Museums in South Dakota

199 museums across South Dakota, must-see first. Each page covers the best time to visit, typical crowds and how far it is from nearby cities, and travellers can report “Is it open today?” (opening status).

• 1881 Courthouse · museum · Custer · Must-see
• Adams House Museum · museum · Lawrence · Must-see
• The Journey Museum · museum · Pennington · Must-see
• W. H. Over Museum · museum · Clay · Must-see
• Pettigrew Home & Museum · museum · Minnehaha · Must-see
• The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD · museum · Fall River · Must-see
• Black Hills Institute · museum · Pennington · Must-see
• South Dakota Air and Space Museum · museum · Pennington · Must-see
• Old Courthouse Museum · museum · Minnehaha · Must-see
• National Music Museum · museum · Clay · Must-see
• International Vinegar Museum · museum · Day · Must-see
• Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center · museum · Pennington · Must-see
• Cultural Heritage Center · museum · Hughes · Must-see
• Pickler Mansion · museum · Faulk
• Austin-Whittemore House Museum · museum · Clay
• Washington Pavillion of Arts & Science · museum · Minnehaha
• Redlin Art Center · museum · Codington
• South Dakota National Guard Museum · museum · Hughes
• Trailside Museum of Natural History · museum · Fall River
• Deadwood · museum · Lawrence
• Sturgis Motorcycle Museum · museum · Meade
• Pioneer Auto · museum · Jones
• Black Hills Mining Museum · museum · Lawrence
• Wounded Knee Museum · museum · Pennington
• Museum of Geology · museum · Pennington
• Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center · museum · Brule
• Badlands Petrified Gardens · museum · Jackson
• Dakota Discovery Museum · museum · Davison
• Keystone Historical Museum · museum · Pennington
• Midland Pioneer Museum · museum · Haakon
• Moody County Museum · museum · Moody
• South Dakota Art Museum · museum · Brookings
• Spink County Museum · museum · Spink
• Tatanka Story of Bison · museum · Lawrence
• Timber Lake & Area Museum · museum · Dewey
• Trails Trains And Pioneers Museum · museum · Fall River
• Tri-State Museum · museum · Butte
• Dacotah Prairie Museum · museum · Brown
• Pioneer Museum · museum · Fall River
• South Dakota Tractor Museum · museum · Brule
• The Klein Museum · museum · Walworth
• Union County Historical Museum · museum · Union
• Dawes County Historical Museum · museum · Fall River
• Museum of the Fur Trade · museum · Fall River
• Arthur Nelson Historical Museum · museum · Turner
• Canton Depot Museum · museum · Lincoln
• Civilian Conservation Corps Museum · museum · Pennington
• Daneville Heritage Museum · museum · Turner
• Days of '76 Museum · museum · Lawrence
• Delbridge Museum of Natural History · museum · Minnehaha
• High Plains Western Heritage Center · museum · Lawrence
• Mead Museum / Dakota Territorial Museum · museum · Yankton
• Mellete House · museum · Codington
• Pyle House Museum · museum · Beadle
• Saab Heritage Car Museum USA - Sturgis Car Museum · museum · Meade
• Smith Zimmermann Museum · museum · Lake
• Stockyards Ag Experience Barn Art Museum · museum · Minnehaha
• Telstar Mustang-Shelby-Cobra · museum · Davison
• USS South Dakota · museum · Minnehaha
• Big Thunder Gold Mine · museum · Pennington
• Dakota Territorial Museum · museum · Yankton
• The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School · museum · Oglala Lakota
• Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center · museum · Fall River
• Anne Hathaway's Cottage · museum · Jerauld
• 1880 Town · museum · Jackson
• Armed Forces Museum & Gift Shop · museum · Pennington
• Boehnen Memorial Museum · museum · Davison
• Borglum Story · museum · Pennington
• Brookings County Museum · museum · Brookings
• Buffalo Museum · museum · Harding
• Buffalo Ridge Ghost Town · museum · Minnehaha
• Carnegie Resource Center · museum · Davison
• De Smet Depot Museum · museum · Kingsbury
