Upcoming Events
Memories of George Washington - Book Talk
Join author Gary L. Gregg II as he highlights the crucial moments of Washington’s career in memory of the Founding Father.
Surviving The '72 Flood - Film Screening
Join us to conclude a weekend of remembrance at Greenway Days with a screening of this special SDPB film.
STEAM Saturdays: Monumental Chemical Reactions
Join the Journey Museum and Dakota STEAM for a Saturday morning science experiment and bring your monument to life with colorful fizzing fun!
Chamber Music Festival 2026 - Bright Lights, Hollywood Nights
Join us to welcome back the Chamber Music Festival for its 19th Season.
Chamber Music Festival 2026 - A Moose Walks into a Bar…
Join us to welcome back the Chamber Music Festival for its 19th Season.
Love the Outdoors Series: From Rails to Trails
Join South Dakota Public Broadcasting for the next installment of the Love the Outdoors Series.
Monumental Memories - Battle of Greasy Grass
Join author and historian Donovin Sprague as he commemorates the Battle of Greasy Grass and its lasting impacts on Lakota history.
Chamber Music Festival 2026 - I Create, Therefore I Am?
Join us to welcome back the Chamber Music Festival for its 19th Season.
August Cliff Effect Escape Room
Cliff Effect Escape Room – An Eye-Opening Experience
Will a raise move your family forward—or push you further behind?
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.
A Biography of a Mountain - Book Talk
Join the Journey Museum for a special presentation with author Matt Davis as he explores the making and meaning of Mount Rushmore through the lens of history, memory, and public monuments.
Love the Outdoors Series: A Mountain Bike Film Festival
Join the Black Hills Bike Hub on Saturday, August 29th for the Mountain Bike Film Festival.
Monumental Memories - Establishing Black Hills Towns
Join the Journey Museum for a special presentation by historian David A. Wolff exploring the founding of Black Hills communities during the gold rush era.
Monumental Memories - Crazy Horse Memorial
Join the Journey Museum for a special presentation with Whitney Rencountre II, CEO of the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation, and learn how the Foundation supports education, preserves Native cultures, and creates opportunities for future generations.
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.
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.
December Cliff Effect Escape Room
Cliff Effect Escape Room – An Eye-Opening Experience
Will a raise move your family forward—or push you further behind?
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.
Journey Museum Summer Festival 2026
Join us for our 2nd annual Summer Festival to celebrate the newly adopted Mission and Vision for The Journey Museum!
Love the Outdoors Series - An Evening With Teddy Roosevelt
Join us for an Evening with Teddy Roosevelt in our second installment of the Love the Outdoors Series.
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.
For The Birds - Live Music, Art, and Poetry
Join us for a night of music, poetry, and art as we celebrate conservation and climate change awareness through the lens of birding and ornithology.
Youth Visions & Voices of the Outdoors
Join us for the inaugural installment of this exciting new program.
Love the Outdoors Series is bought to you by The Beautiful Black Hills Initiative at the Black Hills Area Community Foundation.
STEAM Saturdays - Invent & Prototype – Spring Makers Lab: Design Thinking, Iteration & Creative Problem Solving
Celebrate invention and imagination in this open-ended prototyping session!
Morning Session: 10:30 AM
Afternoon Session: 2:00 PM
Turtle Soup | Paul L. Hedren - Sitting Bull’s War
In this deeply moving account, viewers are immersed in the struggles of the Lakotas and Northern Cheyennes in the 1870s to retain a lifeway on the buffalo prairie.
International Fly Fishing Film Festival
Join us for a night of unforgettable, adventure-driven films rooted in the soul of fly fishing.
STEAM Saturdays - Paper Engineering & Motion Lab: Balance, Movement & Creative Mechanics
Participants test center of gravity, structural strength, and pattern repetition!
Morning Session: 10:30 AM
Afternoon Session: 2:00 PM
Turtle Soup | Gina Gibson - Below the Surface: Art Inspired by Deep Science
Gina will discuss the many adventures that accompany her life as an artist, from her time at the deepest underground lab in the United States to Zürich, Switzerland.
Slow Art Day
Celebrate Slow Art Day at the Journey Museum! Enjoy a full day of special programming including slow flow yoga, sound baths, storytelling, STEAM learning, and more.
