Upcoming Events
Free Community Weekend
Join us for a weekend of FREE admission to all areas of the museum as well as special programs and STEAM Saturdays.
Out There Film Screening
This inspiring evening features a social hour with local refreshments, a private screening of the award-winning documentary 𝘖𝘶𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦: 𝘈 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, and a live panel.
Turtle Soup | Jon and Gail Crane - Mystic Travelers: Images from the Edge
To open the Fall 2025 Turtle Soup Season, Jon and Gail will recount the beginning days of their marriage as they built their home in Mystic, South Dakota, living in pioneer conditions as they developed the land. Historic photographs, Jon’s photos and a few of Jon’s paintings tell the story of the magical Mystic Valley.
Turtle Soup | Levi Kessler - Black Hills Forgotten History
Step beyond the typical tourist view of the Black Hills and into a world of forgotten history with Levi Kessler, the founder and driving force behind History Below the Pines.
This presentation offers a rare look at chapters of South Dakota's past that remain hidden, entirely guarded by private landowners beneath the towering pines.
SDPB Presents: The American Revolution - Rapid City
Join us as we dive into the intimate history of THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION at SDPB’s special event.
Enjoy hands-on activities and portions of the upcoming 12-hour documentary by Ken Burns on The American Revolution.
Turtle Soup | Kathleen Christopherson - Dr. R. J. Jackson and the Early Lives of Canyon Lake
Join Kathleen Christopherson as she covers the Canyon Lake story from the building of the first dam in 1891 through the lake’s restoration in the 1950’s.
Turtle Soup | Amy Sazue - Remembering the Children
The Remembering the Children Memorial is a community-led initiative in Rapid City, South Dakota, dedicated to honoring the children who were taken from their families and placed at the Rapid City Indian Boarding School between 1898 and 1933.
The Memorial represents a historic act of acknowledgment, healing, and justice, situated on land directly tied to the dispossession of Indigenous children and families.
November Cliff Effect Escape Room
Cliff Effect Escape Room – An Eye-Opening Experience
Will a raise move your family forward—or push you further behind?
Turtle Soup | Matthew Davis - Book Talk: A Biography of a Mountain
oin author Matthew Davis for a thought-provoking presentation on his new book, A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore.
This session promises an engaging dialogue about how we remember, commemorate, and interpret American history through monuments.
December Poverty Escape Room
The Poverty 101 Session explores the dynamics and myths of poverty for attendees from all sectors and fosters a shared understanding of poverty.
December Poverty 101
Poverty 101 Session explores the dynamics and myths of poverty for attendees from all sectors and fosters a shared understanding of poverty.
Turtle Soup | Alec Anton - Driving a Herd of Bison to their Death
The Archaeology Laboratory, Augustana University, with the support of the South Dakota State Historical Society and South Dakota Archaeological Society volunteers, recently conducted archaeological research associated with a National Register of Historic Places nomination of a bison kill site in central South Dakota.
Turtle Soup | Tom Durkin - James Webb Space Telescope: Overcoming 344 Ways to Fail
Join Tom Durkin to explore NASA’s amazing James Webb Space Telescope and how it had to overcome 344 single points of failure, any one of which would have ended the mission.
Turtle Soup | Paul Horsted - South Dakota Yesterday & Today: A Preview
Join Paul for a preview from the forthcoming book scheduled for release in the summer of 2026.
Get an inside look into Paul’s process, inspiration, and what he has discovered about South Dakota on his photographic journey.
Black Hills Film Festival 2025
The Black Hills Film Festival returns to The Journey Museum. We are pleased to host the 2025 Festival in its entirety this year!
October Poverty 101
Poverty 101 Session explores the dynamics and myths of poverty for attendees from all sectors and fosters a shared understanding of poverty.
October Poverty Escape Room
The Poverty 101 Session explores the dynamics and myths of poverty for attendees from all sectors and fosters a shared understanding of poverty.
The History and Future of America’s Public Land - Walt Dabney
Many Americans use public lands for recreation and business but don't understand where they came from or why they are the birthright of every citizen.
Join us for this free presentation telling the history of public lands and offer discussion on how to preserve their future.
September Cliff Effect Escape Room
Cliff Effect Escape Room – An Eye-Opening Experience
Will a raise move your family forward—or push you further behind?
2025 Dakotas Society of American Foresters Conference
Join the Society of American Foresters of the Dakotas as we discuss real silvicultural techniques for managing our local forests to endure the challenges they face now and into the future.
