Upcoming Events
INSPIRED: Documentary Screening
Join us for a day celebrating the unique relationship between the Horse and the Ochéthi Šakówin. Presented in partnership with Itówapi Owapazo (formerly the Red Cloud Heritage Center), the day will include a horse honoring ceremony on the museum grounds, a panel discussion, and the premier theatrical screening of Keith Brave Heart’s newest film Inspired - Horse Nation of the Ochéthi Šakówin. This special event offering all members of the community the opportunity to connect in celebration of both the Horse and the cultural heritage of the Ochéthi Šakówin.
Dinosaur Skull Unveiling & Book Signing
The Journey Museum, in partnership with the Black Hills Institute (BHI), is pleased to announce a special event to celebrate the unveiling of a new dinosaur skull on loan from BHI. The event will also include an appearance by BHI President Peter Larson, as well as Kristin Donnan who will be signing copies of their new book Rex Appeal 2.
Women’s Adventure Film Tour
The Women’s Adventure Film Tour® (WAFT) returns for its eighth year, celebrating extraordinary women and their thrilling adventures. Get ready for an adrenaline-fueled showcase of courage and triumph that will ignite your spirit. Don’t miss this unforgettable adventure!
Quilts Illustrated: 50 years of the Black Hills Quilt Show
Quilting is an expressive art and craft form popular in America for over 200 years. Quilts uniquely capture human experience and creativity through eye-catching patterns and colorful fabrics. This exhibit celebrates the art of quilting and the cultural impact of the 50th anniversary of Black Hills Quilt Show in Rapid City. Since 1974, the Quilt Show has been a community staple, drawing together thousands of quilters, their families, tourists, and vendors. Each year, the Black Hills Quilt Show offers a one-of-a-kind creative visual experience. Quilts Illustrated features 27 quilts, ranging from king size to miniatures. They represent the variety of quilt show categories over the past fify years. Visitors will delight in the creativity of area quilters and their quilts made by hand or machine, and designed with a wide range of techniques, patterns, and fabric choices representative of the decades. In honor of quilting history, the exhibit includes an antique and vintage section featuring several Civil War-era quilts and a signature quilt signed in the 1950’s by Rapid City area residents and people from surrounding communities.
Turtle Soup | The Duhamel Trading Post
Helene Duhamel hosts the final Turtle Soup of the Spring 2024 season. Her presentation will cover The Duhamel Trading Post.
BEAVERS - WHY THEY MATTER A CONVERSATION WITH BEN GOLDFARB, AUTHOR OF EAGER
Join us for this virtual presentation,
followed by a Q&A. Journey Museum
on Thursday, May 2, 7 p.m. Free to the
public.
A Taste of Nostalgia- Romancing The Stone
The Journey Museum will be hosting 2 Nostalgia Night film series screenings. On Sunday April 21st we will be showing Goldfinger, and on April 28th Romancing The Stone. Tickets are available at the museum for $20+tax for both films!
STEAM Weekend | Create Your Own Invention
In this week’s STEAM we will be celebrating the innovative spirit of The Industrial Revolution! You will be the inventor, designer, engineer, and artist! Let your imagination run wild as you create everything from fun contraptions to Steampunk art! Borrow from the past or jump to the future! YOU are the master of your own project!
Turtle Soup | Fish Tales: Inside the D.C. Booth National Historic Fish Hatchery
Karen Holzer and Adeline Kirtley host Turtle Soup with a presentation on the archives located at the D.C. Booth National Fish Hatchery.
A Taste of Nostalgia- Goldfinger
The Journey Museum will be hosting 2 Nostalgia Night film series screenings. On Sunday April 21st we will be showing Goldfinger, and on April 28th Romancing The Stone. Tickets are available at the museum for $20+tax for both films!
International Fly Fishing Film Festival
IF4™ is the world’s leading fly-fishing film event, consisting of coveted fly-fishing films produced by filmmakers from all corners of the globe and showcases the passion, lifestyle, and culture of fly fishing. It is the gathering place of the fly-fishing community and a celebration of friendship, stories and stoke.
Doors open at 6:00pm, film starts at 7:00pm.
STEAM Weekend | Steam Power
Trains, boats, and factories all had one thing in common during the Industrial Revolution – they were all powered by steam! Join us this weekend as we explore what this cutting-edge technology did for society and see how it works in our STEAM programming.
Turtle Soup | Art & Engineering
Jon Kellar of South Dakota Mines, hosts Turtle Soup with a presentation on Art and Engineering. This presentation will highlight the integration of Art and Engineering at the South Dakota Mines Campus.
STEAM Weekend | Telegraphs & Morse Code
...---... (SOS) is one of the most recognized messages in the world. In this week’s STEAM programming, learn what a telegraph is, what it was used for, and how to send messages with it. We’re also going to learn a little Morse Code as well!
Turtle Soup | Another America
Jhon Goes In Center hosts Turtle Soup with a presentation called Another America. This presentation will have a focus on Lakota perspective on the Black Hills as well as historic maps.
