Join us on Saturday, November 15th to learn how scientists track water pollution and map it to see patterns!

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. 

Become a water engineer!

In this mini-lab, design your own water filter and see how well it can clean dirty water.

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.  

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.

Share your thoughts and help shape the future of The Journey Museum.

Join us for family activities, gifts, snacks, and the chance to win an exclusive after hours experience at The Journey!

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. 

Join us for the next season of the Black Hills Chamber Music Society’s concert series.

Take the tiki lounge sounds of the 1960's, the rhythmic pulsing of bossa nova plus instrumental pyrotechnics, add mint and shake - this is A Night in the Tropics.  

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.

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.

Poverty 101 Session explores the dynamics and myths of poverty for attendees from all sectors and fosters a shared understanding of poverty.

The Poverty 101 Session explores the dynamics and myths of poverty for attendees from all sectors and fosters a shared understanding of poverty.

 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.

Cliff Effect Escape Room – An Eye-Opening Experience 

Will a raise move your family forward—or push you further behind? 

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.

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.

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.

Poverty 101 Session explores the dynamics and myths of poverty for attendees from all sectors and fosters a shared understanding of poverty.

The Poverty 101 Session explores the dynamics and myths of poverty for attendees from all sectors and fosters a shared understanding of poverty.

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.

This presentation will explore the historic battle from a Lakota perspective, as we approach the 150^th anniversary in 2026. 

Explore exciting hands-on learning activities that highlight the Journey Museum’s permanent exhibits - FREE!

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.

Celebrate Greenway Days with author Corey Christianson as she shares the history and impact of the fateful Rapid City Flood of 1972.