The Museum of Geology, South Dakota, USA

Rapid City is the second largest city of South Dakota, USA. It is well known as the Gateway to the Black Hills. There are many tourist spots one can visit in Rapid City like Crystal cave park, Story book Island, black hill caverns etc. One can visit museum of geology which is a must see.

Contact information:
Museum of Geology
501 East Saint Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57701-3901
United States


Call at: 1 (605) 394-2467
Website: http://www.sdsmt.edu/services/museum/

Opening time:

From May 25 to Sep 3 timings are 8.00am till 6.00 pm from Monday till Saturday,and on Sunday timings are 12.00 to 6.00pm

From September 4 to May 24 timings are:
Monday to Friday 8.00 till 5.00 pm, & on Saturday from 9.00 till 4.00pm & on Sunday 1.00 till 4.00pm
Closing days:

• New years Day,Easter
• Thanksgiving –USA
• Christmas

Displays: The museum of geology displays fossils fuels, rocks and minerals. There are about 350,000 varieties, related to the fields of palaeontology, mineralogy. The collected work attributes mammalian fossils, marine and non-marine Jurassic and Cretaceous reptiles and mammals, and Black Hills pegmatite minerals. The Museum provides an active educational outreach program to schools and institutes. The Museum serves as a support to the Department as their staffs provides several museum and vertebrate palaeontology courses with practical experience through summer tours and one can work within the laboratories also. The Museum is an associate to The Journey Museum of Rapid City.

Special Attractions: Science museum, Specialty museum, Museum, Natural history museum

Hotels near Museum of Geology/Rapid City Hotels:

• Americ Inn Lodge & Suites hotel
• Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn Hotel
• Rodeway Inn Mount Rushmore
• Alex Johnson Hotel
• Radisson Rapid City
• Quality Inn Mount Rushmore Hotel
• Best Western Town & Country Motel
• Howard Johnson Rapid City
• Lazy U Motel
• Castle Inn

Dakota Discovery Museum, Mitchell

Mitchell is a city in South Dakota (USA) and it is the home for the world most famous corn palace and Prehistoric Indian Village. Population in July 2008: 14,752, population change since 2000. Dakota Discovery Museum is a great place to visit in Mitchell.

Located in - established in 1939 by Leland Case, the museum acquired its first building in 1955, it is located on the campus of Dakota Wesleyan University
Contact details: 1300 East University Street
Dakota Wesleyan University Campus
Mitchell, South Dakota 57301
Website: www.dakotadiscovery.com
Email: info@dakotadiscovery.com
Phone no: 605-996-2122

Fees Applicable: Child (5 and under) FREE
age group (6 - 17) $ 2.00
age group (18 - 62) $5.00
seniors (63 +) $4.00
Group rates for 10 or more are available

Description: The Dakota Discovery Museum offers interesting and educational benefits to everyone. One can explore the conduct of early American settlers from railroading, farming, and ranching, to fur trade, hunting, and the rugged experiences of stagecoach travel. It also showcases the broad collection of Native American beadwork and Tipi. One can take a tour to the Beckwith House on the museum ground which was built in 1886 for Louis and Mary Beckwith. The second floor displays the beautiful needlework of Mrs. Beckwith. The home represents the innovative people who helped to build communities on the prairies. A new building was build in 2001.It displays wide collection of Indian art and artefacts, along with the original paintings of Gutzum Borglum, Harvey Dunn, James Earle Fraser, Charles Hargens and Oscar Howe.

Special Features is the gift shop, special Event Rental.
Tourist Attractions in Mitchell:
1)Chamber of Commerce: Corn Palace Convention & Visitors Bureau
2)Doll Museum
3)Rondees Camp Ground
4)Carnegie Resource Centre
5)Family-E-Fun campgrounds
6)Lake Mitchell Campground


Hotels in Mitchell:

1) Holiday Inn Express Mitchell
2) Days Inn Mitchell
3) Super 8 Mitchell
4) Comfort Inn & Suites Mitchell
5) Flavia’s Place B & B
6) Coach Light Motel
7) Ramada Inn And Suites Conference Centre
8) Mitchell Kelly Inn and Suites
9) Hampton Inn Mitchell
10) Corn Palace motel
11) Thunderbird Lodge- Mitchell
12) Americ Inn Mitchell

The Agricultural Heritage Museum, Brookings (South Dakota)

The Agricultural Heritage Museum, Brookings

Brookings, The Agricultural Heritage Museum (SD) is a great place to visit. One can get pleasure from the history of the Dakota prairie. The museum is a vast resource for all aspects of the rich history that South Dakota has proudly carried for many generations as the museum is devoted to preserve the rich agriculture and rural history from 1860-to 1960.

Location: The Agricultural Heritage Museum is located on the campus of South Dakota State University at the north corner of Medary Avenue, 925, 11 Street. The Route is clearly marked from I-29 exits from 132 and 133 and from US highway 14.

