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Museums in South Dakota

South Dakota has dozens of museums, so there's sure to be something for nearly every member of the family.

A musician's dream comes true at the National Music Museum in Vermillion. It's filled with musical treasures, more than 10,000 instruments, from diverse cultures and numerous eras.

Enjoy the artistic heritage of South Dakota at the South Dakota Art Museum in Brookings. South Dakota's pioneer roots are immortalized in Harvey Dunn's depictions of sod homes and wind-swept prairies, while beautiful pieces crafted by 19th-and 20th-century America Indian artists showcase the state's artistic diversity.

The Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre depicts South Dakota's history in life-sized displays including a Lakota tipi and a sod house.

The Journey Museum in Rapid City brings together prehistoric and historic displays to tell the story of the Great Plains from the perspective of the Lakota people to the pioneers who shaped its past to the scientists who study it now.

For a more complete listing of South Dakota museums, take a look at the Travel Directory.

	Business Name and City		Category	Trip Planner
1	Pioneer Auto Show 503 E 5th St Murdo, SD 57559		Attractions Family Geology Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
2	City of Kadoka/KCBA 705 9th Avenue Kadoka, SD 57543		City Park Family Museum Full Service	+Add to Trip Planner
3	Celebrity Hotel 629 Main St Deadwood, SD 57732		Casino Museum Lodging Hotel	+Add to Trip Planner
4	Sisseton Area Chamber of Commerce 509 Veterans Avenue Sisseton, SD 57262		Historic Site Museum Native American Culture Motel	+Add to Trip Planner
5	City of Redfield Tourism 626 Main Street Redfield, SD 57469		Family Museum Recreation Area Campground	+Add to Trip Planner
6	Carnegie Resource Center PO Box 263 Mitchell, SD 57301		Attractions Family Historic Site Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
7	National Museum of Woodcarving 12111 Us Highway 16 Custer, SD 57730		Attractions Museum Gift Shop Specialty Store	+Add to Trip Planner
8	Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street Sioux Falls, SD 57104		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
9	Ben Reifel Visitor Center Museum PO Box 6 Interior, SD 57750		Attractions Museum Native American Culture Visitors Bureau	+Add to Trip Planner
10	George McGovern Museum and Center DWU Box 924 Mitchell, SD 57301		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
11	Tatanka: Story of the Bison 100 Tatanka Dr Deadwood, SD 57732		Attractions Museum Native American Culture Gift Shop	+Add to Trip Planner
12	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 501 E St Joseph Rapid City, SD 57701		Attractions Archaeology Geology Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
13	76 RV Park and Museum 50 Crescent Dr Deadwood, SD 57732		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
14	Wounded Knee the Museum 217 10th Avenue Wall, SD 57790		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
15	Mammoth Site 1800 Highway 18 Hot Springs, SD 57747		Attractions Archaeology Family Geology	+Add to Trip Planner
16	Center for Western Studies/Augustana 2201 S Summit Avenue Sioux Falls, SD 57197		Attractions Art Gallery Museum Native American Culture	+Add to Trip Planner
17	South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center 900 Governors Drive Pierre, SD 57501		Attractions Family Historic Site Lewis and Clark	+Add to Trip Planner
18	Ghosts of Deadwood Gulch/Western Heritage Wax Museum 12 Lee Street Deadwood, SD 57732		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
19	Siouxland Heritage Museums 200 W Sixth Street Sioux Falls, SD 57104		Museum Shopping Gift Shop	+Add to Trip Planner
20	Sioux Empire Medical Museum 1100 S Euclid Sioux Falls, SD 57105		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
21	Rushmore Borglum Story 342 Winter Street Keystone, SD 57751		Attractions Art Gallery Historic Site Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
22	Redlin Art Center 1200 33rd Street SE Watertown, SD 57201		Attractions Art Gallery Museum Gift Shop	+Add to Trip Planner
23	South Dakota National Guard Museum PO Box 938 Pierre, SD 57501		Attractions Family Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
24	Big Thunder Gold Mine 604 Blair Street Keystone, SD 57751		Attractions Art Gallery Family Gold Mine	+Add to Trip Planner
25	South Dakota National Guard Museum 301 E Dakota Avenue Pierre, SD 57501		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
26	South Dakota Air and Space Museum 2890 Davis Drive Box Elder, SD 57719		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
