Brookings

School may be out, but we are OPEN for a special Monday day of PLAY!

Ages 6-12 | Drop Off | Registration Required | $52 ($41.60 members) Ready… set… go! Airplanes, cars, boats, trains, you name it! They take you where you need to go. […]

Join us for a low-sensory playtime that offers a calm, less crowded opportunity for exploration in our Museum’s exhibits. We invite all families with children experiencing disabilities to this private […]

Join us for special member hours! The Museum exhibits will be open for play for our members until 7 pm. Play Central Toys & Books will be offering a 20% […]

South Dakota has undergone more rapid change in the last forty or fifty years than it did in all of its history. In that time, South Dakota became a primarily […]

Join the museum at the opening reception for our newest exhibit, “Drowning in Dirt: Joseph Hutton and the Dust Bowl”. This event is free and open to the public, and […]

Join the museum and the Brookings Farmers Market for our 4th annual Frost Fest Farmers Market! Held during Brookings’ Frost Fest, we will have a variety of vendors selling their […]

Stop by the museum on the second Monday of December, January, and February for a Make & Take Monday craft! Each month will bring a new craft for you to […]

Get ready for Valentine’s Day with our Free Family Fun Day! We’re partnering with the South Dakota Art Museum for a morning filled with Valentine’s Day themed crafts, activities, and […]

The museum is excited to welcome CK Van Dam, author of the book Proving Her Claim. This debut novel for CK follows Anna, a woman homesteader in the Dakota Territory. […]