We visited here as part of a two-week-long road trip from our home in southeastern PA across North Dakota in the summer of 2023. This site has a nice mix of natural history and pioneer history displays. The Badlands Dinosaur Museum has nice exhibits of fossils, artifacts, etc., and an impressive collection of gems and minerals. The Joachim Regional Museum has many interesting regional history artifacts on view. The Pioneer Machinery Hall contained historic wagons, farm equipment, carriages, etc. After spending 60-90 minutes touring the museums, we stopped by the tourist center that is located by their parking lot, where we encountered friendly and knowledgeable staff members and excellent ND materials to take along.

Nice little museum in Dickinson. Very reasonably priced entrance fee and a good collection of real dinosaur bones and some replicas. Road and parking area seemed to be under construction and we were the only people visiting at that time so feels a little forgotten. Spoke with the employee and it seems like the museum may have changed ownership recently. I think it had been part of the university but had been turned over to the city. Certainly worth a quick stop to see the dinosaurs. Also had a nice outdoor park where we had lunch.

I was staying in town to visit Theodore Roosevelt National Park and decided to pop in here on a rainy afternoon because I’m a dinosaur lover. It was a perfect way for me to spend an hour. The entrance fee was very affordable and while the exhibit area was small, I walked away feeling like I learned a ton, even as someone who frequents dino museums.