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

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• Americ Inn Lodge & Suites hotel
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• Radisson Rapid City
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• Best Western Town & Country Motel
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