Opening day /time*: The Agricultural Heritage Museum opens from Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm and on Sunday 1 pm to 5 pm. The museum is closed on State holidays.

Fees Applicable: There is no fee charged, the entry is provided free of cost.

Group Tours Available: yes

Exhibits: the items that are exhibit are listed below:
1) Tractors:

• Case Steam engine
• Mc Cormick Deering Farmall
• John Deere General Purpose
• Mogul
• Dakota Tractor
• Farm house Tractor

2) Large artifact collection storage building

• Permanent Exhibits:
• Homestead Claim Shock
• 1915 Farm house
• Main attraction is the gift shop

Discounts and Membership: To support the museum’s program and exhibits, the friends of the State Agricultural Heritage Museum receive News Letter thrice a year and 10 %discount is provided at the museum gift shop and invitation to special member events, openings and trips are provided

Address and Contact Info: South Dakota State Agricultural Heritage Museum,
Box 601, Brookings, SD 57007-0999
Telephone number: (605) 688-6226
Fax (605) 688-6303
Email: sdsu.agmuseum@sdstate.edu

Nearby Brookings tourist attractions:

Brooking is located in the Brooking County north of Sioux Falls between Huron and Minnesota state line. The population estimated in July 2007 was 19,463. One can visit McCrory Gardens, The Centennial Prairie garden, Brooking Aquatic centre and much more.Lot of Brookings Hotels are available in City easily.

Hotels in Brookings:
1)Blue Coast Inn & Suites

2)Spindrift Motor Inn

3)Pacific Sunset Inn

4)Best Western Beachfront Inn

5)Ocean Suites

6)Westward Inn

7)Wild Rivers Motor Lodge

8)Brookings Inn

9)Holiday Inn Express Brookings

10)Super 8 Brookings

11)Comfort Inn

12)Fairfield Brookings Hotel

Dacotah Prairie Museum, Aberdeen(South Dakota)

Dacotah Prairie Museum

Aberdeen is a small town in South Dakota (USA) but the museum is huge and beautiful. The museum showcases both long and short-term exhibits which display the Dakotah Midlands prairie, the lifestyles and lives of early settlers, the railroad's influence on the settlement, and Native American culture.

Location: Dacotah Prairie Museum Foundation Inc is a private company which is regarded under Museums and art galleries. The Dacotah Prairie Museum is located in the town named Aberdeen in South Dakota.

Directions to reach the museum: The Dacotah Prairie Museum in Aberdeen is the museum with red brick cover up which was recently renovated to bring back the beauty of the building built in 1888-1889. The main opening to the Museum is on the south side of the building, access to the main floor is provided by a ramp, and the museum also provides the facility of an elevator and even wheelchair is provided if needed by someone.

Admission Particulars: Entrance Fee is not charged from anyone but donations are accepted.

Opening Hours*: On Tuesday – Friday it opens at 9:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday it opens at 1:00 p.m. till 4:00 p.m.
Guide available: There are guide tours available as an extra option.

Establishing year: The Dacotah Prairie Museum was established in 1970 and incorporated in South Dakota.

Exhibits Details: The museum has a Hatterscheidt Wildlife Gallery on the first floor which displays over 55 mounted specimens from North America, Africa and India. There is a Dacotah gallery on the second floor of the museum which displays all small scale possessions. Downstairs has an collection of local exhibits, including a model of a pioneer kitchen, maps and information on the local railways that gave the Hub City its' name, a room full of Native American bead and quill work, and a recreation of the 'Pheasant Canteen'

Major attractions: some of the major attractions of museum are

• Faith in Brown County
• Frontier Towns of the Prairie: The Building of Brown County
• The hutterites: Communal life of the Prairie
• Lakota life

Nearby Aberdeen Tourist Attractions: Some of the nearby tourist attractions are Aldrich Park which is 0.2 miles away, Lincoln Park which is 1.6 miles away, Browne Park which is 0.8 miles away, Lee Park Golf Course is 1.6 miles away, and Red Rooster Coffee House is 0.1 miles away and many more places one can visit.

Nearby Hotels: some of the nearby Aberdeen hotels are:

1. Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Aberdeen, SD (0.2 miles away from the museum)
2. Best Western Ramkota Hotel (1.21 miles away from the museum)
3. Aberdeen East Super 8 Motel (1.70 miles away from the museum)
4. Ramada Inn & Convention Center Aberdeen (1.89 miles away from the museum)
5. Aberdeen North Super 8 Motel (0.87 miles away from the museum)
6. Baymont Inn & Suites Aberdeen
7. Comfort Inn Aberdeen
8. White house Inn
   

Contact Details: 21 South Main Street, Aberdeen
South Dakota 57402
Phone: 605-626-7117
Email: dpm@brown.sd.us