South Dakota museums help to give you a history lesson without the pop quiz.
Culture in the Plains
In case you were wondering, there are plenty of South Dakota museums that showcase not only South Dakota history of the past, but also the scenes that will lead to the future.
1881 Courthouse Museum
Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve
Adams House Museum
Akta Lakota Museum
Armed Forces Display and Gifts
Augustana College Art Galleries
Austin-Whittemore House Museum
Badlands National Park
Badlands Petrified Garden
Beauvais Heritage Museum Clark
Big Thunder Gold Mine
Black Hills Mining Museum
Black Hills Museum of Natural History
Bon Homme Heritage Museum
Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum St. Francis
Buffalo Historical Museum
Buffalo Interpretive Center
Campbell Original Straw Bale Built Museum
Casey Tibbs South Dakota Rodeo Center
Center for Western Studies
Chapel in the Hills
Classic Wheels Museum
CNW Train Depot Restoration
Codington County Heritage Museum
Corsica Historical Museum
Cramer Kenyon Heritage Home
Crazy Horse Memorial
Custer State Park
Dacotah Prairie Museum
Dahl Arts Center
Dakota Discovery Museum
Dakota Sunset Museum
Dakota Territorial Museum
Dakotaland Museum
Days of '76 Museum
D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery
De Smet Depot Museum
Douglas County Museum
Earl's Museum
Elkton Community Museum
Faulk County Historical Museum
Fort Meade Museum Sturgis
Four Mile Old West Town
Geddes Historic Village
Granary Rural Cultural Center
Grand River Museum
Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History
Harry's Antique Safe Museum
Heritage Hall Museum
Heritage Center of Red Cloud Indian School
High Plains Western Heritage Center
Historic Adams House
Historic Prairie Village
Ingalls Homestead
International Vinegar Museum
Jerauld County Pioneer Museum
Jim Parmley Historical Home
Journey Museum and Gardens
Keystone Historical Museum
Klein Museum
Lake Norden Historical Society
Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society
Lewis and Clark Center Visitor Center
Lincoln Borglum Museum
Little Village Farm Museum
Loriks-Peterson Heritage House
Lyric Theatre Museum
Mammoth Site of Hot Springs
McCook County Museum
Mellette House
Midland Pioneer Museum
Miner County Museum
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
National Museum of Woodcarving
National Presidential Wax Museum
Nelson's Garage
Old Courthouse Museu
Old Governor's Mansion
Petrified Wood Park
Pettigrew Home & Museum
Pickler Mansion
Pioneer Auto Show
Pioneer Historical Museum of South Dakota
Pollock Visitors/Interpretive Center
Porter Sculpture Park
Prairie Homestead
Pyle House Museum
Redlin Art Center
Rushmore Borglum Historical Center
Scouter's Attic Museum
Sicangu Heritage Center
Sioux Empire Medical Museum
Smith Zimmermann Heritage Museum
South Dakota Air and Space Museum
South Dakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame
South Dakota Art Museum
South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center
South Dakota Discovery Center
South Dakota Hall of Fame
South Dakota National Guard Museum
South Dakota's Original 1880 Town
South Dakota State Agricultural Heritage Museum
South Dakota State Capitol
South Dakota Tractor Museum
Spink County Museum
Springfield College Museum
Springfield Historical Society Museum
Sturgis Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame
Timber Lake and Area Museum
Trails, Trains & Pioneers Museum
Tri-State Museum
Union County Historical Society Museum
University of South Dakota Art Galleries
Vancura Park Tabor Southeast
Verendrye Museum
Wade's Gold Mill
Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science
W. H. Over Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Willow Lake Community Museum
Wind Cave National Park
Wounded Knee Museum
These South Dakota resources are going to help you understand the state and kill time between your restaurant outings.
