Member Museums
Adams HouseDeadwood, South Dakota 57732 The Historic Adams House, built in 1892, is an elegant Victorian mansion which has undergone a detailed, museum-quality restoration. The Guided Tour of approximately 40 minutes, features both the first and second floors. Facility also features the Adams Treasures Gift Shop. |
Adams MuseumDeadwood, South Dakota 57732 Deadwood’s Adams Museum is the oldest history museum in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Our legends exhibit contains many artifacts from the Mining Camp days of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. We also feature the Adams Brothers' Bookstore. |
Badger Clark Historical Site,
Custer State ParkCuster, South Dakota 57730 Charles Badger Clark was South Dakota's first Poet Laureate and lived within the park during his writing years. The structure is maintained in the same manner as during his living years. Badger Clark died in 1957. |
Civilian Conservation Corps Museum of South DakotaHill City, South Dakota 57745 The Civilian Conservation Corps existed from 1933 to 1942 as a work-relief program. Men were given housing, food, clothing, healthcare, on the job training, and educational opportunities. In South Dakota they worked in forests, parks, on soil conservation and erosion control, fought fires, and constructed bridges and building that remain as legacies to their work. The museum is an honor to the men and their history is shown in exhibits consisting of memorabilia and photos, most donated by their families. |
Crazy Horse MemorialCrazy Horse, South Dakota 57730-8900 Crazy Horse Memorial mountian carving in progress. Extensive collection of Native American art and artifacts housed in several museum galleries. Large collection of sculptures by Crazy Horse sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski. |
Crook County Museum and Art GallerySundance, Wyoming 82729 Museum is devoted to the preservaton of the history of Crook County and to the presentation of local artists. Topics include the History of Crook County involving the Vore Buffalo Jump, Sundance Kid, Bob Brislawn, lifestyle of Native American and white settlers, a gun collection, the Custer Expedition, Devil's Tower, and Bear Lodge experimental nuclear power plant. |
Custer County 1881 Courthouse MuseumCuster, South Dakota 57730 Old pictures & items of historical value such as furniture, dishes, clothes & old truck, stage coach, sleigh, printing-press, books, rocks. Stuffed animals, indian artifacts, uniforms, Custer Room & small items in cases for viewing. |
D.C. Booth Historic National Fish HatcherySpearfish, South Dakota 57783 One of the oldest operating hatcheries in the country, it is dedicated to fish culture and resource management. The hatchery was constructed to propagate, stock, and establish trout populations in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming. After a very successful fish production history, the hatchery ceased operations in the mid-80's and reopened with a new mission and partnerships to help preserve the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's historic and cultural heritage. |
Dahl Arts CenterRapid City, South Dakota 57701 Home of the Rapid City Fine Arts Council, the largest community arts center in Western South Dakota boasts three galleries featuring local , regional and national visual artists. The Dahl also offers exciting arts education classes, kids' shows and art activities, fine music and theater performances in its intimate 170-seat theater, and a 200-ft. hand-painted mural of American history painted by Bernard P. Thomas. Stop on by for a taste of what's going on in the arts all over the Black Hills Region! |
Fort Meade MuseumFort Meade, South Dakota 57741 Located in the 1903 Headquarter building of the 1878 military post, the museum displays many remnants of the historic peacekeeping old post and faithfully preserves them. There are numerous mementos of the colorful units and the troopers who served at the Fort Meade Museum.Topics include military history from Native Americans, 1874 Custer expedition, Little Big Horn, return of the 7th to establish the post, Star Spangled Banner, and closing the post in 1944. |
Four Mile Old West TownCuster, South Dakota 57730 Outdoor living-history town. Open-door buildings contain artifacts and furniture. People in costume will greet you. Recorded messages of how people lived in Four Mile during its heyday. Melodramas and single person presentations. Food and shopping. Great family fun. |
