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    Trailside Museum

    5.0 (1 review)

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    Museum of the Fur Trade - Fur trader for guns home

    Museum of the Fur Trade

    4.6(8 reviews)
    29.4 mi

    **June 2025: Sunday Morning Visit**…read more The city of Chadron is very quaint, but this Museum had a lot of really great artifacts and displays. I loved seeing many of the Native American tools, clothes, and ceremonial items as well as learning about gun powder, the different furs and . It was also really eye opening to learn about the fur trade and the way of living back in the day. This is a Small-Mediumish sized museum that's really well arranged. I spent about 90 minutes reading everything, watched the 10 minute video, and checked out the outside fur trade post reproduction as well as the gift shop. For $6 Adult Admission I think it was a great place to check out!

    Went Aug 2025 and firstly the closing hour is 5pm in the summer and 4pm in the winter. The museum…read morevolunteer we talked to hadn't heard of Yelp so I don't expect the hours to be adjusted here. My family and I enjoyed the visit but from a historical perspective we would have liked to seen more native history in fur trade from before the settlers. They had a few panels addressing it but we personally would have liked more. They have a AAA discount for entry. The museum mostly covers 1600-1900 but 1800s primarily. As a blacksmith it was really nice to see many iron and blade works up close. It was fun to see they had antique pieces and furs to buy in the gift shop which made it unique to a museum gift shop.

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    Museum of the Fur Trade - Dolls and Shoes

    Dolls and Shoes

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    Museum of the Fur Trade - Inside a Fur Trading Post

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    Inside a Fur Trading Post

    The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School - Main gallery space.

    The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School

    5.0(1 review)
    52.9 mi

    The Heritage Center is an amazing hole-in-the-wall Native American fine arts gallery, museum,…read morecultural center and gift shop located in the historic mission building on the campus of Red Cloud Indian School. The Center hosts The Red Cloud Indian Art Show, an annual nationally-recognized fine arts exhibition with a wide variety of pieces from emerging and seasoned Native American artists. The show really falls in line with the other greats like Santa Fe Indian Arts Market, Heard Arts Market, Eiteljorg, and others - you won't be disappointed. It always takes place from early June through early August. The authenticity of the work, art show, and items in the gift shop are outstanding. Being part of the 125+ year old Red Cloud Indian School - named for the famous Oglala Lakota war chief whose grave sits on a hill overlooking the Center - The Heritage Center is part of their nonprofit. This means that the price you pay for gifts goes to support local artist initiatives, art programs for youth, and to support the school system directly - which boasts some amazing statistics for their Lakota students. And with all this, admission is FREE - a huge bonus for me! (but donations are welcome to support the cause). PRO TIP: ask for a free tour and if you're lucky (and you ask) they might show you the back room where they store their massive 10,000 piece historic collection with items from the early 1800's though present day. They told me they recently sent pieces off to The National Museum of the American Indian!! Full disclosure - I do work with people who work there and they've totally won me over - but I'm sure if you visit, they'll win you over too!

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    The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School - Folks at the annual art show - it's all FREE admission. WOOT!

    Folks at the annual art show - it's all FREE admission. WOOT!

    The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School - Main gallery space.

    Main gallery space.

    The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School - Historic art from their permanent collection

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    Historic art from their permanent collection

    Trailside Museum - museums - Updated May 2026

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