It was good to see all Presidents in a wax inside the museum and I enjoyed it. There is a listening…read moredevice in each exhibition. Staff in gift shop is very friendly and helpful. She also was manning the Holy Terror miniature golf which I'll give review later. I recommend this place. Great for groups and families with kids!

We awhile attending the Sturgis Bike Rally my wife and I decided to go to the National Presidential…read moreWax Museum in Keystone and we're glad we did. This place was amazing and the price to enter was very inexpensive also Seniors receive a $2.00 discount. This is a non-political museum that everyone would enjoy. I am not sure where to start but to begin with they have a beautiful Presidential podium in front of the White House Press Room where you can stand and take a photo. Next you sit down and watch a short film on the wax sculpture process and the history of the artist in the museum. You then continue seeing wax sculptures of all the presidents in different settings. Every setting was amazing and very professionally done. The museum exceptionally clean and very high quality. The exhibits were amazing. No woke! We will definitely return in the future.

As little house on the prairie fans we had to stop and see what they had preserved from Carrie…read moreIngalls. They had a room filled with curated items that we saved prior to Carrie's house burning down. They also have a room filled with local keystone historical items from both settlers and Native Americans. GPS brought us close but not directly to the location but we could easily see how to get the last few hundred feet. Another hidden gem. The volunteer at the door helped guide us and gave us background that wasn't written on any of the exhibits. The classrooms upstairs look like the students just left the room. Great place to visit for local history.

Great place with great volunteers So neat to learn so much…read moreabout Keystone, and Carrie Ingalls

I would highly recommend this history museum it has a lot of history about Mount Rushmore. This is…read morea great location. This has a movie that tells you about Mt Rushmore. The staff is very friendly and helpful.

Borglum's studio is located at Mt. Rushmore and is certainly worth seeing but unlike what can be…read morelearned at Mt. Rushmore, the Gutzon Borglum Historical Center gives you a complete picture of the artist, family and friends. Teddy Roosevelt was among Borglum's admirers. Borglum was Danish in decent and the child of a Mormon father who married two sisters, the younger of the two was Borglum's mother.He attended Harvard technical school and studied in Paris where he was influenced by Rodin. The museum is well organized and professionally curated., The audio-guide is clear and precise and can be paused and rewound. There is also a video of period clips narrated by Senator Tom Daschle who knew that Borglum was such a prolific sculpture with works at Stone Mountain Georgia, General Philip Sheridan in Washington DC, Wars of America in Newark, NJ's Military Park, Thomas Paine sculpture in Paris, bronze memorial to Sacco & Vanzetti in Boston and Woodrow Wilson statue in Poland to name a few. The full sized eye of Lincoln lends a sense of scale to what you will see at Mt. Rushmore and the seated Lincoln out front is a nice photo-op.The museum is located in Keystone, a western style city which is about three miles from Mt. Rushmore and an interesting stop in itself. Hours are 8:30-4, Mon-Sat and closed Sunday during June, July and August. May, Sept and October hours vary so call ahead.. . The Mt. Rushmore Borglum Museum is a worthwhile enrichment to what you will see at Mount Rushmore.

This was an incredible tour of the Badlands led by Kare Bear, the best tour guide ever! She has a…read morewealth of knowledge, a great personality and kept us going with jokes and fun stories. She asked us where we wanted to go and what we wanted to see and we saw it all, from bears to deer to Prarie dogs to incredible views that allowed us to take great pictures, see movies at Visitor Centers and of course by souvenirs. As a group of 6 each one of us took a boatload of pictures of incredible images of rocks and animals and more. The tour itself was great, but Kare Bear made it a 10-star

Black Hills Above and Beyond is wonderful! You get some of the most incredibly beautiful scenery in…read morethe USA, along with the very best person in the USA--Kare Bear--to keep you entertained the whole time. There isn't a better experience anywhere for travelers!

Wow! What a National Treasure. A must-see…read more You can easily spend several hours here. Couple walking/hiking trails. A museum, a movie, a cafe, Ice Cream, and a big gift shop. The lighting ceremony starts at 8pm. Plenty of room/seating in the amphitheater. Get there at about 3:30/4:00pm and you will be busy until 8pm.

We stopped at Mount Rushmore while driving through South Dakota, and it's an impressive site that's…read morevery well designed for visitors. The memorial is easy to navigate, with excellent viewpoints, informative exhibits, and a beautiful setting in the Black Hills. We also appreciated learning more about the history of the area. Knowing that the mountain was considered sacred by the Lakota people before it was carved gave us mixed feelings and added important historical context to the visit. If you have the opportunity, be sure to watch the short film in the visitor center. It does a great job explaining the history, construction, and significance of the monument, and it made our visit much more meaningful. Overall, it's a worthwhile stop, especially if you're traveling through the region.

I went there on. Monday, arrived at 2:00 pm parking lot is easy to pay at the kiosk near the…read moreentrance. There is also an audio tour available. There is a long stairway upwards first to see the Sculpture Station before they closed at 4:00. Inside the station is very nice. Up towards there are four separate small biography of those Presidents. After going around, we went to the building with a gift shop, exhibit and theater with a short informative video. Then to the food court which the one in middle was only one open tried the bison burger and fries. Not worth $20.00 but was decent. They close all at 8:00pm The lighting ceremony was very interesting and amazing. Wishing everyone around would be quiet. It was overall great and very informative!

This was an awesome trip! Even though we drove far, it was well worth it!…read more Make sure you do the presidential trail to get up closer to the monument and see the studio where they have a replica of how the monument should be. Easy parking and you will have in and out privilege so you can come back night time to see the lighting of the monument which is highly recommended. Lots of mosquitoes though so be prepared and wear some mosquito repellent.

Longest and Last homestead gold mine in Lead, South Dakota (near Deadwood)…read more Everyone should check this gigantic hole out for themselves. The history is interesting, except for the fact that wealthy entrepreneurs exploited the common folks during the 1929 depression and bought their gold claims/homestead for less than market value. The museum was informative and had incredible exhibits but lacked a feature movie to chronically narrate its evolution.

This was not in my itinerary to go here. It was recommended by our friends who are residence of…read moreDeadwood. For sure make a quick stop here in Lead if you're on your way to Deadwood. Pretty cool to learn and see the mine from above ground. It was active until 1998. There are tours available.

I went there for a quick coffee break, it's next to the Presidential Wax Museum. Ladies were…read morehelpful and large caramel frappes was good. There is a small gift shop which sells the same items as the Museum.

They do a really good job with their coffee. They also have pretty good gelato that you can get…read morefree samples of. It's one of the few places in the area where they have free parking in a parking lot. They also have super nice restrooms that are very clean. Staff is very nice and they have fun collectibles and gift areas that you can buy gift samples or things from the area. There was a neat purse that had a telephone that actually worked like an old school corded one that you could plug into your regular cell phone and use the purse like an old school telephone. Kind of neat.

We enjoyed the national rangers talk about the creation of the sculptures from this sculpture…read morestudio. She explained that the heads here are 5 feet tall and on Mount Rushmore they're 60 feet tall. We walked passed the compressor machine that cut into the rock. There was a bookstore here.