Dinosaur and Art Museums
Buffalo Interpretive Center, Fort Pierre
The center offers hands-on exhibits, interpretive videos, weekly cultural programs and a gift shop. Native artists are on hand to demonstrate their crafts on various dates. Groups are requested to contact the center to schedule a group tour or to confirm arrival.
(888) 323-2260 or (605) 223-2260.
The Journey Museum, Rapid City
Walk through 200 years of Lakota culture in an exhibit area devoted entirely to American Indian achievements. Listen to tales told by a Lakota elder via hologram. The Journey Museum brings together four major prehistoric and historic collections to tell the complete story of the Western Great Plains – from the perspective of the Lakota people and the pioneers who shaped its past, to the scientists who now study it. Discover where dinosaurs lie buried beneath the prairie soil. Learn why the Sioux call their sacred Black
Hills the "Center of the Universe". Experience the hardships of the homesteaders as they settled the formidable wilderness.
(605) 394-6923. www.journeymuseum.org
Visual Arts Center at the Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls
View seven galleries of changing exhibits including the works of contemporary American Indian artists. The Northern Plains Gallery features pieces from the museum's tribal arts collection.
(605) 367-7397. www.washingtonpavilion.org
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