Best places: Museums in North Dakota

State history museum offering exhibits on the state's geologic prehistory, early peoples & culture.

Recreated fort led by Gen. Custer, featuring his home, a Mandan village & other rebuilt structures.

Museum dedicated to the historic Lewis & Clark Expedition, with hands-on exhibits & a shop.

Fur-trading post from the 1800s, offering ranger classes, a bookstore & American-Indian artifacts.

Hangar-based collection of vintage & new aircraft (some still flying), engines & related exhibits.

👍👍 Great place to camp and walk around but make sure to put your food away or the seagulls that I ended up calling "Steve and his merry band of gulls" will swoop in a feast till their hearts content.

Full-scale skeletons, fossils & numerous minerals plus a gift shop (open spring & summer only).

Kids' museum with interactive exhibits on electricity, robotics & other scientific topics.

Log building displaying Native American art & artifacts with a buffalo herd on the grounds.

Tribute to Norse heritage in parkland displaying a Norwegian wooden stave church & Danish windmill.

Contemporary art museum & art center featuring exhibitions, classes, programs & lectures.

👍👍 Game Warden Museum - Located on the American side within the International Peace Gardens this Museum and Memorial site is definitely worth a stop. Free Admission. Staff is knowledgeable and friendly. Museum features both American and Canadian Conservation efforts. Memorial on site features all...

Restored 1884 Victorian home & carriage house, the residence of ND governors from 1893–1960.

Historical restored buildings & museums on land owned by a former wheat farming family.

Museum with videos & memorabilia tracing the career of the famed NY Yankees outfielder & slugger.

👍 History is not always comfortable but should be passed down as necessity to keep from repeating it. I didn’t know anything about the Fort when we arrived but the stories and buildings have been preserved and are being restored. I emotionally connection to the boarding school era of its history. Wo...

Historic buildings dating from 1875 to 1935 moved to this site with history exhibits & information.

👍👍 Interesting museum. I was particularly interested in the history of electricity and its effects on the farming community. The tower provides excellent views. The staff is very knowledgeable and friendly. I can't believe this place is free. The farming history exhibits are also worth your time. Indi...

Historic site featuring a 19th-century military post with a museum in the officers' quarters.