List of museums in North Dakota explained

This list of museums in North Dakota, United States, is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Museums

NameTown/CityCountyRegionTypeSummary
Southeast Farm Historic bonanza farm buildings and machinery
Barnes County History Museum Southeast Local historyOperated by the Barnes County Historical Society[1] [2]
Southwest Local history Located in the former county courthouse, operated by the Billings County Historical Society[3]
Bismarck State College Galleries Southwest Art Elsa Forde Gallery in Schafer Hall, and Gannon Gallery in the library[4]
Southeast Open air Includes over 40 buildings on 12 acres (49,000 m2), historic aircraft, automobiles, horse-drawn vehicles, farm equipment, museums on law enforcement, medicine, telephones, firefighting, and period stores and houses
Bottineau County Historical Museum North Central Local history [5]
Bowdon Centennial Museum North Central Local history [6]
Southwest Open air website, historic village on 20 acres, operated by the Missouri Valley Historical Society
Northwest Multiple website, includes a homesteader's log cabin, dentist's office, photograph gallery, library, and the original Stevens country school
Bismarck Burleigh Southwest Military History of the mid 19th century infantry post, also local history
Northeast Local history Operated by the Cavalier County Historical Society
Billings Southwest Historic house Late 19th century period house
Coleman Museum South Central Local history Operated by the Ellendale Historical Society[7]
Dakota Buttes Museum Southwest Local history [8]
Badlands Dinosaur Museum
(Dakota Dinosaur Museum) 		Southwest Natural history Fossils and dinosaur replicas, rocks, minerals and meteorites
Northwest Civilian and military aircraft, photos and memorabilia
Dickey County Heritage Center Dickey Southeast Local history Operated by the Dickey County Historical Society[9]
Stark Southwest Multiple Includes Badlands Dinosaur Museum, Joachim Regional Museum with local history and art exhibits, Pioneer Machinery Museum, and the open air Prairie Outpost Park with historic village buildings
Dickinson State University Art Gallery Dickinson Stark Southwest Art Located on the lower level of Klinefelter Hall[10]
Northwest Open air Pioneer village including two churches, a schoolhouse, print shop, general store, sawmill, blacksmith shop, baker and a bank
Douglas Centennial Museum Ward Northwest Local history Open by appointment[11]
Southwest Local history website, themes include American Indian, Western, farm machinery, religious, military, children's artifacts, household items, clothing, photographs and furniture
Eddy County Museum North Central Local history Includes school, church and depot with historic furnishings and exhibits, operated by the Eddy County Historical Society[12]
Elgin Museum Southwest Railroad Open by appointment, located in a historic depot[13]
Emmons County Museum Southwest Local history Operated by the Emmons County Historical Society, includes schoolroom display, saddles, tack, children's furniture, toys, clothing, household items, military items[14] [15]
Northeast Art
Enderlin Museum Ransom Southeast Local history website
Cass Southeast
Flickertail Village Museum Northwest Open air [16]
Bismarck Burleigh Southwest Historic house 1893 period mansion, home to 20 governors
Richland Southeast Military Restored fort and museum
Southwest Multiple Includes visitor center exhibits about the fort and Mandan tribe, On-A-Slant Indian Village, 1870s period Custer House
Northwest Military Restored fort and museum
Northwest Military Reconstructed stockade fort
Ransom Southeast Multiple Includes visitor center displays about 19th-century sodbusters and of the Mound Builders, and two homesteader farms
Fort Seward South Central Local history website, includes artifacts from archaeological digs at the site of the fort[17]
Northwest Military Includes Fort Stevenson Guardhouse Interpretive Center, a replica of the original military guardhouse with artifacts, memorabilia, and history of Fort Stevenson and the Missouri River[18]
Northeast Military Restored fort and Lake Region Pioneer Daughters Museum
Williams Northwest History Fur trading post with seasonal living history presentations
Foster County Museum South Central Local history [19] [20]
