Reviews of Days of '76 Museum (Museum)

Terry Randall

Great artifacts

Shannon Hanson

Very cool & very interesting

Rick Birchfield

Great for cowboys

William Schmiedlin

Cool museum, but understand that it relates to the town history and the yearly event, not so much the mining that made the original town.

Travis Ranek

Full of history and actively educates kids through camps and such.

Angel Orenstein

Mostly focuses on the rodeo, but it was still a fun little museum for niche Deadwood history

Gina C

Really cool museum! Another favorite stop on our family vacation!

Carmen Stockwell

Real cool things to look at!!

Debarah Testa

Very worthwhile.

Heidi Bee

This gem in historic Deadwood is more-than-worth the price of admission! (PS - kids 5 and under are free!) The young man taking tickets was exceptionally helpful, the bathrooms were clean and well-kept, and the museum itself was a great experience for the whole family. Start out at the Prospectors Wagon exhibit where you'll see examples of what the early gold-seeking pioneers would have carried in their wagons as they headed west. Open the big barn doors and you'll be transported back in time looking at rodeo and pioneer memorabilia that's over 100 years old. It's awesome! Be sure to visit the lower level to play some pioneer table games, see real carriages and wagons, and get your picture taken while sitting in a refurbished stagecoach straight out of the Old West! Check out the gift shop before you leave and, for a small fee, your kids can pan for gold like real miners from the gold rush days. So much to see, we will be making a return trip when we come back to the beautiful Black Hills!

Sam McGinnis

Very nice museum excellent exhibits and the staff was very friendly and helpful

Chris Miller

Guns , and everything else was awesome

Lisa Forness

A surprising assortment of historical artifact from the late 1800's, including a room with a number of old-fashioned covered wagons. It is clear that alot of work was put into this museum! Also very reasonably priced!

Aidan Brady

Fantastic new building. Manages to take a collection of things (like a large wagon collection) and uses it to tell an easy to follow story without being too esoteric. Not sure how perfect it is for younger children but cool for mixed groups and museum lovers

Phillip Browning

Great place to spend a couple of hours. Staff were super friendly and the exhibits were nicely done. Highly recommend a visit.

Ric Ogle

Lots of history to read and see in this building.

Richard Rhone

One of the best smaller museums I've seen. Incredible and beautiful displays

Laura Dillon

Great place to take the family!

Robert Clayton

Cool place to explore

Larry Lopez

Really interesting that have a lot of old things you can see

J Robinson

I visited the Days of 76 Museum June 16, 2018. Spent a couple of hours walking their exhibits and enjoyed all of it. Wild Bill may be Deadwood's most famous citizen but he certainly was not it's most vital. This museum gives a little different prospective from the stereotypical Deadwood mythology. The Days of 76 Museum has a plethora of turn of the century artifacts but the photos and descriptions paint a picture of a vibrant community that holds a lot of pride beyond Bill. If you are ever in Deadwood I would recommend a visit to the 76 museum in lieu of a couple of hands in the casino.

Leo Marte

It's ok .. Just that ok..

Mark Baggett

Was interesting

Robert Knaggs

Worth seeing

Liz Birse

Great place to have fun

Cathy Seiders

Very informative !!!

Andrea Cole

So much to look at. Its a good place to learn about history.

Bob Parish

Highly recommended, love the weapons display and the wagons!!

David Newman

Awesome. Loved all the old carriages

mxbuffalo

Awesome

Angel Jimenez

A wonderful place of history to visit and spend a few hours. Not to mention the days of 76 events in August!!!

Tom C

It was really interesting and informative

Lee Ann Timberlake

Very informative. A lot of cool artifacts.

John M Harris

Great museum and very friendly staff. Highly recommend you visit.

Lisa Arias

Very interesting exhibits

Emily Brack

So much information, could spend hours in their reading

Aaron Rasor

Loved it!

David Young

Great museum in Deadwood

Louis Pettersen

Great family time very interesting

Sammi Liggett

We absolutely loved this place our grandson age 5 hasn't stopped talking about mining for gold

Tom T

Great museum especially the lower floor.

Nancy Reed

Great rodeo history and wonderful old wagons.

Paul Matteoni

Interesting history

Daniele Moffat

Very interesting hidden gem in Deadwood. Recalls the long history of the '76 celebration in Deadwood. Interesting and inexpensive.

Desiree Messenbrink

Wonderful history to look at and admire

Allen Firnekas

Lots of great things to see here, rodeo related and many interesting wagons, buggies, horse drawn vehicles downstairs.

