The South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum offers multiple traveling exhibits for rental. These exhibits are panel exhibits and can be easily set up and placed on display and can be configured in different ways to best fit your needs and space.
The exhibit rental fee is $250 for 8 weeks. Rentals can be picked up in person at the South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum or shipped to your location. The rental cost does not include shipping. Rentals come with installation instructions, a press release and a set of press photographs for publicity purposes.
Rentals Currently Available:
Drowning in Dirt: Joseph Hutton and the Dust Bowl
Joseph Hutton, one of the first soil scientists of South Dakota, brought a new concept to the state that not all soil was the same and that different soils required different farming practices to be sustainable. Since his arrival in 1911, Hutton studied the effects of the farming practices of the day depleted the soil nutrients and caused erosion. He predicted the Dust Bowl 20 years before. For Joseph Hutton, soil became a sacred living entity in which sprang all life. He dreamed of a time when man was akin with nature and not the destroyer of it. He used any form of communication to promote this idea including poetry, radio and public speeches.
Exhibit Information: 28 retractable banners
Gallery Size: 1500 square feet
Rental Duration and Fee: Eight weeks for $250
FarmHer: South Dakota
Since the first seed was planted along banks of the Missouri River, women have played a vital role in agriculture. However, their contributions to agriculture have been under-documented. Even today, the United States has close to a million female farmers and yet, women are still generally not considered “farmers” in the public’s eye, nor are they represented in the image of agriculture. This exhibit showcases 14 South Dakota women farmers and ranchers.
Exhibit Information: 16 pop-up units (52 panels separated into four square units and 12 triangle units)
Gallery Size: 1500 square feet
Rental Duration and Fee: Eight weeks for $250
Weathering the Storm: Nature’s Impact on South Dakota
South Dakota experiences a wide variety of weather from warm summer days to freezing cold winters. Tornados, blizzards, hail, drought, fire and floods directly affect our communities and agricultural efforts. What causes these weather phenomena? Explore the science behind major weather events and the impacts they have on the South Dakota landscape through satellite imagery.
Exhibit Information: Seven triangle pop-up units (21 panels total)
Gallery Size: 1000 square feet
Rental Duration and Fee: Eight weeks for $250
Through Leland Sudlow’s Lens: 40 Years of Extension Service History
The exhibit is a visual history of the South Dakota Extension Service from the 1950s through the 1980s. Sudlow captured on film the moments that made South Dakota Extension Service an office of people helping people. The exhibit documents the programs offered by Extension and the people they impacted.
Exhibit Information: Six L-shaped units (24 panels total)
Gallery Size: 1200 square feet
Rental Duration and Fee: Eight weeks for $250
For more information, contact Peter Kleinpass.