27	South Dakota Art Museum Medary Avenue at Harvey Dunn Street Brookings, SD 57007		Attractions Art Gallery Family Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
28	Black Hills Museum of Natural History 217 Main Street Hill City, SD 57745		Attractions Archaeology Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
29	Indian Museum of North America at Crazy Horse Avenue of the Chiefs Custer, SD 57730		Attractions Museum Native American Culture	+Add to Trip Planner
30	Day County Museum RR 2 Box 141A Webster, SD 57274		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
31	1880 Town Interstate 90 Exit 170 Murdo, SD 57559		Attractions Historic Site Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
32	Wounded Knee the Museum 217 10th Avenue Wall, SD 57790		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
33	High Plains Western Heritage Center 825 Heritage Drive Spearfish, SD 57783		Attractions Museum Native American Culture Gift Shop	+Add to Trip Planner
34	Pierre Convention and Visitors Bureau 800 W Dakota Avenue Pierre, SD 57501		Lewis and Clark Museum Winery Campground	+Add to Trip Planner
35	National Presidential Wax Museum 609 Highway 16a Keystone, SD 57751		Attractions Museum Gift Shop	+Add to Trip Planner
36	Geographic Center of the Nation Monument 415 Fifth Avenue Belle Fourche, SD 57717		Attractions Family Historic Monument Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
37	Wall Drug Store, Inc. 510 Main Street Wall, SD 57790		Attractions Amusement Park Art Gallery Family	+Add to Trip Planner
38	Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village Museum and Archeodome Indian Village Road Mitchell, SD 57301		Attractions Archaeology Museum Native American Culture	+Add to Trip Planner
39	Newell Museum 108 3rd Street Newell, SD 57760		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
40	Little Village Farm, Inc 47582 240th Street Dell Rapids, SD 57022		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
41	Dakota Discovery Museum 1300 E McGovern Avenuer Mitchell, SD 57301		Attractions Museum Native American Culture	+Add to Trip Planner
42	Edmunds County Museum 319 4th Street Ipswich, SD 57451		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
43	Nelson`s Garage Car and Motorcycle Museum 629 Main Street Deadwood, SD 57732		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
44	Agricultural Heritage Museum 925 11th Street Brookings, SD 57007		Attractions Agricultural Museum Gift Shop	+Add to Trip Planner
45	Pioneer Historical Museum of South Dakota 300 N Chicago Street Hot Springs, SD 57747		Attractions Historic Site Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
46	Faulk County Historical Society 115 Elk Street Faulkton, SD 57438		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
47	Grand River Museum 114 10th Street W Lemmon, SD 57638		Attractions Archaeology Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
48	Deadwood`s Adams Museum 54 Sherman Street Deadwood, SD 57732		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
49	Akta Lakota Museum and Cultural Center 1301 N Main Street Chamberlain, SD 57325		Museum Native American Culture Shopping Gift Shop	+Add to Trip Planner
50	Peter Norbeck Visitor Center Museum HC 83 Box 70 Custer, SD 57730		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
51	Vancura Park 330 W Yankton Street Tabor, SD 57063		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
52	Hyde County Historical and Genealogical Society 113 Iowa Street S Highmore, SD 57345		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
53	Lyman County Historic Pioneer Museum 209 West Highway 16 (248) Presho, SD 57568		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
54	Four Winds Cultural Center 1000 N Crescent Flandreau, SD 57028		Attractions Museum Native American Culture	+Add to Trip Planner
55	Wildlife Museum 531 Main Street Wall, SD 57790		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
56	Union County Historical Society and Museum 124 E Main Street Elk Point, SD 57025		Attractions Lewis and Clark Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
57	SD Baseball Hall of Fame PO Box 80 Lake Norden, SD 57248		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
58	Chapel in the Hills/Stavkirke 3788 Chapel Lane Rapid City, SD 57702		Attractions Historic Site Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
59	Sturgis Motorcycle Museum/Hall of Fame 999 Main Street Sturgis, SD 57785		Museum Outdoor Motorcycling	+Add to Trip Planner
60	Grant County Historical Society PO Box 201 Milbank, SD 57252		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
