State Agriculture Museum

Dothan Landmark Park

Adopted in 1992

The official Agricultural Museum for the State of Alabama is Dothan Landmark Park in Dothan, AL. It was adopted in 1992.

Landmark Park is a 100 acre facility dedicated to preserving the cultural and natural heritage of the wiregrass region of Southeast Alabama. Owned and operated by Dothan Landmarks Foundation, the park features an 1890s living history farm, a one-room schoolhouse, a general store, and a turn-of the-century church. The park also includes elevated boardwalks, nature trails, wildlife exhibits, a planetarium, and a picnic area. In addition, Landmark Park also serves as headquarters for the Alabama Agricultural Museum Board.

Special programs include Spring Farm Day in March; Antique and Collector Car Show in October; Wiregrass Heritage Festival in October; and Victorian Christmas in December.

Landmark Park became the State Agricultural Museum in 1992 by Act no. 92-541.

It is a place to participate and experience.

• Experience history on an 1890's living history farm, complete with an old farmhouse, smokehouse, cane mill, syrup shed, and sheep, goats, and pigs. Drift back in time in a Victorian gazebo, a one-room schoolhouse, a drugstore/doctor's office, a country store or a turn-of-the-century church.
  
• Experience nature with a walk through the woods on an elevated boardwalk, stroll nature trails, visit our interpretive center and planetarium, see wildlife exhibits and have a picnic in our picnic area.
• Experience the excitement of annual special events like folklife festivals, antique car shows, traveling exhibits, concerts, and workshops.
• Experience the heritage of the Wiregrass Region and Experience An Adventure.

Sources:
Acts of Alabama,May 21, 1992
Alabama Museums Directory, February 1994
Landmark Park Brochure, May, 1995