Minnesota's Machinery Museum

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Minnesota's Machinery Museum
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Minnesota's Machinery Museum
Established1980
Location100 North First Street, Hanley Falls, Minnesota, US
Coordinates 44°41′30.63″N95°37′10.23″W / 44.6918417°N 95.6195083°W / 44.6918417; -95.6195083

Minnesota's Machinery Museum is an agricultural museum in Hanley Falls, Minnesota, United States.

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The museum contains Minnesota's largest collection of agricultural exhibits and equipment. [1]

History

The museum is located in the former Hanley Falls School, erected in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration. [2] [3] The school closed in 1978, and the building was purchased by the county and donated to Hanley Falls for a museum, which opened in 1980. [2] [3]

Exhibits

The museum features five buildings on a 6-acre (2.4 ha) site. [2] Exhibits include tractors and gas engines, tools, rural art, farm implements, a general store, vintage automobiles, railroad memorabilia, quilts, horse equipment, and a blacksmith shop. [2] [3] [4]

The museum hosts an annual threshing show, which features a tractor pull, antique tractor parades, and demonstrations of baling straw and threshing oats. [5]

A picnic area, campground, and gift shop are located at the museum. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Minnesota's Machinery Museum" (PDF). Minnesota's Machinery Museum. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Minnesota's Machinery Museum". Yellow Medicine County. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Des Garennes, Christine (2002). Great Little Museums of the Midwest. Trails Books. pp. 77–79.
  4. ↑ "Minnesota's Machinery Museum". Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
  5. ↑ Gau, Deb (August 4, 2025). "Keeping traditions alive". Marshall Independent.
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