[1] It holds an annual ceremony where it inducts members of the dairy industry into its hall of fame.
[3] The National Dairy Shrine's museum is located in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.
Dairying objects in its collection include butter churns, milking machines, a treadle, and items used in the Babcock test for fat content of milk, which was developed nearby at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Permanent exhibits include mounted bird dioramas, Native American artifacts, Sauk chief Black Hawk and the 1832 Black Hawk War, local poet Lorine Niedecker, quilts and antique clothing, and the mid-19th century period Foster House.
One exhibit focuses on Abraham Lincoln and his activities in the area when he was a young man.