KOSSUTH COUNTY AGRICULTURAL & MOTOR SPORTS MUSEUM
EIN 27-0614976 · Museums (A50)
What they do
KOSSUTH COUNTY AGRICULTURAL and MOTOR SPORTS MUSEUM HAS CONSTRUCTED and OPERATES AN AGRICULTURAL, MOTOR SPORTS, and MODEL TRAIN MUSEUM. AGRICULTURE HAS IMPACTED EVERYONE IN KOSSUTH COUNTY. THAT IMPACT is PART of OUR HISTORY and OUR FUTURE. AGRICULTURE HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE PAST and WILL CONTINUE to CHANGE for OUR FUTURE. AGRICULTURE is A COMPONENT of EVERYONES EMPLOYMENT IN KOSSUTH COUNTY and CAN CONTINUE to PLAY THAT ROLE for OUR FUTURE. IT is for THESE REASONS and MANY, MANY MORE WHY THIS MUSEUM is NEEDED for EDUCATION, REMEMBERING OUR AGRICULTURE HISTORY, and for PREPARING FUTURE CAREERS IN AGRICULTURE. MOTOR SPORTS is PART of MANY KOSSUTH COUNTY RESIDENTS "WAY of LIFE" for THEIR ENTERTAINMENT and ENJOYMENT. THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN A FINANCIAL STIMULUS for MANY BUSINESSES WITHIN KOSSUTH COUNTY. RECOGNIZING and REMEMBERING THIS COUNTY TRADITION WILL BE REWARDING for MANY and EDUCATING for ALL. THE ARLEN BENSCHOTER MODEL TRAIN COLLECTION is A TREASURE. THIS LARGE, WORKING
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2009
- Location
- 800 E FAIR ST, ALGONA, IA 50511-3629
- County
- Kossuth
- In care of
- % LOIS BORMANN