The Wild Horse: History and Lore
Join us for a special learning forum presentation by Lee Silliman, curator of the current exhibition in the Adelstein Gallery, “These Noble Brutes.”
This lecture expands the context of this wonderful exhibit with discussion of how the horse evolved in North America, spread to other continents, and then went extinct in North America.
Event is FREE and open to the public.
History of the American Bison
Join us for a special learning forum presentation by Lee Silliman, curator of the current exhibition, “These Noble Brutes” in the Adelstein Gallery.
Event is FREE and open to the public.
August Poverty 101
Poverty 101 Session explores the dynamics and myths of poverty for attendees from all sectors and fosters a shared understanding of poverty.
August Poverty Escape Room
The Poverty 101 Session explores the dynamics and myths of poverty for attendees from all sectors and fosters a shared understanding of poverty.
Space Camp 2025
Registration NOW OPEN for Space Camp 2025!
Spots are limited, so claim yours now!
Chamber Music Festival of the Black Hills - Southern Harmonies
The Chamber Music Festival of the Black Hills is back for its 18th season!
Join us in the Journey Museum Theater for this special concert series.
Lakota Life After the Buffalo
Join us for a special program with Victor Swallow and Gary Wietgrefe as they share their journey of collecting oral histories and organizing them into the book, Lakota Life After the Buffalo.
Chamber Music Festival of the Black Hills - Bright Lights, Disco Nights
The Chamber Music Festival of the Black Hills is back for its 18th season!
Join us in the Journey Museum Theater for this special concert series.
Chamber Music Festival of the Black Hills: The Classical Influencers: Bach, Haydn, and Mozart
The Chamber Music Festival of the Black Hills is back for its 18th season!
Join us in the Journey Museum Theater for this special concert series.
The Battle of Greasy Grass
This presentation will explore the historic battle from a Lakota perspective, as we approach the 150th anniversary in 2026.
Journey Summer Festival
Explore exciting hands-on learning activities that highlight the Journey Museum’s permanent exhibits - FREE!
Beavers: Architects of Resilience
The Black Hills Flyfishers welcome Dr. Emily Fairfax to share her research on the importance of beavers in building climate resiliency.
FREE and open to the public.
Rapid City Flood Remembrance and Book Signing
Celebrate Greenway Days with author Corey Christianson as she shares the history and impact of the fateful Rapid City Flood of 1972.
Lakota Ethnobotany Workshop
Experience hands-on learning with Lakota elder and ethnobotanist Richard T. Sherman as he shares traditional plant knowledge and Indigenous stewardship practices. This workshop includes a museum presentation followed by a guided hike to identify native plants used by the Lakota for generations.
Surviving The '72 Flood - Film Screening
Join us to kickoff a weekend of celebration and remembrance at Greenway Days with a screening of this special SDPB film.
June Poverty 101
Poverty 101 Session explores the dynamics and myths of poverty for attendees from all sectors and fosters a shared understanding of poverty.
June Poverty Escape Room
The Poverty 101 Session explores the dynamics and myths of poverty for attendees from all sectors and fosters a shared understanding of poverty.
Moccasin Making Workshop
Learn about the artistry and history behind Lakota moccasins.
You will learn to design and make their very own soft soled plains moccasins to take home.
Space is limited.
Black Hills Chamber Society - Maya Anjali Buchanan, Violin & Robert Koenig, Piano
The Journey Museum is excited to welcome the Black Hills Chamber Society for their 2025 season to the Wells Fargo Theater!
Turtle Soup | Don Springetti - Dams of the Black Hills
Take a look at a variety of types of dams in the Black Hills area and explore who built them and who manages them today.
Turtle Soup | Dr. Sharon Weaver - Dogs and Their Ancestors Through Time: What Fossils Reveal About Their Behavior
Dr. Sharon Weaver presents on how 3D scans of the front arm bones of modern and fossil canids (dogs and their ancestors) can tell us about their behavior.
Turtle Soup | Frank Moulton Pennington County’s First Sheriff – Gary Overby
Explore the life of Rapid City’s first Sheriff, Frank Moulton, with Gary Overby.
April Poverty 101
Poverty 101 Session explores the dynamics and myths of poverty for attendees from all sectors and fosters a shared understanding of poverty.
April Poverty Escape Room
The Poverty 101 Session explores the dynamics and myths of poverty for attendees from all sectors and fosters a shared understanding of poverty.