Linda Wilson

Wonderful exhibits! Definitely worth the money spent. Staff is very pleasant.

Lee Reese

Very fun and educational museum. Worth a visit!

Gail Madden

Interesting and enjoyable

Noel Zingg

Nice! We got there late and had to rush thru, but it was still fun!

Jed Arnold

This review is comprehensive of the museum, campground, and facilities as I have visited the museum and used the campground. First off the museum is a must see and worth the visit. the building is clean and staff was friendly, really enjoyed the flow and use of time at the museum meaning it did not take too much time that things went stale for me. Second the campground. This campground is conveniently located right at the beginning of downtown as I call it. It has convenient access to transportation to tour the downtown area and casinos. Rides on the Trolley cars are $1 but if your content walking which I usually do it is an easy walk but will take a few minutes to get to the main downtown area. I would recommend crossing at the crosswalk down by the visitors center where it is a controlled traffic stop. The campground has ample spots some pull through some back in, and I saw a few trucks and campers on the street near the campground boon-docking and I believe did not pay to park there overnight and were not asked to leave. The site I had was 20/30 amp and water, it was pretty level and deep enough for my pickup and 30' travel trailer. If i nudged in my pickup next to the hitch not in front. As you leave the campground there is a dump station on the left side of the road that worked flawlessly and was clean. It also had a sign with a reminder to spray down the station when finished, so that is nice. The staff was very friendly and acted happy to see me when I walked in. She had everything down pat and check-in was less than five minutes and I was on my way. The price for me for the campground was $38 which I feel is probably normal for near downtown in a tourist driven area, but feels a bit high for what you get. Would have been more comfortable with $20-25 but I wanted to plug in and go to the deadwood lodge.

Jeff Borah

Really neat place to check out while in town. A lot of items to view, interesting things to read. We really enjoyed the visit.

Dustin White

A great museum that covers such a wide range of history.

Gray Squirrel

Nice place.. They need more space

Abbie Whitlock

The muesum is not that fun and will probably won't go again.

braeden Brown

Good museum. Lots of items delicated to cowboy rodeos, parades and western life

Emilie Draginis

Very interesting, my 12 year old loved it. Worth seeing while in Deadwood

rod m

Nice small old west museum

Jackie Roten

Love it

Suszanne Duncan

(Translated by Google) Very interesting n information. (Original) Very interesting n informatave.

Janet Richardson

The staff was great and very helpful, pleasant, made the day with smiles. Lots to see of the history, great gift shop

Johanna Thompson

Wagons on display

Aaron Johnson

Very worthwhile

michael hanson

Great stop, lots to see

Silvia Itin di viaggio

Ottimo museo per capire la storia della cittadina. Molto divertente anche per i bambini. Al piano interrato si trova anche un esposizione di carrozze.

Roger Baldwin

Great place. Very very well done

Sherry Hunter

Very cool museum!

Dan Brown

Very nice addition to our vacation. A lot of history to celebrate.

Karen Everett

Amazing and exhibits are very well marked for easy reading.

Paula Waymouth

Wonderful rodeo memorabilia

Chawni Whitlock

Has a large collection of wagons, stagecoaches and other types of horse drawn items.

Valerie Brendel

A must see experience beyond no other!

Alex Wallace

Not really interesting if you're from the UK, all about rodeo, gun section was interesting.

Larry Missildine

Great stop

Bruce Rose

I am sure this place is a lot more fun during the actual Days Of 76' rodeo. But I found the museum to be very informative if you are interested in the history of the old west.

John Greenhow

Excellent little museum.

Jennifer Martinez

Love the portion dedicated to rodeo.

Richard Stecher

A great place to reconnect with American history. I loved seeing the fire truck wagons from the 1800s

Kirsten Schmeckpeper

Definitely worth a stop in Deadwood! Sundays are not good days as they have no shows going on. We went to the museum and thoroughly enjoyed it. They have exhibits for kids and adults. Some are interactive which is fun for the kids!

Todd Bassett

Very neat place to go. Rodeo fans should make this a stop. Wish I could have purchased a tee shirt or other rodeo item. Nice staff. Great wagons down stairs.

Cleomenes junior

Excelente para aprender a cultura..

A Tkach

Great display of the history of Deadwood. Nice campground by museum.

Marilyn Martin

Great history.

Nicholas Smith

Super cool. Lots to learn about.

Charles Kross

Really enjoyed the museum. Deadwood is a great place to visit.