61	Classic Wheels Museum 424 1st Avenue E Clark, SD 57225		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
62	Redfield`s Historic Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot 715 3rd Street W Redfield, SD 57469		Attractions Historic Site Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
63	Miner County Rural Life Museum and Historical Society 127 S Main Street Howard, SD 57349		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
64	Corsica Historical Museum Downtown Corsica, SD 57328		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
65	Spink County Historical Museum Spink County Courthouse Redfield, SD 57469		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
66	Pettigrew Home & Museum 131 N. Duluth Ave Sioux Falls, SD 57109		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
67	Lake Preston Museum Main Street Lake Preston, SD 57249		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
68	Museum of Wildlife, Science and Industry 760 W Highway 12 Webster, SD 57274		Attractions Agricultural Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
69	Dakota Sunset Museum 205 W. Commerical Avenue Suite 104 Gettysburg, SD 57442		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
70	H. V. Johnston Cultural Center PO Box 590 Eagle Butte, SD 57625		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
71	Gladys Pyle House, The 376 Idaho Avenue SE Huron, SD 57350		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
72	Black Hills Mining Museum 323 W Main Street Lead, SD 57754		Attractions Gold Mine Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
73	Timber Lake and Area Museum 800 Main Street Timber Lake, SD 57656		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
74	Garretson Heritage Museum PO Box 105 Garretson, SD 57030		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
75	International Vinegar Museum 502 Main Street Roslyn, SD 57261		Museum Shopping Gift Shop Specialty Store	+Add to Trip Planner
76	Brookings County Pioneer Museum RR 2 Box 96 Volga, SD 57071		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
77	McWhorter House Museum and Depot 426 N Broadway Miller, SD 57362		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
78	Klauss-James Archive and Art Museum 100 W Main Street Parkston, SD 57366		Attractions Art Gallery Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
79	Lake Norden Historical Society Museum PO Box 47 Lake Norden, SD 57248		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
80	Museum of Visual Materials 500 N Main Avenue Sioux Falls, SD 57104		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
81	The Journey Museum 222 New York Street Rapid City, SD 57701		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
82	Beuchel Memorial Lakota Museum PO Box 499 Saint Francis, SD 57572		Attractions Museum Native American Culture	+Add to Trip Planner
83	Tri-State Memorial Museum 415 5th Avenue Belle Fourche, SD 57717		Museum Shopping Gift Shop	+Add to Trip Planner
84	Anne Hathaway Cottage/Shakespeare Garden 501 Alene Avenue N Wessington Springs, SD 57382		Attractions Historic Site Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
85	Custer County 1881 Courthouse Museum 411 Mt Rushmore Road Custer, SD 57730		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
86	Fort Meade Museum and Cemetary Building 55 Sturgis, SD 57785		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
87	Deadwood`s Adams Museum 54 Sherman Street Deadwood, SD 57732		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
88	South Dakota Hall of Fame 1480 S Main Street Chamberlain, SD 57325		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
89	Campbell Original Straw Bale Built Museum 250 Main Street E Carthage, SD 57323		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
90	Klein Museum 1820 W Grand Crossing Mobridge, SD 57601		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
91	Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum 723 Main Britton, SD 57430		Attractions Museum Native American Culture	+Add to Trip Planner
92	Wade`s Gold Mill and Mining Museum 12401 Deerfield Road Hill City, SD 57745		Attractions Gold Mine Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
93	Stavig House Museum 112 W First Avenue Sisseton, SD 57262		Museum Shopping Gift Shop	+Add to Trip Planner
94	Springfield Historical Society Museum 709 8th Street Springfield, SD 57062		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
95	Historic Adams House 22 Van Buren Street Deadwood, SD 57732		Attractions Historic Site Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
96	Grant County Agriculture Museum PO Box 125 Stockholm, SD 57264		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
