This online calendar of events emphasizes educational, archaeological, preservation, and history related programs throughout the year across South Dakota. Green entries denote activities at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. Blue entries denote off-site activities sponsored by the SD State Historical Society and/or the Heritage Fund. If you would like to submit an event to be included on the calendar, please complete and submit the following form: Events form, PDF or Events form, Word.

June 2010

Event: "The People's House: Celebrating the Century" Exhibit
Description: This exhibit on the capitol’s 100th anniversary features include a wall-size mural of the capitol’s exterior telling about the building’s architectural elements. The original vault door from the Secretary of State’s Office holds a monitor running capitol construction photos. Artifacts include an original legislator’s desk and the 44-star flag that flew over the first capitol in 1889. Interactive stations let visitors try their hand at constructing a capitol with arches, columns and pediments, and laying a tile pattern with a special blue tile. People can see how well they can identify the capitols of South Dakota’s neighboring states with a matching game.
Location:  Cultural Heritage Center, Hogen Gallery, 900 Governors Dr., Pierre
Date/Time: through 2010, Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Sun. & Holidays 1-4:30 p.m. CT
Admission:  Members free; Adults $4, Seniors $3, 17 & under free (Free to all 1st Sunday of every month)
Sponsor: South Dakota State Historical Society
Contact: 605-773-3458

Event: Capitol Centennial Artist Reception
Description: Some of South Dakota’s best artists are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the South Dakota Capitol through art in the Capitol Centennial Art Show sponsored by the South Dakota Heritage Fund. People can view Hill City artist Jon Crane’s watercolor of the Capitol for the first time this weekend.
• Meet artists Jon Crane and Angela Marie Poches and see the artwork they created featuring the Capitol
• Signing of limited edition prints by Crane and Poches
• Family activities such as creating cornerstone time capsules and round murals like those in the Capitol Rotunda.
Location: Dacotah Prairie Museum, 21 S. Main St., Aberdeen
Date/Time: June 4, 2010, 7-9 p.m. CT
Admission: Free, open to the public
Sponsor: South Dakota State Historical Society, South Dakota Heritage Fund, Dacotah Prairie Museum
Contact: South Dakota Heritage Fund, 605-773-6346

Event: SD State Archives Open
Description: The State Archives is open every 1st Saturday of the month. Staff will be available to assist with research. The State Archives manages a collection of photographs, films, maps, books, newspapers, state and county records, as well as personal and organizational records.
Location:  Cultural Heritage Center, 900 Governors Dr., Pierre
Date/Time: June 5, 2010; 9 a.m to 4:30 p.m. CT
Admission:  Free
Sponsor: South Dakota State Historical Society
Contact: Archives (e-mail or web), 605-773-3804

Event: Capitol Centennial Artist Reception
Description: Some of South Dakota’s best artists are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the South Dakota Capitol through art in the Capitol Centennial Art Show sponsored by the South Dakota Heritage Fund. People can view Hill City artist Jon Crane’s watercolor of the Capitol for the first time this weekend.
• Meet artists Jon Crane and Angela Marie Poches and see the artwork they created featuring the Capitol
• Signing of limited edition prints by Crane and Poches
• Family activities such as creating cornerstone time capsules and round murals like those in the Capitol Rotunda.
Location: Goss Opera House & Gallery, 100 E. Kemp Ave, Watertown
Date/Time: June 5, 2010, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. CT
Admission: Free, open to the public
Sponsor: South Dakota State Historical Society, South Dakota Heritage Fund, Goss Opera House & Gallery
Contact: South Dakota Heritage Fund, 605-773-6346

Event: Free admittance to the Museum of the SD State Historical Society
Description: Admittance to the museum is free the 1st Sunday of the month. The Museum has 15,000 square feet of exhibition space with exhibits divided into five galleries.
Location: Cultural Heritage Center, 900 Governors Dr., Pierre
Date/Time: June 6, 2010; 1- 4:30 p.m. CT
Admission:  Free
Sponsor: South Dakota State Historical Society
Contact: 605-773-3458

Event: Capitol Centennial Artist Reception
Description: Some of South Dakota’s best artists are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the South Dakota Capitol through art in the Capitol Centennial Art Show sponsored by the South Dakota Heritage Fund. People can view Hill City artist Jon Crane’s watercolor of the Capitol for the first time this weekend.
• Meet artists Jon Crane and Angela Marie Poches and see the artwork they created featuring the Capitol
• Signing of limited edition prints by Crane and Poches
• Family activities such as creating cornerstone time capsules and round murals like those in the Capitol Rotunda.
Location: Sertoma Butterfly House, 4320 S. Oxbow Ave., Sioux Falls
Date/Time: June 6, 2010, 1-4 p.m. CT
Admission: Free, open to the public
Sponsor: South Dakota State Historical Society, South Dakota Heritage Fund, Dacotah Prairie Museum
Contact: South Dakota Heritage Fund, 605-773-6346