Frontier Fort and Wildlife Museum Stutsman South Central Multiple RV campsite with museum, includes wildlife mounts, American Indian exhibits, agricultural artifacts, local and regional history[21] [22]
Frontier Museum Williams Northwest Open air Open by appointment, includes a rural church, house, depot, country school, depot taxi, displays from the 20s through the 50s[23]
Frontier Village Jamestown Stutsman South Central Open air Re-created prairie town of 24 buildings, includes art gallery and Louis L'Amour Writer's Shack[24]
Bismarck Burleigh South CentralScience website, hands-on science center
Northeast Historic house Mid-19th century fur trading post and house
Northeast Local history Period displays, open seasonally[25]
Northeast Open air website, complex includes Myra Museum of local history, 1900 period Thomas D. Campbell House, a Lustron house, a post office/general store, and a schoolhouse
McKenzie Northwest Local history Ukrainian-type log building formerly used as a post office, open in summer
Northeast Local history website
Hampden History Museum North Central Local history [26]
Traill Northeast Historic house Boyhood home of polar aviator Carl Ben Eielson, also displays of city and area history
Hawk Museum North Central Agriculture website, antique tractors, farm equipment and implements[27]
Heritage Park Museum Northwest Open air Includes a train depot, country school, country church, telephone office, two fully furnished homestead houses, and a log cabin
Southwest Local history [28] [29]
Williams Northwest Art Community art center
Northwest Native American Includes museum, sites of Northern Plains Indians villages, reconstructed earth lodge
Lake County Historical Society Pioneer Village and Museum Ward Northwest Open air 22 buildings on 5 acres, operated by the Lake County Historical Society[30] [31]
Ramsey North Central Local history Displays include a pioneer doctor's room, the original federal courtroom, an early law office, a barber shop, a dentist office and Native American beadwork, also art exhibits
LaMoure County Museum South Central Local history [32] [33]
Larimore Community Museum Grand Forks Northeast Local history [34]
Lewis and Clark Trail Museum McKenzie Northwest Local history Exhibits include Lewis and Clark Expedition diorama, antiques and period displays, cars, machinery, homestead artifacts[35]
Lidgerwood Community Museum Richland Southeast Local history [36]
Litchville Community Museum Barnes Northwest Local history [37]
Logan County Historical Society Northwest Open air [38]
Emmons Southwest Historic house Turn-of-the-20th-century farmhouse and birthplace of orchestra leader Lawrence Welk
Makoti Threshers Museum Ward Northwest Open air Open by appointment, pioneer village, and transportation and farm equipment, including steam engines, kerosene and gasoline tractors, crawlers, road building equipment, wagons, sawmill, farm equipment, stationary engines, cars, trucks, and firefighting equipment[39]
Manfred Heritage Museum Wells North Central Open air [40] [41]
Manvel Museum Grand Forks Northeast Local history [42]
Cass Southeast Biographical Life of baseball player Maury Wills, located at Newman Outdoor Field
Ransom Southeast Open air website, includes local history museum in a church, one room schoolhouse, depot, homestead house, fire hall, farm machinery, operated by the McLeod Preservation Historical Society
Foster North Central Railroad End-of-the-line turn-around railroad loop, train rides and museum
McKenzie County Heritage Park Northwest Open air [43]
McLean Northwest Multiple website, complex includes main museum with local history, natural history and culture exhibits, Former McLean County Courthouse with period room and business displays, a schoolhouse, cabin and Sioux ferry boat
Melzer Museum Stutsman Northwest Medical Historic doctor's office, includes American Indian photography[44]
Cass Southeast Art Changing special exhibits and displays from its collection of 20th and 21st-century art, including works by Andy Warhol, Judy Chicago, Pablo Picasso, Fritz Scholder, James Rosenquist, and Jaune Quick-To-See Smith[45]
Mercer County Historical Museum Mercer Northwest Local history [46]
Barnes South Central Railroad Historic depot, exhibits about the Midland Continental Railroad and local singer Peggy Lee
Minnewaukan Museum Benson Northwest Local history [47]
