Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science

301 S. Main Ave

Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Phone: (605) 367-6000

Admission charged.   Kirby Science Discovery Center admission (includes exhibits and large-format film) The Visual Arts Center is free except during special exhibitions .  Hours:   Mon.-Sat. 10-5 (also Fri. 5-8), Sun. noon-5, Memorial Day-Easter; Tues.-Sat. 10-5 (also Fri. 5-8), Sun. noon-5, rest of year. Closed Thanksgiving and Dec. 25

The multipurpose cultural and entertainment center features art collections, a 1,800-seat performing arts venue and hands-on science museum. All are housed in a restored historic high school building. The Kirby Science Discovery Center boasts more than 80 interactive exhibits divided among seven themed areas. Giant-screen films projected on a 60-foot domed screen are shown in the Wells Fargo CineDome Theater.The Visual Arts Center offers six galleries of changing art exhibits along with a permanent collection of works by such regionally and nationally notable artists as Oscar Howe, L. Lova Jones and Henry Moore. Traveling Broadway shows as well as dance, musical and vocal performances take to the stage at the Husby Performing Arts Center.

The Outdoor Campus

4500 S. Oxbow Ave.

Sioux Falls, SD

Phone: (605) 362-2777

Admission:   Free

Hours:   Mon.-Fri. 8-5, Sat. 10-4, Sun. 1-4; closed major holidays

The outdoor education center contains a hands-on museum filled with wildlife mounts, nature dioramas and a 3,000-gallon stream bank aquarium. Hiking trails, a fishing pond, a butterfly garden and a tall-grass prairie also are featured.

Sertoma Butterfly House

4320 S. Oxbow Ave.

Sioux Falls, SD 57106

Phone: (605) 334-9466

Hours:   Mon.-Sat. 10-6, Sun. 1-5, Memorial Day-Labor Day; Mon.-Sat. 10-4, Sun. 1-4, rest of year. Closed Easter, Thanksgiving and Dec. 25. Last admission is 30 minutes before closing. Hours may vary; phone ahead

More than 700 free-flying butterflies are housed in this climate-controlled facility. Tropical plants, a 5-foot waterfall and a Koi pond add to the tranquil surroundings. Educational programs also are offered. Guided tours are available. Picnicking is permitted.

Battleship USS South Dakota Memorial

2705 W. 12th St.
Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Phone: (605) 367-7141

Admission:   Free

Hours:   Daily 10-6, Memorial Day weekend-Labor Day; by appointment rest of year

The memorial commemorates one of the most decorated battleships in service during World War II. A concrete outline of the memorial has the same dimensions as the USS South Dakota—length 680 feet, beam 108 feet—and includes the ship's mast, anchor, radar screen, nine 16-inch gun barrel muzzle ends, a 94-ton 16-inch gun barrel and an 18-ton bronze propeller. A museum features nautical items.

Center For Western Studies

2201 S. Summit Ave. in the Fantle Building at Augustana College.

Sioux Falls, SD 57197

Phone: (605) 274-4007

Mon.-Fri. 8-noon and 1-5, Sat. 10-2; closed holidays

Admission:  Donation

The center presents permanent and changing displays relating to the history and cultures of the upper Great Plains. The center also houses an art gallery, which includes the Jim Savage wood carving collection, along with historical archives and a library.

Delbridge Museum Of Natural History

805 S. Kiwanis Ave.

Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Included in zoo admission

Daily 9-6, Apr.-Sept.; 10-5, rest of year. Closed Jan. 1, Thanksgiving and Dec. 25. Last admission 1 hour before closing.

Delbridge Museum Of Natural History is within the Great Plains Zoo. The museum displays more than 150 mounted native and exotic animals. Exhibits illustrate various ecosystems, from the African plain to a tropical river. A mounted panda is among the museum's highlights.

Old Courthouse Museum

200 W. 6th St.
Sioux Falls, SD 57104

(605) 367-4210

Admission:   Donations

Hours:   Mon.-Sat. 9-5 (also Thurs. 5-9), Sun. noon-5; closed major holidays

The Pettigrew Home and the Old Courthouse are known as the Siouxland Heritage Museums whose mission is to preserve, exhibit and interpret the history of Sioux Falls and Minnehaha County.  Displays change periodically in the restored late 19th-century county courthouse of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.

Pettigrew Home and Museum

131 N. Duluth Ave.

Sioux Falls, SD  57104

Phone: (605) 367-7097

Admission:   Donations

Hours:   Thirty-minute house tours depart on the hour Mon.-Sat. 9-5 (also Thurs. 5-9), Sun. noon-5, May-Sept.; daily noon-5, rest of year. Closed holidays. Last tour departs at 4

Exhibits in the restored 1889 Queen Anne-style house feature the life of Sen. Richard F. Pettigrew (senator 1889-1901) and include some of his personal collections. Also explored is the history of the Sioux Falls region.