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National Presidential Wax Museum, Keystone, SD
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National Presidential Wax Museum

National Presidential Wax Museum is a museum in Keystone, SD, part of the Black Hills guide. Cost: under $25.

609 US-16A · Keystone, SD

Why you should go…

The National Presidential Wax Museum in Keystone, South Dakota, displays more than 100 wax figures including every U.S. president, with a self-guided audio tour recreating moments in presidential history. Exhibits include original Florida voting booths from the 2000 election, life and death masks of historical figures, and a mock White House press briefing room where visitors can deliver a speech from a teleprompter. The museum, owned since 2000 by the operator KCJ Enterprises, sits on Hwy 16A a few minutes from Mount Rushmore, on the same property as the affiliated Grapes and Grinds coffee and wine bar and Holy Terror Mini Golf.

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