97	McGovern Library/Legacy Museum 1201 McGovern Avenue Mitchell, SD 57301		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
98	Bob's Cogs 123 Test Ave Colton, SD 57018		Attractions Casino Museum Hotel	+Add to Trip Planner
99	Loriks Petersen Heritage House 101 N William Oldham, SD 57051		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
100	Hitchcock Museum 279 Poplar Street Hitchcock, SD 57348		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
101	Petrified Wood Park Museum 500 Main Street Lemmon, SD 57638		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
102	Yankton College 1801 E. Summit (Northeast Door) Yankton, SD 57069		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
103	Lyric Theatre Museum 502 1/2 Main Street Platte, SD 57369		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
104	Four Mile Old West Town 11921 W Highway 16 Custer, SD 57730		Museum Shopping Gift Shop	+Add to Trip Planner
105	Sicangu Heritage Center Sinte Gleska Univesity Antelope Lake Campus Mission, SD 57555		Attractions Museum Native American Culture	+Add to Trip Planner
106	Sioux Indian Museum 222 New York Street Rapid City, SD 57701		Attractions Museum Native American Culture	+Add to Trip Planner
107	Verendrye Museum PO Box 814 Fort Pierre, SD 57532		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
108	W. H. Over Museum 414 E Clark Street Vermillion, SD 57069		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
109	Old Fort Meade Museum Building 55 Sheridan Street Fort Meade, SD 57741		Attractions Historic Site Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
110	Gladys Pyle House, The PO Box 1254 Huron, SD 57350		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
111	Performance Car Museum 43rd and Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD 57105		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
112	Pollock Visitor/Interpretive Center 119 Main St. Pollock, SD 57648		Attractions Museum Native American Culture	+Add to Trip Planner
113	Harry's Antique Safe Museum 400 N. Maint St. Mitchell, SD 57301		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
114	Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum 805 S Kiwanis Avenue Sioux Falls, SD 57104		Museum Zoo Shopping Gift Shop	+Add to Trip Planner
115	Eureka Pioneer Museum 1708 J Avenue Eureka, SD 57437		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
116	Jerauld County Pioneer Museum RR 2 Box 215 Wessington Springs, SD 57382		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
117	White River Visitor Center Museum PO Box 6 Interior, SD 57750		Attractions Museum Native American Culture Visitors Bureau	+Add to Trip Planner
118	Black Hills Visitor Information Center 1851 Discovery Circle Rapid City, SD 57701		Museum Shopping Gift Shop Visitors Bureau	+Add to Trip Planner
119	Earl Boyce Museum 225 N Broadway Canton, SD 57013		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
120	Menno Heritage Museum 401 Fifth Street Menno, SD 57045		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
121	Dacotah Prairie Museum 21 S Main Street Aberdeen, SD 57402		Attractions Art Gallery Museum Gift Shop	+Add to Trip Planner
122	Karl Mundt Library and Archives 800 N Egan Avenue Madison, SD 57042		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
123	Midland Pioneer Museum 25121 Capa Road - Main Street Midland, SD 57552		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
124	Major Mclaughlin Heritage Center Main Street Across From Park McLaughlin, SD 57642		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
125	Museum of Geology 501 E St Joseph Rapid City, SD 57701		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
126	South Dakota Tractor Museum Cemetery Road Kimball, SD 57355		Attractions Agricultural Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
127	Codington County Heritage Museum 27 SE 1st Avenue Watertown, SD 57201		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
128	Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum 723 Main Street Britton, SD 57430		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
129	Gregory County Historical Center Highway 18 Dallas, SD 57529		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
130	Deuel Co. Historical Society Museum RR 1 Box 9 Astoria, SD 57213		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
131	Scotland Heritage Museum Complex PO Box 112 Scotland, SD 57059		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
132	Dolls At Home Museum 543 W Jackson Boulevard Spearfish, SD 57783		Museum Shopping Gift Shop	+Add to Trip Planner
133	SD Battleship Memorial 4201 Birchwood Avenue Sioux Falls, SD 57103		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
