Dakota Discovery Museum, Mitchell, SD Photos

The Dakota Discovery Museum in Mitchell, South Dakota, displays several heritage buildings, Native American artifacts, objects from the settlement of the Dakotas, plus Western Art including a collection of illustration originals by Charles Hargens.

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Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Farwell Methodist Church at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Tower of Farwell Methodist Church at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Louis & Mary Beckwith House at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Farwell Methodist Church (1908) at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Tower of Farwell Methodist Church at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Louis & Mary Beckwith House (1886) at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD. Style: Italianate. On National Register.
Queen Anne elements of Beckwith House at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Covered delivery wagon at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Covered delivery wagon at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Freight wagon at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
Queen Anne elements of Beckwith House at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Covered delivery wagon at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Covered delivery wagon at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Freight wagon at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
Dimock railway depot moved to Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Collection of farm machinery at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Meriwether Lewis sculpture by James Earle Fraser at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Head of Meriwether Lewis sculpture by James Earle Fraser at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
Dimock railway depot moved to Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Collection of farm machinery at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Meriwether Lewis sculpture by James Earle Fraser at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Head of Meriwether Lewis sculpture by James Earle Fraser at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
William Clark sculpture by James Earle Fraser at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Head of William Clark sculpture by James Earle Fraser at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Map of Lewis & Clark's route through Dakotas at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Louisiana Purchase map at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
William Clark sculpture by James Earle Fraser at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Head of William Clark sculpture by James Earle Fraser at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Map of Lewis & Clark's route through Dakotas at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Louisiana Purchase map at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
Lewis & Clark Expedition graphic at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Sioux Tipi at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Detail of Sioux Tipi at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Beaded tipi bag at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
Lewis & Clark Expedition graphic at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Sioux Tipi at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Detail of Sioux Tipi at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Beaded tipi bag (c1885) at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
Sioux beaded men's gauntlet gloves at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Sioux beaded moccasins at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Kiowa beaded women's leggings & moccasins at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Sioux parfleche at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
Sioux beaded men's gauntlet gloves (c1885) at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Sioux beaded moccasins (c1900) at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Kiowa beaded women's leggings & moccasins (c1925) at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Sioux parfleche at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
President Andrew Johnson peace medal at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Frontier Doctor's Office at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Sheepherder's wagon at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Saddlemaker's bench at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
President Andrew Johnson peace medal (1865) at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Frontier Doctor's Office at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Sheepherder's wagon at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Saddlemaker's bench at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
Thresher by Avery Co. of Peoria, IL at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Red Wing crock by Union Stoneware Co. at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Interior of sod house at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
Thresher (1898) by Avery Co. of Peoria, IL at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Red Wing crock by Union Stoneware Co. at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Interior of sod house at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
Furnishings of interior of sod house at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Studio of illustrator Charles Hargens at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Stagecoach driver fending off bears, painting by Charles Hargens at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Riders & covered wagon, painting by Charles Hargens at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
Furnishings of interior of sod house at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Studio of illustrator Charles Hargens (1893-1997) at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Stagecoach driver fending off bears, painting by Charles Hargens at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Riders & covered wagon, painting by Charles Hargens at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
Two riders on stream, painting by Charles Hargens at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Frontiersman with flintlock & arrow through hat, painting by Charles Hargens at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Gunfighter at Big Nugget Hotel for book called Bonanza Gulch, painting by Charles Hargens at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Snowy Evening at Buffalo Gap, painting by Charles Hargens at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
Two riders on stream, painting by Charles Hargens at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Frontiersman with flintlock & arrow through hat, painting by Charles Hargens at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Gunfighter at Big Nugget Hotel for book called Bonanza Gulch, painting by Charles Hargens at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.Snowy Evening at Buffalo Gap, painting (c1940) by Charles Hargens at Dakota Discovery Museum. Mitchell, SD.
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