Museums in South Dakota

Discover 7 unusual museums in South Dakota.

Museum at Black Hills Institute

Hill City, South Dakota

Museum at Black Hills Institute

One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.

The replica rail car.

Spearfish, South Dakota

Fish Car No. 3

This vintage train once gave new meaning to “swimming upstream.”

The original courtroom

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Minnehaha County Courthouse Original Courtroom

At the turn of the 20th century, the Minnehaha County courthouse played host to sensational public divorce trials.

Permanently Closed

Side of the Valtiroty museum.

Mitchell, South Dakota

Valtiroty Shiloh's Tabernacle Center

A museum, walk-through diorama, and library nestled under one castle-like roof.

A rainbow of tractor diversity!

Kimball, South Dakota

South Dakota Tractor Museum

An impressive collection of farm equipment and other artifacts from life on the prairie.

The Gibson Collection

Vermillion, South Dakota

National Music Museum

One of the world's most definitive collections of musical instruments, spanning all cultures and historical periods.

Hot Springs Mammoth Site

Hot Springs, South Dakota

Mammoth Site

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

World's Largest Petrified Wood Park

Lemmon, South Dakota

Petrified Wood Park

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.