Exhibit halls will be designed to immerse guests in the subject matter, creating an atmosphere that puts lends a feeling of being within and a part of the exhibit.
There will be interactive, hands-on displays within the exhibit halls, encouraging an educational and entertaining experience
We plan to show South Dakota's ancient past, as well as the more recent history of the geological area. Special exhibits will be a major part of the Museum
A working paleontology lab will be open and operating with actual paleo work being done on a daily basis. Guests may register to be a part of some projects and thus become an exhibit themselves!
Some of the terms and specimens that will be found within the Black Hills Museum of Natural History
Fossils
A
fossil is any evidence of ancient life.
Fossil Invertebrates
Trilobites
Trilobites
are an extinct class of arthropods, closely related to crabs, lobsters
and insects.
Ammonites
Ammonites
are extinct, predatory, marine shelled cephalopods that shared many
similarities with their modern relatives: squids, octopi and nautilus. The Black Hills Museum of Natural History will host one of the
finest and most extensive displays of fossil ammonites anywhere in the world!
Fossil Fish and a variety of other Marine creatures
Plants
Agates
The
Black Hills Museum of Natural History will feature a large display of
Fairburn Agates, the South Dakota State Gemstone, along with many other
Black Hills agates.
Minerals
The Zeitner-Roberts collection will be a must see! Great mineral specimens from the Black
Hills of South Dakota and gemstones and meteorites from localities
throughout the world.
Historic and Paleontological Displays
