This museum, a teaching and research facility, has over 250,000 vertebrate fossils and 6,000 minerals. Some of the prominent collections of this museum include White River Badlands mammalian fossils, marine and non-marine Jurassic and Cretaceous reptiles and mammals, and Black Hills pegmatite minerals. The museum has rare specimens on display, like a pregnant oreodont, titanothere skeleton, mosasaur skeleton, plesiosaur skeleton, and minerals from around the world.
Hours of Operation
- Hours during the academic year:
- Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Saturday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Sunday: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
- Hours from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend:
- Monday - Saturday: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Sunday: 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- This museum is closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, and Easter.