Williams Northwest Local history Exhibits on the geography, geology, and history of the area
Jamestown Stutsman South Central History website, cultural and historical significance of the North American bison in Plains culture, includes live buffalo, located at the Frontier Village
Norseman Museum Williams Northwest Local history [48]
North Central Law enforcement Located in the International Peace Garden, work of game wardens and conservation officers
Billings Southwest American West website, history and culture of the American West, including cowboys, Native Americans, ranching and rodeo
McLean Northwest Firefighting website
North Dakota Fishing Hall of Fame Garrison McLean Northwest Sports Housed at North Country Marine & Motorsports, includes photos, fishing gear and equipment[49]
Bismarck Burleigh Southwest History Official state history museum
McLean Northwest History Lewis and Clark Expedition in the state, area fur trade and agriculture
North Dakota Maritime Museum Devils Lake Ramsey North Central Military U.S. Navy uniforms, posters, medals, photos, hats, memorabilia, most from World War II[50] [51]
Grand Forks Northeast Collections include contemporary Native American and international art
Bismarck Burleigh Southwest History Guided tours only
Morton Southwest Railroad website
Northern Lights Art Gallery Traill Northeast Art Non-profit regional art gallery[52]
Northwest Art Center Ward Northwest Art website, part of Minot State University, two galleries host exhibitions by local, regional, national and international artists
Northwood Pioneer Museum Grand Forks Northeast Local history [53]
Ward Northwest Transportation History of transportation in the American West including railroads, automobiles, buses and aviation
Ox Cart Trails Historical Society Museum Pembina Northeast Local history website
Mountrail Northwest Geology website, rocks and minerals
Pembina County Historical Museum Pembina Northeast Agriculture [54] [55]
Pembina Northeast Local history Area cultural and natural history
Pfennig Wildlife Museum Mercer Northwest Natural history Animal mounts from around the world
Pembina Northeast Open air
Pioneer Museum of McKenzie County Northwest Local history Located in the Long X Trading Post Visitor Center[56]
Pioneer Trails Museum Williams Northwest Local history [57] [58]
southwest Local history website
Cass Southeast Collections include contemporary, Native American and folk art
Plaza Community Museum Mountrail Northwest Local history [59]
Pierce North Central Open air website, includes pioneer village, classic cars, antique tools, farm equipment and implements, antique guns, household items, Native American and Eskimo artifacts, wildlife displays, Scandinavian heritage exhibit
Railroad Museum of Minot Ward Northwest Railroad Railroad cars, equipment, uniforms, memorabilia[60] [61]
Ransom Southeast Open air website, includes flour mill, historic house, one room schoolhouse, pioneer dam, local history and period room displays
Ray Opera House Museum Williams Northwest Local history Exhibits include musical instruments, pioneer artifacts and African artifacts[62]
Renville County Museum Northwest Local history [63]
Richland County Historical Museum Richland Southeast Local history [64]
Fargo Cass Southeast Biographical Baseball player Roger Maris
Rolette County Historical Society Museum North Central Open air [65]
Griggs South Central Military Two former missile sites, includes the Oscar-Zero Missile Alert Facility
Rosebud School Museum Dickey South Central School 1901 country school[66]
Ryder Historical Museums Ward Northwest Local history [67]
Southeast Local history website
Ward Northwest Open air Replica buildings and exhibits about Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland
Schulstad Stone House Museum Dickey South Central Historic house 1907 period house, open by appointment[68]
Shimmin Tveit Museum Dickey South Central Local history [69]
Southeast Local history Operated by the Steele County Historical Society
Nelson North Central Open air website, pioneer village, operated by the Nelson County Historical Society
Jamestown Stutsman South Central Local history website, Arts and Crafts-style Lutz Mansion with period rooms and displays of local history
Ward Northwest Art Formerly known as the Minot Art Gallery, area visual art