STEAM Saturdays - Slow Art Day Special: Self-Guided Yarn-Wrapped Initials
Join us on April 11th for Slow Art Day and enjoy free museum admission!
This week’s STEAM activity will be self-guided, and is all about slowing down and expressing yourself. Stop by for the chance to celebrate your own artwork!
Turtle Soup | Justin Horn - Black Hills or Bust: Lt. G.K. Warren's Three Western Expeditions
Justin’s presentation will venture across the American West, detailing the life of Lieutenant G.K. Warren, who was given the unofficial title of “The Explorer of Nebraska Territory.”
Justin will discuss Warren’s adventures, hardships, and explorations.
STEAM Saturdays - Mirrors & Light Lab: Exploring Reflection, Symmetry & Optical Design
Explore how light behaves through hands-on mirror investigations and symmetry-based art!
Morning Session: 10:30 AM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM
Violin Duo In Concert - Black Hills Chamber Music Society
Featuring Sarah Grimes from the Minnesota Orchestra and Kayla Moffett from the Kennedy Center Opera.
April Cliff Effect Escape Room
Cliff Effect Escape Room – An Eye-Opening Experience
Will a raise move your family forward—or push you further behind?
Women's Adventure Film Tour 2026
The Women’s Adventure Film Tour is a celebration of the inspiring women around us who are doing extraordinary things in the name of adventure.
This Annual event is sponsored by Black Hills based, women owned outdoor and adventure businesses.
STEAM - Design Under Constraints: Solving Real Engineering Problems
Design structures using a limited set of materials and evolving constraints!
Turtle Soup | Corey Christianson - A South Dakotan in the Great War: Alfred Dahlin
Join Corey for the story of Alfred Dahlin, a soldier in WW1. After serving his country, he returned to Sisseton, South Dakota.
His story is told through photographs, letters, and research.
STEAM Saturdays - Forces & Stability: Engineering Against Motion
Participants design freestanding structures that must withstand movement, wind, and added weight!
Morning Session: 10:30am - 11:00am
Afternoon Session: 2:00pm-2:30pm
Turtle Soup | Tamie Hopp - Points in Time: 150 Years of American Disability Policy from Indigenous Wisdom to Civil Rights
Tamie examines 150 years of American disability policy through two hypothetical figures that will help illustrate (and humanize) critical junctures in disability history.
Violin and Guitar: Latin Fire - Black Hills Chamber Music Society - Matinee
Welcome Maya Anjali Buchanan and John Marcel Williams for the Black Hills Chamber Music Society 2026 Concert Series.
STEAM Saturdays - Materials Matter: Choosing What Lasts
Participants investigate how different materials bend, break, or hold under stress by designing and testing small structures made from a single material!
Morning Session: 10:30am - 11:00am
Afternoon Session: 2:00pm-2:30pm
Violin and Guitar: Latin Fire - Black Hills Chamber Music Society
Welcome Maya Anjali Buchanan and John Marcel Williams for the Black Hills Chamber Music Society 2026 Concert Series.
Turtle Soup | Dean Simmons - Prisoners on the Prairie--WWII Axis POWS in MN and SD
Following a viewing of the PBS Documentary, Held in Minnesota: Untold WWII POW Stories, Dean Simmons will speak about the camps in Minnesota and South Dakota during World War Two.
The John Bahcall Colloquium - SURF Speaker Event
Join us in hosting SURF for this month’s John Bahcall Colloquium, a speaker series that features talks spanning underground science, astrophysics, neutrino physics, and more!
STEAM Saturdays - Strong Shapes: Designing for Strength
For this week’s activity, participants build and test structures using simple materials to explore how different shapes distribute weight and resist collapse!
Morning Session: 10:30am - 11:00am
Afternoon Session: 2:00pm-2:30pm
Turtle Soup | Marty Two Bulls Jr. - The Art of Marty Two Bulls Jr.
Join the talented Marty as he discusses his career and life as an interdisciplinary artist.
Additionally, view the exhibit he recently curated, Lakota Contemporary, currently on display in the Stanford Adelstein Gallery.
STEAM Saturdays - Communication & Precision: Circuits That Connect the World
For this week’s activity, inspired by Shirley Ann Jackson, participants will build a send-and-receive circuit to explore how electrical signals communicate messages!
Morning Session: 10:30am - 11:00am
Afternoon Session: 2:00pm-2:30pm