Museum Collections

Scope of the Collection

The South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum’s collection contains three-dimensional objects including tractors and implements, household furnishings, architectural features, clothing and other textiles, small tools relating to animal husbandry and crop production, toys and books. Two-dimensional archival collections include maps and atlases, prints from "Harper’s Weekly" and "Leslies’ Illustrated," agricultural magazines and encyclopedia, the Beckman Archive - tractor and machinery manuals and the Photograph and Postcard Archive. The museum’s collection also includes a collection of ºù«Ӱҵ related material.

Storage Collection showing Gas engines

There is a lot of information available to individuals who wish to learn how to care for their own antiques and heirlooms. You can find helpful resources on our website.
Collections Care Student Worker

If you are thinking about donating to the South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum artifact collection, check out information and the process how to do so.
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Large Artifact Collection

The South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum large artifact collection includes restored machinery and pieces in their original condition. From rare artifacts such as the Dakota Tractor to large clover hullers and the beautifully restored Case 65 hp steam engine, the large pieces help tell the story of South Dakota Agriculture.

Large Artifact Collection
Aerial view of Eugene Beckman and Sons Implement, Brookings, South Dakota
Beckman Archive

The Eugene Beckman Archive is a collection of original sales brochures, operators manuals, parts lists and sales premiums. Items in the collection date from the 1880s through the early 1960s.
Rammed Earth Building
Rammed Earth

This collection contains both South Dakota State College and U.S. Government publications and information pertaining to rammed earth buildings.