Medora Billings Southwest Historic house Located in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, cabin used by Theodore Roosevelt before he became president
Three Affiliated Tribes Museum Mountrail Northwest Native American History and culture of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara people[70]
Nelson North Central Local history
Toy Farmer Museum LaMoure South Central Toy website, toy farm equipment
Traill Northeast Open air Includes 1897 period Plummer House, log cabin, two buildings with military, school, pioneer and agriculture collections
Turtle Mountain Chippewa Indian Heritage Center Rolette North Central Native American website, located on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation
V & R Toy Museum Ward Northwest Toy Includes farm toys, construction toys, trucks, hand-made toys, buckles, caps, train set and farm scene display, open by appointment[71]
Pierce North Central Textile Reproduction - prize winning - Victorian style dresses and accessories, located in former church
Walsh County Historical Museum Northeast Open air Includes a trading post, country school, log cabin, complete main street with shops, wildlife displays[72]
Ward County Historical Society Pioneer Village Ward Northwest Open air website, located at 8181 Hwy 2/52 W, Burlington, ND 58722
Wells Northwest Local history Open during the Wells County Fair and by appointment[73]
Wimbledon Community Museum Barnes South Central History Antiques and period displays[74]

Defunct museums

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barnes County Historical Society. ND Tourism. 14 December 2014.
  2. Web site: Facebook site. Barnes County Historical Society Museum. 14 December 2014.
  3. Web site: Official site. Billings County Museum. 14 December 2014.
  4. Web site: Bismarck State College Galleries. North Dakota Art Gallery Association. 15 December 2014.
  5. Web site: Bottineau County Historical Museum. Discover Our Town. 14 December 2014.
  6. Web site: Bowdon Centennial Museum. ND Tourism. 14 December 2014.
  7. Web site: Coleman Museum. Ellendale, North Dakota. 14 December 2014.
  8. Web site: Dakota Buttes Museum. Hettinger Area Chamber of Commerce. 14 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150122104110/http://www.hettingernd.com/Tourism.html. 22 January 2015. dead.
  9. Web site: Dickey County Heritage Center. Oakes, North Dakota. 14 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150105034827/http://oakesnd.com/dickey_county_historical_society.php. 5 January 2015. dead.
  10. Web site: Dickinson State University Art Gallery. Dickinson State University. 15 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141216025559/http://www.dickinsonstate.edu/divisions/academic_affairs/collegeofartsandsciences/fine_and_performing_arts/artprogram/art-gallery-schedule/index. 16 December 2014. dead.
  11. Web site: Douglas Centennial Museum. ND Tourism. 14 December 2014.
  12. Web site: Eddy County Museum. City of New Rockford. 14 December 2014.
  13. Web site: Elgin Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  14. Web site: Emmons County Museum brochure. Linton, ND. 14 December 2014.
  15. Web site: Emmons County Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  16. Web site: Flickertail Village & Museum. Stanley, ND. 14 December 2014.
  17. Web site: Fort Seward. Visit Jamestown, ND. 14 December 2014.
  18. Web site: http://www.garrisonnd.com/tourism-visitors-info/detail/?&form_id=8&view_id=8&11[comparator=LIKE&11[value]=Historical+Attractions&action=detail Attractions]. Garrison, North Dakota. 14 December 2014.
  19. Web site: Foster County Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  20. Web site: Foster County Museum Photos. CarringtonNews .Com. 14 December 2014.
  21. Web site: The Frontier Ft. Campground and Museum. Reuben Liechty REALTORS. 14 December 2014.
  22. Web site: Frontier Fort & Wildlife Museum. Visit Jamestown ND. 14 December 2014.
  23. Web site: Frontier Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  24. Web site: Frontier Village. Visit Jamestown, ND. 14 December 2014.
  25. Web site: Goose River Heritage Center Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  26. Web site: Hampden History Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  27. Web site: Attractions. Rugby Chamber of Commerce. 14 December 2014.