STEAM Weekend | Electromagnets
Generators, speakers, headphones, computer hard drives; what do these items have in common? They are all made with electromagnets. In this week’s STEAM program, we will be learning about one of the most widely used inventions of the Industrial Revolution and seeing one in action
Turtle Soup | The Kind Whisper History Talk
Alan Maas hosts Turtle Soup with a discussion of his newest book, The Kind Whisper.
Al came to the Black Hills over 30 years ago and was taken in by the beauty and the history. Working and playing in the hills only expanded his quest to find answers about the land and the characters that roamed this area. Al is following his dream of writing a book about the area around and in the Black Hills of South Dakota, but then is following that up with a tour explaining the historical sites and the stories that go with it. The book, The Kind Whisper, is based on the Mystery of the Thoen Stone.
STEAM Weekend | Rockets
For humans to explore space, we had to answer many questions. One of those questions was how to make something fly fast enough to make it all the way out to space. In this week’s STEAM program, we will be looking into how rockets fly and launching some film-canister rockets of our own.
STEAM Weekend | Bats
In nature, the only animals other than insects that use “true flight” are birds and bats! In this week's STEAM, we will learn the differences in their wings and how they fly. This week’s project will be creating origami (paper folding) birds and bats that flutter when they fly!
Oyate Woyaka | The People Speak Screening
Join SDPB and The Journey Museum for a special screening of Oyate Woyaka: The People Speak. This documentary looks at the story of Lakota language loss and the efforts to revitalize it. It is told from the perspective of Lakota elders, who share their vision for the future of the Lakota Nation.
Turtle Soup | Pactola: Then and Now
Ken Wrede hosts Turtle Soup with Pactola: Then and Now. From the early years of Pennington County’s first town, Camp Crook (name was later changed to Pactola), we’ll explore the history and people of the area, the contentious proposal to build Pactola Dam, construction details, and the importance of the dam as a water resource for agriculture, domestic supply, recreation, and tourism.
STEAM Weekend | Hang Gliders
What goes up, must come down... but slowly. Create your own model hang glider in this week’s STEAM program, learn the science behind their design, and why they work the way they do.
Turtle Soup | A History and Relocation Attempt of a Railroad Roundhouse in Deadwood
Fidel Martinez-Greer hosts Turtle Soup with A History and Relocation Attempt of a Railroad Roundhouse in Deadwood. This presentation accounts the multidisciplinary efforts on behalf of the Deadwood Historic Preservation Office and the Archaeological Research Center to uncover and preserve a segment of historic railroad infrastructure in Deadwood, SD. The Deadwood Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Roundhouse was one of the stations vital to servicing locomotives traveling through the Black Hills from the late 20th century to the mid-21st century.
STEAM Weekend | Helicopters
Whirlybird, gyroplane, eggbeater – all names for this week's STEAM weekend project – Helicopters! Join us as we look at what makes a helicopter fly, then create your own to take home.
Turtle Soup | Minuteman: World Wide Delivery In 30 minutes Or Less
Al Hall & James Boensch host Turtle Soup with a presentation called Minuteman- World Wide Delivery in 30 minutes or Less. The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site is a National Park Service historic site established in 1999 near Wall, SD. To illustrate the history and significance of the Cold War, the arms race, and intercontinental ballistic missile development. The only one of it's kind with both the Launch Control Facility, and Launch Facility.
Steam Weekend | Hot Air
Heat rises, and we have figured out ways to fly using it. Hot air balloons are a famous example of how we use hot air to fly. In this week’s STEAM program, we are going to explore the science and the history of air balloons.
Turtle Soup-Indigenous Games Of The Midwest
Travis Brave Heart hosts Turtle Soup with a presentation on Indigenous Games of the Midwest. This presentation will focus on traditional games played by the people of the plains, while connecting culture of the past and present.
Turtle Soup is a weekly lunch and learn program with revolving topics ranging from Indigenous Games of the Midwest presented by Travis Brave Heart to Art & Engineering being presented by Jon Keller of South Dakota Mines. Each presentation starts with lunch being served at 11:45 PM, followed by a presentation at 12 PM. The local non-profit Fork Real Café partners with The Journey Museum & Learning Center to provide two weekly varieties of soup including a vegetarian option. Immediately following the presentation, a discussion will be held regarding that topic.
Exhibition | Painted Tipis of the Blackfeet Nation
This exhibition explores the rich history and art of Blackfeet painted lodges, or tipis. Blackfeet artists Victor Pepion and Cecile Last Star (Black Boy) created paintings depicting dozens of traditional painted tipis during the 1930’s -1940’s. Cecile Black Boy collected and transcribed the traditional stories of many Blackfeet painted tipis as part the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Writers’ Project. Both the original paintings and the manuscripts are now held in the collection of the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning, MT.
Exhibition | Connections: Past, Present, and Future
The Sioux Indian Museum, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, announces the opening of a new exhibition, Connections: Past Present, and Future, showcasing the artwork of Nathaniel Ruleaux. The exhibition will run from December 2, 2023, through March 24, 2024. On December 2, an opening reception will be held for the exhibit from 2pm to 4pm The artist will be available to discuss his work during the reception. The reception and exhibition are free and open to the public.