Tools and innovations have been an essential part of agriculture since prehistoric times. Exhibits will highlight prehistoric tool use and evolution in agriculture, calculating tools and mathematics which were developed to keep track of trade in agricultural goods, a working blacksmith shop, and replicas of machinery which have changed the face of farming all over the world as labor costs have increased dramatically.
Exhibits will focus on innovators from the past through today. The mechanics of new innovations, their use, and the reasons and theories behind their evolution will be discussed. The highlights include:
- The Jethro Tull seed drill
- James Watt and the steam engine
- Eli Whitney and the cotton gin
- Cyrus McCormick’s grain reaper
- The internal combustion engine
- Combine harvesters
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