The Heidrick Ag History Center

The Heidrick Ag History Center, is a 501 c3 nonprofit educational organization in Woodland, CA. The Center introduces visitors to the marvels of agriculture, and commercial trucking through 130,000 square feet of interactive, one-of-a-kind exhibits featuring the latest in museum and attraction technologies. The cornerstones of these exhibits are the Fred C. Heidrick Antique Ag Collection, the world’s largest and most unique collection of one-of-a-kind antique agricultural equipment and the Hays Antique Truck Museum, also recognized as the largest of its kind in the world.

First opened in 1997, the Ag Museum exhibits farm implements, tractors and harvesting machinery from the late 1800s through the middle of the last century. Mr. Heidrick collected rare, unusual, and historic farm machinery over the course of his lifetime and built the Center to make it available to the public.

The Hays Antique Truck Museum was established 25 years ago by Wayne “Pop” Hays, a pioneer in the commercial trucking industry in California. Mr. Hays and Mr. Heidrick were friends and when Hays retired, Heidrick suggested that he begin to collect and restore trucks, as Heidrick had done with tractors and farm implements. So when the Ag History Center opened, the truck museum seemed a natural partner.

Current Board members are Wayne Ginsburg, President; Linda Lucchesi, Vice President; Cyndi Blickle, Treasurer; Dan Best II, Allan Harris, Tom Madden, Kent Lang, Keith Lawrie, Helen Voss.

Current Staff members are Lonny Wunder, Executive Director, Colleen Thompson, Cindy Larson, Lindsey Liberman, Chistian Stonehouse