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Brookings County Museum, Volga, SD

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Brookings County Museum

Local history museum in Volga, South Dakota, covering Brookings County and the surrounding area through a campus of historic buildings.

207 Samara Avenue, Volga, SD 57071 · Volga, SD

About Brookings County Museum

The Brookings County Museum is run by the Brookings County Historical Society and focuses on preserving the history of Brookings County and nearby areas. Its campus includes a main museum, a horse-drawn vehicle building, a farm equipment building, a log cabin, a rural schoolhouse from 1884, and the James Hauxhurst House. Visitors can tour the buildings and watch how-to videos about daily life in earlier times. The museum is open seasonally in the afternoons.

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