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Education 鈥 South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum

Throughout the year, the museum offers numerous innovative programs, events, partnerships and educational and engagement initiatives that enhance the museum鈥檚 educational impact in the community. Be sure not to miss out on any of the fun by checking our museum calendar to see what鈥檚 happening around the museum.

Middle and high school students sitting and standing around a yellow National History Day in South Dakota banner. All students are wearing blue shirts. Trees and a building are in the background.

National History Day is a yearlong academic program focused on historical research, interpretation and creative expression for sixth to 12th grade students through project-based learning.
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We offer guided tours of popular campus locations for both youth and adult groups. Each SDSU Explore location has their own limit of how many people they can accept in one tour group.
Educational Program Events

If you have an educational event you wish to host at the museum, please contact the museum by email or at 605-688-6226.

Past Educational Programs
Past Educational Program Examples
  • Make and take Monday 鈥 summer Monday craft series
  • Soap felting
  • Cooking with lamb
  • Knitting, crocheting and other fiber works classes.
  • Learning to dye with ice and plants
  • Caring for family treasures
  • Christmas ornaments
  • Vintage valentines
  • Paper flowers
  • Ornament needle felting
  • World cup: International hot beverage tasting; an event in connection with Brooking鈥檚 Frost Fest
  • 鈥淭he Craft and History of Nalbinding鈥 with speaker Amy Vander Vorste
  • 鈥淏one Dry South Dakota: The Failure of Prohibition in a Rural State,鈥 speaker SDSU Professor Chuck Vollan 鈥 his program was part of a series of programming related to our exhibit, "Barley to Barrel: The Science and History of Brewing in South Dakota"
  • Homebrewing 101 鈥 this program was part of a series of programming related to our exhibit, "Barley to Barrel: The Science and History of Brewing in South Dakota"
  • Cooking With Beer 鈥 this program was part of a series of programming related to our exhibit, "Barley to Barrel: The Science and History of Brewing in South Dakota"
  • 鈥淭astes and Traditions of European Beer鈥 with author of "The Beer Bible," Jeff Alworth 鈥 this program was part of a series of programming related to our exhibit, "Barley to Barrel: The Science and History of Brewing in South Dakota"
  • Do-It-Yourself Soda-Pop Making 鈥 this program was part of a series of programming related to our exhibit, "Barley to Barrel: The Science and History of Brewing in South Dakota"
  • And many many more!
Mordant Process
Dyer's Garden Series: Mordant Process
Plants for Dying
Dyer's Garden Series: Plants for Dying
Unmarried Women in the Homestead Act of 1862
鈥淚ncluding Unmarried Women in the Homestead Act of 1862鈥 with Hannah Haksgaard
No Crossroads with Tom Isern
No Crossroads: Community and the sense of place on the Great Plains with Tom Isern
Rural South Dakota since the 1970s with Chuck Vollan
A state in transition, rural South Dakota since the 1970s with Chuck Vollan
"Proving Her Claim" author talk by CK Van Dam
"Proving Her Claim" author talk by CK Van Dam
"Drowning in Dirt: Joseph Hutton and the Dust Bowl" by Dale Potts
"Drowning in Dirt: Joseph Hutton and the Dust Bowl" by Dale Potts
"The long depression" with Chuck Vollan
 "The long depression: South Dakota's Experiences in the 1920s and 1930s" with Chuck Vollan
Educational Resources
Online Classroom Resources
Make-It Monday
Thinking Thursday
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Contact Us
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South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum
Physical Address
977 11th St.
Brookings, SD 57007
Mailing Address
SAGM 103, Box 601
Brookings, SD 57007
Hours
Mon - Sat: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sun: 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Closed on Sundays January-March
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