Adams Memorial Museum - Deadwood Historic District - Deadwood, SD
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N 44° 22.540 W 103° 43.761
13T E 601228 N 4914383
Located on Sherman street and sometime tied with a house on Van Buren Ave.
Waymark Code: WMPGVB
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 08/30/2015
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County of site: Lawrence County
location of buildings: Adams Museum: 54 Sherman St.; Adams House: 22 Van Buren St, both Deadwood
Museum Phone:(605) 578-1714
"W. E. Adams bequeathed the initial funding for this museum devoted to regional history. It houses many rare items from Deadwood's past and has always been a popular tourist stop. Built in 1930 of light brown brick it is very eclectic in stylistic treatment, but it includes some stylized references to the 20th Century Classical Revival movements. ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"In 1930 pioneer businessman W.E. Adams founded the Adams Museum in downtown Deadwood with the purpose of preserving and displaying the history of the Black Hills. He donated the building to the City of Deadwood and placed the operation of the organization in the hands of a board of directors.
The board oversaw the collecting of some of the Black Hills’ greatest treasures including Potato Creek Johnny’s 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 and a one-of-a-kind plesiosaur (marine reptile).
"In 1989 South Dakotans gave Deadwood a second renaissance by voting to allow limited stakes gaming with tax proceeds benefiting historic preservation. This breathed new life into the Adams Museum, giving the City of Deadwood and the Adams Museum board the opportunity to hire a professionally trained museum staff with the goal of restoring the building, instituting professional collections management practices, creating engaging and educational exhibitions and developing community based public programming. In 2005, the Adams Museum underwent a major renovation of the then 75-year-old building to address safety issues, make the facility more accessible to people with disabilities and to improve public programming spaces. The Adams Museum is wheel-chair accessible. In addition to exhibits on all three levels, a western history bookstore is included on the main floor and restrooms and a meeting room are located on the lower level." ~ Adams Museum
Hours of Operation:
Winter Hours:
Open Tuesday - Sunday: 10 AM - 4 PM
Closed Mondays and winter holidays.
Summer Hours:
Daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Suggested donation: $5 for adults, $2 for children