 businesses, and so forth, that all tell some part of the story of agriculture. The facility at the foot of the Centennial Bridge and near the banks of the Mississippi River opened in 2004 in a historic building. It offers visitors an interactive experience to learn about the immigrants' journey by sea, train, and foot to their final destination, the museum, which was originally a busy hotel for thousands of immigrants in the 1860s. The German American Heritage Center and Museum