Adams Museum
In 1930 pioneer businessman W.E. Adams founded the Adams Museum in Deadwood, with the purpose of preserving and displaying the history of the Black Hills. He donated the building to the City of Deadwood.
Some of the Black Hills’ greatest treasures are on exhibit at the museum including:
- Potato Creek Johnny’s 7.346 troy ounce gold nugget
- Beloved American illustrator N.C. Wyeth’s pencil sketch drawing of Western legend Wild Bill Hickok
- The mysterious Thoen Stone record of the Ezra Kind party’s discovery of gold in the Hills in the 1830s
- A rare one-of-a-kind plesiosaur (marine reptile)
HOURS OF OPERATION
MAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., daily.
OCTOBER THROUGH APRIL
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Tuesday – Saturday.
Closed Sundays, Mondays, and winter holidays.
MUSEUM ADMISSION
Suggested donation $5 for adults, $3 for children.
INDIVIDUAL COMBO & TRIO PASSES
$13 per person for the Adams Museum and Days of ’76 Museum; $22 for Adams Museum, Days of ’76 Museum, and Historic Adams House (available April – October).
605-578-1714