Adams Museum - Deadwood, SD
Posted by: YoSam.
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: WMPG93
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2015
Views: 7
County of museum: Lawrence County
location of museum: 54 Sherman St., Deadwood
Phone: (605) 578-1714
"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.
"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