134	Model Car Museum 315 W. First Ave Mitchell, SD 57301		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
135	Dakotaland Museum Fairgrounds - 3rd Street Huron, SD 57350		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
136	Black Elk Cultural Heritage Museum HCR 49 Box 120 Porcupine, SD 57772		Attractions Museum Native American Culture	+Add to Trip Planner
137	Mellette House/Mellette Memorial Association 421 5th Avenue NW Watertown, SD 57201		Attractions Historic Site Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
138	Smith-Zimmermann Museum Dakota State University Madison, SD 57042		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
139	Eureka Pioneer Museum 1210 N Lake Drive Eureka, SD 57437		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
140	Trails, Trains and Pioneers Museum 612 Second Street Edgemont, SD 57735		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
141	Brookings County Historical Society 207 Samara Avenue Volga, SD 57071		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
142	Geddes Historic District 3rd and Main Street Geddes, SD 57342		Attractions Historic Site Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
143	Wessington Heritage Society 19979 375th Avenue Wessington, SD 57381		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
144	South Dakota Civilian Conservation Corps Museum 23935 Highway 385 Hill City, SD 57745		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
145	Motion Unlimited Museum 6180 S Highway 79 Rapid City, SD 57702		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
146	Mellette County Historical Society Corner of Main and State Streets White, SD 57276		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
147	Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society 105 Olivet Avenue De Smet, SD 57231		Attractions Historic Site Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
148	Moody County Historical Society and Museum 706 E Pipestone Avenue Flandreau, SD 57028		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
149	Black Hills Passion Play 100 Saint Joe Street Spearfish, SD 57783		Museum Theater Shopping Gift Shop	+Add to Trip Planner
150	National Music Museum Clark and Yale Streets Vermillion, SD 57069		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
151	Pickler Mansion 900 8th Avenue S Faulkton, SD 57438		Attractions Historic Site Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
152	Petrified Forest of the Black Hills 8220 Elk Creek Road Piedmont, SD 57769		Attractions Archaeology Museum Hiking	+Add to Trip Planner
153	Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc 217 Main Street Hill City, SD 57745		Attractions Archaeology Museum Gift Shop	+Add to Trip Planner
154	Dakota Territorial Museum 610 Summit Yankton, SD 57078		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
155	Elkton Community Museum and Historical Society 105 Elk Street Elkton, SD 57026		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
156	Beauvais Heritage Museum N Idaho Street Clark, SD 57225		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
157	Joseph N Nicollet Tower/Interpretive Center 45352 SD Highway 10 Sisseton, SD 57262		Attractions Museum Observation Tower	+Add to Trip Planner
158	Wild West Wax Museum PO Box 441 Wall, SD 57790		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
159	Keystone Historical Museum 410 3rd Street Keystone, SD 57751		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
160	East Gregory County Museum Main Street and Randall Avenue Fairfax, SD 57335		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
161	Red Cloud Indian Heritage Center Museum 100 Mission Drive Pine Ridge, SD 57770		Attractions Art Gallery Museum Native American Culture	+Add to Trip Planner
162	Wounded Knee the Museum 217 10th Avenue Wall, SD 57790		Museum Native American Culture Shopping Gift Shop	+Add to Trip Planner
163	Buffalo Museum and School House PO Box 63 Buffalo, SD 57720		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
164	Depot Railroad Museum 315 S Egan Avenue Madison, SD 57042		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
165	South Dakota Humanities Council 1215 Trail Ridge Road Suite A Brookings, SD 57006		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
166	De Smet Museum Rural Route 1 De Smet, SD 57231		Attractions Museum	+Add to Trip Planner
167	Prayer Rock Museum PO Box 201 Britton, SD 57430		Attractions Museum Native American Culture	+Add to Trip Planner
168	D.C. Booth Fish Hatchery and Museum 423 Hatchery Circle Spearfish, SD 57783		Attractions Fish Hatchery Historic Site Museum	+Add to Trip Planner

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