        

Come join us at the Agricultural Heritage Museum at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 27, for a look at the winning National History Day project documenting the impact of Dr. Walter Freeman's lobotomy on modern day brain treatment. 
Three ninth-grade students from Brookings High School, Molly Scarbrough, Jackie Meyer, and Jenna Scarbrough, will travel to Washington, D.C., to present their winning documentary at the Kenneth Behring National History Day Contest in June.  At the Ag Museum program, they will show their documentary and answer questions about the process they went through to develop the award-winning project. They will also explain why they chose to do research and learn more about how the lobotomy advanced treatment for people who suffered from mental illnesses.
National History Day is an exciting way to study history and learn about issues, ideas, people and events. Learning the skills and techniques of a historian, students research and develop a project according to the parameters of the theme and rules of the NHD program.  The South Dakota History Day program has been in existence for 30 years.  The South Dakota State Agricultural Heritage Museum and the South Dakota Humanities Council have sponsored it for the past two years, with the state contest held on the campus of SDSU.  Please come and learn more about South Dakota History Day and see how students research and develop their projects to compete at the district, state, and national competition.

        

May is always a busy month at the museum.
We have lot of schools from the surrounding area visit the museum.
We call it LOTS-O-KIDS month.

The museum will have students visiting from Arlington, Brookings, Duebrook,
Elkton, Garretson, Henry, Howard, Lake Preston, Sioux Falls, Summit,
Watertown, and Colony Schools from Chester & Ward In addition, on May 11, we
will be visited by students that are participating in the SDSU Water
Festival.

May 8-16 is See South Dakota Week
The Agricultural Heritage Museum, along with communities and other
attractions across South Dakota are collaborating with the SD Office of
Tourism to celebrate See South Dakota Week and prepare for the onset of the
summer tourism season. 

To start the season off at the South Dakota State Agricultural Heritage
Museum in Brookings you are invited to an evening of great music.

On Thursday May 13, 2010 at 7:00pm
Plum Crazy
will be performing on the museum grounds.

So bring your blanket or chairs and enjoy an evening of great music and good
company-- If the weather won't cooperate will move the entertainment it
inside the museum.
For additional information contact us at: 605-688-6226 or 1-877-227-0015

And on Thursday May 27, at 7:00pm come to the museum and see a performance
from one of the winning SD National History Day Completion Teams.

        

April 8th at 7:00pm

 

Letters from the Prairie 

Reader's Theater

Bob Kolbe created this readers theater from "kept correspondence" he found at a flea market.  The letters belonged to a graduate of Southern State Teachers College, dating from the late 1890's. These letters give a glimpse into the life of school teachers' lives on the prairie of central South Dakota from 1900-1915.  Images from the period are paired with 3 women's voices in this short production.

 

On Friday April 9, 2010 the museum will have a booth at the 28th Annual Festival of Cultures.  The Festival is on Friday, April 9, 2010 from 9a.m. to 3p.m. in the SDSU Frost Arena. 

Admission is $2 per person and Free to SDSU students with ID. 

This cultural event continues to be an educational celebration of diversity with the Brookings community, State of South Dakota, and surrounding areas.

Come enjoy this whole day of events by sharing diverse languages, performances, arts, activities and games, international poster presentations, and international cuisine in a cultural fair setting.

Stop by the museum's booth and say hi!

 

        

 

This week at the South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum we will be closed on Friday April 2nd to observe Good Friday.  We will be open on Saturday April 3rd from 10:00am - 5:00pm and closed on Sunday April 4th. Starting on April 11th we will be open on Sundays, from 1:00pm - 5:00pm, throughout the summer and fall. We are also open every Thursday until 8:00pm.

 

We hope you will stop by for a visit this spring and keep checking back to our website for upcoming events.  We have two great programs coming in April. 

 

April 8th at 7:00pm

Letters from the Prairie 

   Reader's Theater

Bob Kolbe created this readers theater from "kept correspondence" he found at a flea market.  The letters belonged to a graduate of Southern State Teachers College, dating from the late 1890's. These letters give a glimpse into the life of school teachers' lives on the prairie of central South Dakota from 1900-1915.  Images from the period are paired with 3 women's voices in this short production.

 

April 17th at 4:00pm

Author Talk & Book Signing

"The Murdered Family",

By Vernon Keel

A Must Read Murder Mystery...Based on a True Story when seven members of a North Dakota farm family and their hired boy are brutally murdered in April 1920 during an intense statewide election campaign, eager investigators encouraged by nervous politicians get a signed confession from a man who argues immediately that he was forced to sign it.

 

Two very interesting programs, so come on by!

        

On March 4, at 7 pm, David Allen Evans will be at the Agricultural Heritage
Museum doing a poetry reading from his new book This Water, These Rocks. Mr.
Evans is a professor/Writer in Residence at SDSU and is the South Dakota
Poet Laureate. After the poetry reading he will be signing books.  His book
will be available in the Museum Shop. The SD Humanities Council Speakers
Bureau is sponsor of this program.

        

Be sure and stop by the Museum Gift Shop for last minute purchases of a
vintage Valentine and a delicious box of Watertown Chocolates .


Mac R Harris, Director
SD State Agricultural Heritage Museum
925 11th St.  Box 601
Brookings, SD 57007
605-688-4582
agmuseum.com

        

This Sunday from 1-5pm, the jolly old man, himself, will be at the Ag Heritage Museum. We invite you and the children in your life to visit the museum and enjoy cocoa and decorating cookies with St. Nick. Bring your camera and get some great kodak moments!

St. Nick was renowned for his great kindness and his generous aid to those in distress. Continuing on with this tradition the museum will be collecting the following items for the local food pantry:

Canned meats such as Tuna & Chicken;
boxed stuffing, dinners, cereals, pasta, potatoes
Jars and cans of tomatoe/pizza sauce, vegetables, gravy
Pumpkin, cherry or apple pie filling
bags of cranberries or any other item that would help families make a holiday dinner.

For your generosity, when you stop in this Sunday and drop off your food pantry donation at the museum you will receive a coupon good for 50% off one item in the museum store!

        

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