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Doing Research
in the Collection of the Museum of the South Dakota State Historical
Society: The collection is open for research by anyone with an
interest in the material culture of South Dakota. Staff is available to
help researchers Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., central time.
Research in
Person: We are best able to accommodate you if you contact us in
advance, state your needs, and let us know when you will be visiting.
You can be granted permission to examine most museum objects that are in
storage. Access to objects currently on exhibit may be limited. Research
photography is permitted; however, in order to publish any photographs
of objects in our collection, you must ask for permission and pay a fee
(see below).
Research by
phone/letter/FAX: We will answer your reference requests by mail,
phone, or FAX. The staff has limited time to do research for you--we are
more likely to tell you what we have available than to do a detailed
analysis of objects in our collection. We will provide up to 10
photocopies free. Each additional page is $.25. See
fee schedule for additional charges.
Use in
Publications: We are interested in seeing the objects in our
collection widely published. See
fee schedule for basic fees. Payment of our Reproduction Rights Fee
gives you permission for the one-time, non-exclusive use of the
reproduction. Our contract also requires that you provide us with one
copy of the publication in which the reproduction appears. Subsequent
use will require you to contact us again and pay an additional fee.
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Museum intern, Scott Olson,
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