• Fort Chouteau Museum · museum · Stanley
• Grand River Museum · museum · Perkins
• Hartford Township Building · museum · Minnehaha
• Heritage Hall Museum · museum · Hutchinson
• Homestake Adams Research & Cultural Center · museum · Lawrence
• Ingalls Discovery Center · museum · Kingsbury
• Ingalls Home and Museum · museum · Kingsbury
• Iroquois Heritage Museum · museum · Kingsbury
• John A. Day Gallery · museum · Clay
• Kokomo Art Gallary · museum · Perkins
• Lake Norden Historical Society Museums · museum · Hamlin
• Lemmon Petrified Wood Museum · museum · Perkins
• Lewis & Clark Exhibits & Tourist Information · museum · Brule
• Mt. Vernon Area Historical Society · museum · Davison
• Old School Museums · museum · Grant
• Pioneer Museum · museum · Lyman
• Piper Arts & Custom Framing · museum · Minnehaha
• Plankinton/Aurora County Historical Museum · museum · Aurora
• Prairie Homestead · museum · Jackson
• Salo Hall - South Dakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame · museum · Hamlin
• Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center · museum · Lawrence
• Sculptor's Studio · museum · Pennington
• South Dakota Children's Museum · museum · Brookings
• The Booth House · museum · Lawrence
• Tripp Family Car Collection · museum · Butte
• Von Bayer Museum of Fish Culture · museum · Lawrence
• World Fossil Finder Museum · museum · Fall River
• Eleanor Barbour Cook Museum of Geology · museum · Fall River
• W. H. Lyon Fairgrounds (Sioux Empire Fair) · museum · Minnehaha
• Cowboy Artwork · museum · Fall River
• Dakotaland Museum · museum · Beadle
• Dinosaur Museum · museum · Pennington
• Garretson Area Historical Society and Museum · museum · Minnehaha
• Museum of Visual Materials · museum · Minnehaha
• Big Stone County Historical Society Museum · museum · Grant
• Scamahorn Museum · museum · Oglala Lakota
• Sioux Indian Museum · museum · Pennington
• National Presidential Wax Museum · museum · Pennington
• Codington County Heritage Museum · museum · Codington
• Dakota Sunset Museum · museum · Potter
• Jerauld County Pioneer Museum · museum · Jerauld
• Elkton Community Museum and Historical Society · museum · Brookings
• Loriks-Peterson Heritage House Museum · museum · Kingsbury
• Newell Museum · museum · Butte
• Adams Museum · museum · Lawrence
• Apex Gallery · museum · Pennington
• Art House · museum · Fall River
• Art for Everyone · museum · Pennington
• Delmont Historical Society · museum · Douglas
• Donald Christman Toy Museum · museum · Hamlin
• Earl's Taxidermy Museum · museum · Perkins
• Eastbank Art Gallery · museum · Minnehaha
• Exposure Gallery & Studios · museum · Minnehaha
• Grant County Historical Museum · museum · Grant
• Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum · museum · Grant
• Ipso Gallery at Fresh Produce · museum · Minnehaha
• JK Gallery · museum · Minnehaha
• Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum · museum · Marshall
• McGovern Legacy Museum · museum · Davison
• Millette County Historical Society & Museum · museum · Mellette
• Oscar Howe Gallery · museum · Clay
• Prairie Village · museum · Lake
• Rehfeld's Art & Framing · museum · Minnehaha
• South Dakota Hall of Fame · museum · Brule
• Suzie Cappa Art Center · museum · Pennington
• The Indian Museum of North America · museum · Custer
• Valley Queen Heritage Center · museum · Grant
• Cherry County Historical Society Museum · museum · Todd
• Sandhills Museum · museum · Todd
• Sheridan County Historical Museum · museum · Oglala Lakota
• Sioux County Museum · museum · Fall River
• Lennox Area Historical Society Museum · museum · Lincoln
• Miner County Rural Life Museum · museum · Miner
• Springfield College Museum · museum · Bon Homme
• Springfield Historical Society Museum · museum · Bon Homme
• Louve Museum Paris · museum · Fall River
• Tri-State Oldtime Cowboys Memorial Museum · museum · Oglala Lakota

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