Hermosa Arts and History MuseumHermosa, South Dakota 57744-0175 The Museum was created in the 1889 Hermosa school to preserve, interpret and educate visitors about the cultural and historical aspects of the Hermosa area. Artifacts and historical memorabilia fro the Hermosa area is on exhibit. The museum is on Second Street in the middle of town. |
Journey MuseumRapid City, South Dakota 57701 Four Museums in one building. Sioux Indian Museum; Museum of Geology; archaeology Research Center and Minnilusa Pioneer Museum. Facility rentals and group tours available. |
Mammoth Site of Hot SpringsHot Springs, South Dakota 57747 More than 26,000 years ago, large Columbian and woolly mammoths were trapped and died in a spring-fed pond near what is now the southwest edge of Hot Springs, South Dakota. Discovered by chance in 1974 while excavating for a housing development the Mammoth Site is the world's largest Columbian mammoth exhibit and research center for Pleistocene studies. |
Minnilusa Pioneer MuseumRapid City, South Dakota 57701 Encounter Jim Bridger, General George Armstrong Custer, Wild Bill Hickock, as well as the great Sioux leaders, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Red Cloud - they all made their mark on history here, and they will leave an indelible impression on you. |
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Newell Museum Newell, South Dakota 57760 The Newell Museum is a general local history museum with a one-room school. Included in the vast assembly is agricultural and irrigation, family life and histories, school, church, Native Americans, the Fur Trade, molitary, and toys. |
Peter Nobeck Visitor Center,
Custer State ParkCuster, South Dakota 57730 Over 30 prominent exhibits that detail the park's natural and cultural history. Visitors can see wildlife dioramas, CCC bunkhouse, gold panning and a 330-year old tree. The visitor center is the main interpretive and educational point inside the park. The facility is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
Pioneer Museum in Hot SpringsHot Springs, South Dakota 57747 Located in an 1893 sandstone school house, the four-story, 21,500 sq ft museum is a tribute to the pioneers who settled in Fall River County, South Dakota. It houses a display of Indian items, senior class composite photos from Hot Springs and Provo High Schools, and a two-headed calf. Full displays of a general store, doctor's office, dentist office, post office, barbershop, country kitchen, parlor, telephone switchboard, and thousands of nicely displayed items await your attention. There is a playground with merry-go-round and picnic tables on site, available free to museum visitors. |
South Dakota Air and Space MuseumBox Elder, South Dakota 57719 See up-close more than 50 historic bombers, fighters, utility aircraft, missiles, plus many indoor exhibits of aviation memorabilia. Free admission every day, all year round. Official Base Tours, including a Minuteman Missile Silo, for a nominal fee mid-May thru mid-Sept. Unique aviation gift shop Take I-90 Exit 67, 7 miles east of Rapid City, |
Sturgis Motorcycle Museum and Hall of FameSturgis, South Dakota 57785 The world-class motorcycle museum features a gallery of antique and vintage motorcycles, exhibits honoring the heritage of the Sturgis Rally, and a Hall of Fame dedicated to those who have contributed to the sport. The nonprofit offers motorcycle patches with all proceeds going to the preservation of motorcycling. Located about 30 miles west of Rapid City off of Interstate 90. |
Trails, Trains & Pioneers MuseumEdgemont, South Dakota 57735 Museum depicting Edgemont area with exhibits dating from the 1800s to the present. |
Tri-State MuseumBelle Fourche, South Dakota 57717 The purpose of the Tri-State Memorial Museum is to preserve the historic artifacts from the early settlement of the Tri-State area, including the corners of South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming; to tell the stories of the early settlers and preserve them for the next generations of this area and to share these artifacts & stories with our visitors. |
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Wildlife Station Visitor Center,
Custer State Park Custer, South Dakota 57730 Local natural history of the Black Hills; wildlife focus with park wildlife displays; building constructed by Civilian Conservation Corps. |
Wounded Knee MuseumWall, South Dakota 57790 Riveting photographs and descriptions tell the story of a small band of Lakota families who became the focus of the last major military operation of the U.S. Army to subdue the Native American tribes. |