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Museum at Black Hills Institute, Hill City, SD
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Museum at Black Hills Institute

Museum at Black Hills Institute is a museum in Hill City, SD, part of the Black Hills guide. Cost: under $25.

117 Main St · Hill City, SD

Why you should go…

The Museum at Black Hills Institute in Hill City, South Dakota showcases fossils, minerals, meteorites and dinosaur skeletons prepared by the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research. The collection includes more than 900 original fossils and casts of T. rex specimens such as Stan. An attached gift shop, Everything Prehistoric, sells fossil replicas and merchandise.

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