Southwest Dairy Museum, Agricultural education museum in Sulphur Springs, Texas.

The Southwest Dairy Museum is a 10,000-square-foot facility in Sulphur Springs, Texas, funded by the dairy checkoff program and serving as headquarters for the Southwest Dairy Farmers. Its exhibits recreate dairy farm life before electricity reached rural areas and include demonstrations of cream separation, the first step in dairy production.

The museum was founded in 1991 based on efforts that started in 1982 to save artifacts and documents from American dairy farming. This initiative grew from a desire to preserve the memory of rural life.

The displays show how people lived and worked on dairy farms before electricity reached rural areas. You see the daily routines and tasks that shaped family life in these communities.

The museum occupies a 10,000-square-foot facility in Sulphur Springs and serves as headquarters for the Southwest Dairy Farmers. Its Mobile Dairy Classroom Program travels to schools, livestock shows and fairs, so the museum's own displays are best seen when that staff is not on the road. Cream-separation demonstrations are part of the exhibits.

The Mobile Dairy Classroom Program is the museum's outreach arm, travelling to schools, livestock shows and fairs to teach the public about dairy. The museum also houses the headquarters of the Southwest Dairy Farmers and their activities.