Jude Kerry

Very informative, well laid out. Definitely worth a visit.

Fred Gonzales

Nice museum small fee to get in . It's about Deadwood in 1876, very educational. Does have a gift shop.

James Hutcherson

Employees were super nice and only charged us for half price since we only had 45 minutes to walk through. The museum is nice but it seemed more dedicated to the history of rodeo rather than the gold rush in 1876.

Andrew Marabella

Very informative

Tiffany Koffler

Interesting place with a lot to see. They have a cute gift shop with unique items as well.

R Scott Weaver

Great place to see the history of Deadwood, the Days of 76 annual celebration, the Lakota and a huge collection of stage coaches. We enjoyed it tremendously.

Kathleen Williams

Loved this place!

Clark Zealand

If you are in a place like Deadwood, you have to check out the Days of ’76 Museum. I think the admission prices are a little steep but the museum is pretty big and overall, well worth the time to tour the facility. The main floor includes a very thorough history of the area with numerous interpretive displays that impressively captures the historical changes and gives you a really good sense of how Deadwood was such a crazy place in the ‘old west’! The historical gun collection is extensive and it is really cool to see some of the classic pistols and rifles that you typically only see in old western movies. All that to say, I think the most impressive part of the museum is the bottom floor where you’ll find one of the largest collections of western wagons and carriages, etc. on the planet. The variety of wagons and carriages is like nothing I have ever seen before and they are all in extremely good condition. I probably spent way more time looking through this collection than I did the main floor. They were getting ready to close for the day and so we were pressed for time or I could have spent even more time there! Overall, this is a really cool place and I strongly recommend taking the time to visit!

Julene Healey

I thought this was interesting, I really liked the way it looked. There was a black one just like it. This was a very fun place to visit.

Carolanne Szoke

Wanted to stay and go thru it again

Mike Mestas

Plenty of things to see. Lots of reading. Lost track of time while there.

N Carroll

Good museum, has some good items on display, some activities for kids. To be honest, however, it seemed mostly just a showboat of their local rodeo scene.

Michael Deakins

A true joy to visit and see the awesome history of the black hills and south dakota. DON'T MISS!

Erica Marabella

Wonderful addition to our trip!!

Chris Varley

Eh.....okay

Annette Hauser

Very interesting

Sherry Peranteau

This was a cool and interesting place to visit. Loved it.

Rich Schurter

Deadwood and western history buffs, this should be on the list of stops. We'll organized, informative, small enough you don't need all day but you could.

Rhonda Olson

A must see when in Deadwood.

Ed Sullivan

Interesting little museum with a big selection of old carriages and wagons

Ewan Perrott

Filled with fun and facts!

Patrick E

A must see if you end up in this biker filled gambling town. This whole town was one of the cooler stops along my journies and this place puts things into perspective.

Karen Moritz

Informative and historic! Learned a lot about early Deadwood, many famous (or infamous) people, and about rodeo. Stage coaches on lower level were amazing!

Marcy Taylor

Good gun collection and many carriages

ABE Getty

Great!

Holly Dardine

Awesome

ken smith

It was ok... had some really cool things but I just didn't get excited about this place

Tony R

Great museum to take the family to. Staff very friendly.

Chris Dale

Nice museum. Worth a visit

Juanita Bright

Love this campground! We have stayed multiple times for pre-Sturgis and would stay again. Staff are friendly and helpful. Park is clean and the shower facilities are awesome.

Micki Thomsen

This Museum was a good place to visit..saw a lot of carriages and other older stuff.

Rigo Aragon

This part of the Country is so beautiful, the pictures speek for themselves

Chris Ladd

Awesome history.

Lynda Clayton

I loved this museum! From the exhibits to the gift shop this place is delightful! Want to learn more about the history of the Day's of 76? This is a must stop!

Martina Marty

Great museum

Laura Shaffer

Friendly, clean, right on end of town, trolley to everywhere! Loved it here! The big horn sheep came through, that was awesome! Didn't discriminate against my pets or motorhome! I drive an 87 so I get turned away a lot :/ gave us maps of area and things to do! Even advice on roads to mount Rushmore since my rv is long :) highly recommend stopping by and checking out the museum!

Thomas Porsel

Very informative.

Ariel Smith

Loved it

David Swihart

It is a great stop recommend to all

Victoria Adams

Great place for families with children, lots of touch and feel exhibits.

Bob Greco

Excellent displays and stories

MT

Nice place

Lourdes Barraza

So beautiful, very clean

Justin Lincoln

Lots of fun!!