If you are into collecting Antique farm bells, wagons or tractors, it's a lot of fun to go to farm Museums and country tractor shows.

They are really fun and are a great way to spend a family day that will be remembered and appreciated.

I remember playing on old tractors as a kid, in my home town over 40 years ago! Playing farmer with my two wild brothers, on old ramshackled tractors is a memory I still delight in.

Who knows? Maybe that is what hooked me into the Antique Farm passion?

What is really amazing though is that you can find ancient relics at these shows often in Top running shape. Did you know you can still order parts for some of these living history machines?

To share in the fun, here is a list of some of the best Farm Museums out there. Here is a list of Farm Museums by Area:

(Please note: There are a lot of them so I will present the huge list via several articles).

Alaska

Museum: MUSEUM OF ALASKA TRANSPORTION & INDUSTRY

Location: Wasilla, Alaska

Contact: (907) 376-1211

Info: Open seven days a week from May 1st to September 30th, and Tuesday through Saturday the rest of the year. Hours are 10AM until 6PM during the summer season and 9

Arizona

Museum: STUTTGART AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM

Location: Stuttgart, Arizona

Contact: (501)-673-7001

Info: Large farm equipment specializing in tractors and steam engines. Open Tuesday- Saturday, 10-12 & 1-4

Museum: THE GOLDEN ERA MUSEUM

Location: 297 W. Central, Coolidge, Arizona

Contact: (602)-948-9570 weekdays or (520)-723-5044 weekends

Info: Open 11 am to 5 pm weekends October through May. Admission price

California

Museum: ANTIQUE GAS & STEAM ENGINE MUSEUM

Location: Vista, California

Contact: (619)-941-1791

Info: Open daily 10-4. Guided tours & tours organized demonstrations available.

Colorado

Museum: CONEJOS CO. FARM/RANCH MUSEUM

Location: LaJara, Colorado

Contact: Gene Williams, (719)-274-5765

Info: Open June 1 - September 30.

Delaware

Museum: DELAWARE AGRICULTURAL MUSEUMS & VILLAGE

Location: 866 N. Dupont hwy., Dover, Delaware 19901

Contact: (302)-734-1618

Info: Featuring antique tractors dating back to the early

settlement.

Illinois

Museum: WAUCANDA TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Location: Waucanda, Illinois

Contact: (708)-526-9303

Info: Many collections of farm equipment and old engines. Open May to September, Sundays only, 1-4.

Museum: KLINE CREEK FARM

Location: Winfield, Illinios

Contact: (708)-876-5900

Info: Featuring many collections of farm equipment and tractors from the 1890's. Open Thursday- Monday 9-5. Closed on holidays.

Iowa

Museum: FLOYD CO. MUSEUM

Location: 500 Gilbert St., Charles City, Iowa

Contact: (641) - 228-1099; Fax (641)-228-1157

Info: Museum is open all year.Large selection of tractor manuals & Oliver Promotional Films on video tape available.

Museum: HEARTLAND MUSEUM

Location: 119 - 9th Street SW, Clarion, Iowa 50525

Contact: (515) - 602-6000

Info: The museum has over 16,000 square feet of antique tractors, trucks and machinery. Visit the museum website at www.heartlandmuseum.org

Museum: MIDWEST OLD SETTLERS & THRESHERS ASSN. INC.

Location: Mount Pleasant, Iowa

Contact: (319)-385-8937

Info: Collections of steam tractors & engines. Open mid April to mid October, Monday - Friday, 9-4.

Museum: VAN HORN TRUCK MUSEUM

Location: Mason City, Iowa

Contact: (515)-423-9066

Info: Open daily May 25 to September 22

Indiana

Museum: SKINNER FARM MUSEUM & VILLAGE STEAM & GAS SHOW

Location: Perrysville, Indiana

Contact: Norman Skinner, (765)-793-4079

Info: August 15 & 16, 1998. Call for more information.

Kansas

Museum: CENTRAL KANSAS FLYWHEELS MUSEUM

Location: 1100W. Diamond Dr., Salina, Kansas 67401

Contact: (785)-825-8473

Info: Hours are 1-5 pm, Tuesday to Sunday. May 1st through October 31st. Call for special tours. Our museum has a rare policy of accepting items on loan. We feel this policy makes items available to us that would otherwise be difficult to obtain.

Museum: NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL CENTER & HALL OF FAME

Location: 630 Hall of Fame Dr., Bonner Springs, Kansas

Contact: (913)-721-1035; Fax (913)-721-1202

Info: Open mid March through November

Museum: NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL CENTER & HALL OF FAME

Location: Bonner Springs, Kansas

Contact: (913)-721-1075

Info: Open mid March to November, Monday- Saturday 9-5, Sunday 1-5.

That is enough for now. More Museums to come next time!