History / Museums

A variety of museums showcase the Black Hills’ colorful past in everything from B-1 Bombers to Native American artifacts. Nearly every community in the Black Hills proudly boasts a museum or visitors center (or several), and collections portrayed are as varied as the Black Hills landscape itself. Geology, paleontology and archeology take center stage at Rapid City’s Museum of Geology and the Hot Springs Mammoth Site. Old west history is depicted at the High Plains Western Heritage Center in Spearfish and the Tristate Museum in Belle Fourche. Many other museums, monuments and attractions provide insight into how the area took shape, both naturally and politically.

	High Plains Western Heritage Center The High Plains Western Heritage Center Museum, located at exit 14 on I-90 near Spearfish, features western art, artifacts and Native American exhibits chronicling the heritage of 5 plains states. Out...[more]
	Mammoth Site DISCOUNTED ADMISSION. The world's largest mammoth research facility. The site is a working paleontological site/museum that contains the largest concentration of Columbian and Woolly mammoths ev...[more]
	Journey Museum DISCOUNTED ADMISSION. The Journey Museum, located at 222 New York Street in Rapid City, takes you on an incredible trek through time, from the formation of the mystical Black Hills over 2.5 billi...[more]
	Adams Museum & House The Adams Museum is the oldest history museum in the Black Hills and named one of the top 10 best Western History Museums for 2008 by True West Magazine. Artifacts and displays from Deadwood's histori...[more]
	National Museum of Woodcarving DISCOUNTED ADMISSION. The National Museum of Woodcarving, located west of Custer on Hwy 16, offers a look at the world of woodcarving. The collections include carvings by an original animator of Dis...[more]