  28. Web site: Hettinger County Historical Society Museum Photos. James Q. Jacobs. 15 December 2014.
  29. Web site: Hettinger County Historical Society Museum. Visit ND. 15 December 2014.
  30. Web site: Facebook site. Lake County Historical Society. 14 December 2014.
  31. Web site: Attractions. Kenmare, ND. 14 December 2014.
  32. Web site: LaMoure Tourism - Things to See and Do. LaMoure, ND. 14 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150125202136/http://lamourend.com/tourism.htm. 25 January 2015. dead.
  33. Web site: LaMoure County Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  34. Web site: Larimore Community Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  35. Web site: Lewis and Clark Trail Museum. McKenzie County Tourism. 14 December 2014.
  36. Web site: Lidgerwood Community Museum. City of Lidgerwood. 14 December 2014.
  37. Web site: Litchville Community Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  38. Web site: Logan County Historical Society. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  39. Web site: Makoti Threshers Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  40. Web site: Manfred the museum. Minot Daily News. 14 December 2014. June 12, 2013.
  41. Web site: Official site. Manfred History and Preservation. 14 December 2014.
  42. Web site: Manvel Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  43. Web site: McKenzie County Heritage Park. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  44. Web site: Melzer Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  45. Web site: Memorial Union Gallery. North Dakota State University. 15 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20091112235655/http://www.ndsu.edu/mu/programs/gallery/. 12 November 2009. dead.
  46. Web site: Museums. Beulah, ND. 14 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150328032220/http://www.visitbeulah.com/AttractionDetail.aspx?AttractionId=33. 28 March 2015. dead.
  47. Web site: Minnewaukan Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  48. Web site: Norseman Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  49. Web site: Official site. North Dakota Fishing Hall of Fame. 14 December 2014.
  50. Web site: Heritage Museums. Devils Lake Tourism. 14 December 2014.
  51. Web site: Official site. North Dakota Maritime Museum Association. 14 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20090214060530/http://www.tristateveterans.com/dakotabull/museum/. 14 February 2009. dead.
  52. Web site: Official site. Northern Lights Art Gallery. 14 December 2014.
  53. Web site: Northwood Pioneer Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  54. Web site: Pembina County Historical Museum & Pioneer Machinery Grounds. Cavalier, ND. 14 December 2014.
  55. Web site: Pembina County Museum and Pioneer Machinery Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  56. Web site: Pioneer Museum of McKenzie County. McKenzie County Tourism. 14 December 2014.
  57. Web site: Pioneer Trails Museum. Museums USA. 14 December 2014.
  58. Web site: Pioneer Trails Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  59. Web site: Plaza Community Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  60. Web site: Railroad Museum of Minot. Visit Minot. 14 December 2014.
  61. Web site: Facebook site. RailRoad Museum of Minot. 14 December 2014.
  62. Web site: Ray Opera House Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  63. Web site: Renville County Museum. Visit ND. 15 December 2014.
  64. Web site: Richland County Historical Museum. Wahpeton, North Dakota. 15 December 2014.
  65. Web site: Rolette County Historical Society Museum. Visit ND. 15 December 2014.
  66. Web site: Rosebud School Museum. Fullerton, ND. 15 December 2014.
  67. Web site: Ryder Historical Museums. Visit ND. 15 December 2014.
  68. Web site: Schulstad Stone House Museum. Visit ND. 15 December 2014.
  69. Web site: Shimmin Tveit Museum. Visit ND. 15 December 2014.
  70. Web site: Three Tribes Museum. Visit ND. 14 December 2014.
  71. Web site: V & R Toy Museum. Visit ND. 15 December 2014.
  72. Web site: Walsh County Historical Museum. Visit ND. 15 December 2014.
  73. Web site: Wells County Historical Society. Visit ND. 15 December 2014.
  74. Web site: Wimbledon Community Museum. Visit ND. 15 December 2014.
  75. Web site: Cass County Pioneer Village. Roadside America. 14 December 2014.
  76. Web site: Yunker Farm Permanently Closes After 30 Years. 12 August 2024.

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