Event: My People The Sioux by Luther Standing Bear - History & Heritage Book Club
Description: Francis Whitebird will be the guest speaker. First published in 1928, Luther Standing Bear’s autobiographical account of his tribe and tribesmen remains a landmark in Indian literature, among the first books about Indians written from the Indian point of view. Born in the 1860s the son of a Lakota chief, Standing Bear was in the first class at Carlisle, witnessed the Ghost Dance uprising from the Pine Ridge Reservation, toured Europe with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show, and devoted his later years to the Indian rights movement of the 1920s and ‘30s. His story offers a rare inside view by an Indian who successfully made the transition from traditional tribal life to the white man’s world but never lost his pride in and identification with his Indian heritage.
Location:  Cultural Heritage Center, 900 Governors Dr., Pierre
Date/Time: June 8, 2010; 7 p.m. CT
Admission: Free
Sponsor: South Dakota State Historical Society & the South Dakota Heritage Fund
Contact: Dorinda Daniel (605) 773-6006, dorinda.daniel@state.sd.us
Additional Comments: The History & Heritage Book Club is open to everyone. People who want to join the discussion by telephone are welcome to do so by making arrangements in advance with Dorinda (see above).

Event: Archaeology Field School
Description: Individuals currently enrolled in grades 7-11 are invited to participate in a week-long archaeology field school. Students will work with professional archaeologists and experts in the field to gain a full understanding of the archaeological process through participation in an active excavation. Space is limited, reservation required.
Location:  Adams Museum, 54 Sherman St., Deadwood
Date/Time: June 14 - 18, 2010; 8:30 a.m to 4 p.m. MT
Admission:  $75 per student, $65 for museum members; Scholarships & discounts available
Sponsor: Adams Museum and Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission
Contact: Anne Rogers, Museum Educator, 605-578-1928 for reservations

Event: State Capitol Centennial Celebration
Description: Day-long event for the whole family commemorating the 100th anniversary of the South Dakota Capitol. Activities include tours of the Capitol, historical presentations and kids activities, art show, car show, motorcycle show and historic observation run, live entertainment, free picnic, re-enactment of the Capitol Dedication Ceremony, kite festival, hot air balloon launch, and performances by the South Dakota National Guard Band and Capital City Band. Additional details available at http://capitol.sd.gov/.
Location:  State Capitol (500 E. Capitol Ave.) & grounds (including Hilger's Gulch), Pierre
Date/Time: June 19, 2010; 9 a.m to 5 p.m. CT
Admission:  Free
Sponsor: State Capitol Centennial Committee
Contact: Mike Mueller, Bureau of Administration (e-mail or web), 605-773-3688

Event: Capitol Centennial Family Activities
Description: Join us for Capitol Centennial family activities. Visitors of all ages can put together a cornerstone time capsule and create their own round murals like those found in the capitol rotunda.
Location: Carnegie Resource Center, 119 West Third Avenue, Mitchell
Date/Time: June 21, 2010, 2 - 4 p.m. CT
Admission:Free, open to the public
Sponsor: Museum of the South Dakota State Historical Society
Contact: South Dakota State Historical Society, 605-773-3458

Event: The Capital Fight
Description: Presented by Jay D. Vogt, Director of the South Dakota State Historical Society, learn about the battles that ranged for our state's capital.
Location: Carnegie Resource Center, 119 West Third Avenue, Mitchell
Date/Time: June 21, 2010, 7:00 p.m. CT
Admission: Free, open to the public
Sponsor: South Dakota State Historical Society
Contact: South Dakota State Historical Society, 605-773-3458

Event: Archaeology Camp
Description: Children currently enrolled in grades 2-6 are invited to sign up for archaeology camp. Campers will conduct a real archaeological excavation led by professionals in the field, take daily hikes, and have lessons on topics ranging in scope from historic preservation to mapping. Space is limited, reservation required.
Location:  Historic Adams House, 22 Van Buren Ave., Deadwood
Date/Time: June 21 - 28, 2010; 8:30 a.m to 4 p.m. MT
Admission:  $50 per camper, $85 for 2 campers in the same family, $40 for museum members; Scholarships available
Sponsor: Adams Museum and Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission
Contact: Anne Rogers, Museum Educator, 605-578-1928 for reservations

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