Museums
History BuffSioux Indian Museum
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Museum of Geology
Museum of Geology is a museum in Rapid City, SD, part of the Black Hills guide. Cost: free.
501 E Saint Joseph St · Rapid City, SD
Why you should go…
The Museum of Geology sits on the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology campus in the O'Harra Building and displays vertebrate and invertebrate fossils, including dinosaurs and Cenozoic mammals collected from the White River Badlands, alongside minerals, rocks and meteorites tied to the geology of the Black Hills. The museum is open year round and admission is free. It is open weekdays 9am-4pm and Saturdays 10am-4pm.
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