Events

It’s Visit Brookings’ Annual Frost Fest on February 17-20! Bundle up to celebrate the season on our indoor and outdoor prairie at the Children’s Museum of South Dakota. – Explore […]

All Ages | Family Style | Museum Admission Required It’s Visit Brookings’ Annual Frost Fest on February 17-20! Bundle up to celebrate the season on our indoor and outdoor prairie […]

Join us for the oldest marathon in South Dakota and one of the oldest in the United States. Run every year since 1970, the Brookings Marathon offers small town running […]

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. […]

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 […]