South Dakota Air and Space Museum - Box Elder, S.D.

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South Dakota Air and Space Museum - Box Elder, S.D.
You can see up-close more than 25 historic bombers, fighters, utility aircraft, missiles, plus many indoor exhibits of aviation memorabilia.

The South Dakota Air and Space Museum serves to educate and entertain the public. Not only does it give information about the history of US Air Force aviation, it promotes South Dakota aviation history.

During the summer months, visitors can take a base bus tour for a nominal fee. This includes touring a Minuteman missile Training Launch Facility as well as seeing a number of sites on the base.

The museum contains a number of interior and exterior exhibits, including:

- 25 aircraft ranging from World War Two bomber and transport aircraft to the contemporary B-1B Lancer

- 4 different missiles, including a Minuteman II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

- The South Dakota Aviation Hall of Fame

- A Missile Procedures Trainer Exhibit

- An F-106 interactive aircraft cockpit

- A B-1B Cockpit and Offensive/Defensive System Operators Simulator

- An exhibit of the Stratosphere Balloon Launch from the early 1930s.

Walk around General Eisenhower’s personal B-25 transport from World War II. Check out what life was life for missile crews when you see a Minuteman II missile Launch Control Center. Learn how mankind took the first tentative steps toward the stars!

Hands on displays of aircraft systems, opportunities to see Minuteman Ballistic Missile silo operations and many other exciting exhibits for you to view.

Open year round. Summer hours 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Winter hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:40 p.m.

Phone: 605-385-5189