Welcome to the Homestake Gold Mine Visitors Center's Website!!

One-stop planning:

Customize a program for your class:

Cost:

$3.00 - $10.00/student
Depending on number of activities
Teachers, chaperones and bus drivers are free of charge

• 1.5 hours:
Choose 1 activity

• 3 hours:
Choose 2 activities

• Full Day:
choose 3 or more activities

All activities aligned to SD Department of Education standards for grades 3-5 or 6-8 in history, science or math

Picnic area available for outdoor lunch at Manuel Brothers Park adjacent to the Homestake Visitors Center

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CONTACT:

Lead Educational Field Trip Services

(605) - 584-1605

Activities:

Black Hills/Ft. Pierre Roundhouse

Experience a 'living-map' theatre experience tracing the history of the Black Hills gold rush and tour the Roundhouse
Learn the history of the regional railroads.

Black Hills Mining Museum

Tour the simulated underground gold mine
Pan for gold (extra charge)

Historic Homestake Opera House

Enjoy a period concert by local singers
Tour the Opera House

Homestake Visitors Center

Learn about the geology that led to the area's gold
Watch a video history of the Homestake Mine

Sanford Underground Laboratory

Activities and tours focused on underground science and engineering for your grade level: water flow, treatment and environmental monitoring, cosmic rays, geology, radiation...