| Children's Museum of South Dakota | |
| Established: | 2010 |
| Map Type: | South Dakota |
| Coordinates: | 44.3094°N -96.7963°W |
| Location: | 521 4th St, Brookings, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Director: | Kate Trieber |
| Website: | The Children's Museum of South Dakota |
The Children's Museum of South Dakota is a children's museum located in Brookings, South Dakota. Founded in 2010 in a renovated Brookings elementary school, The Children's Museum of South Dakota's 44,000[1] square foot building contains over 5,000 "loose parts[2]," and is supported by both an outdoor playground and a cafeteria, Café Coteau. It includes several year-round play areas, as well as "Mama," one of the only full-size permanent, animatronic T. rex specimens in the United States,[3] and an interactive "stickwork" installation by Patrick Dougherty called Tangle Town.
The Children's Museum of South Dakota is a non-profit organization,[4] managed and supported through an endowment from The Dale and Pat Larson family foundation. The museum sees more than 100,000 visitors annually.[5]