A fossilized tooth partially embedded in dirt and rocks, with a white trowel nearby.

UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

Our Calendar of Events in 2025 is still in flux. We’ll set this in stone sometime this winter. That said… this is what we anticipate. (Vendors and Food Truck folks, please contact us at stein151@comcast.net to learn how you can participate.)

  • A black and white skeletal diagram of a dinosaur, possibly a Velociraptor, displayed on a black background.

    GRAND OPENING WEEKEND CELBRATION!

    MAY 23-25

    GRAND OPENING WEEKEND w/ guest speakers, lab tours, food trucks.

  • Illustration of a dinosaur skull with a black background and the text "Paleoadventures" underneath.

    PALEOADVENTURES DINO DIG TOURS BEGIN

    JUNE 3rd

    Please see their complete schedule for June, July, August and September. Diggers may sign up online after December 15th. www.paleoadventures.com

  • A young person wearing goggles and a vest is examining a large fossilized rock with a tool, surrounded by other tools on the table, in a workshop setting.

    1st ANNUAL DINO KIDS CAMP!

    JUNE 20-22nd

    Three days of fun dinosaur activities including one day in the field digging and surface collecting, one lab day and one activity day. For kids ages 8 and up. Maximum of 24 participants.

  • Herpetological and Paleontological Society logo featuring a dinosaur skeleton over a map of South Dakota, with black circular border and white text.

    HCPS FIRST IN-PERSON MEETING

    JUNE 22nd

    First formal in-person meeting of our new 501C-3 Paleo Society. Kids games and activities, guest speaker.

  • Person riding a large dinosaur fossil replica with an open mouth, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, blue shirt, and jeans, in an outdoor setting

    1ST ANNUAL "RAPTOR RODEO"

    JULY 3

    Its Rodeo week here in Belle Fourche, with the annual Black Hills Roundup PCRA Rodeo, the second largest event in the Black Hills. To honor that, we have animatronics, kids in dinosaur costumes running various events like 100 meter dash, barrel racing, and dino jousting, for prizes and bragging rights. Presentations on dinosaur speed, power and trackways.

  • Display of dinosaur and prehistoric animal models and framed artwork on a table at an art or craft fair, including a green potion bottle with a rope around its neck, various dinosaur figures, and framed art of dinosaurs.

    1ST ANNUAL "ROCKIN ROCK, MINERAL AND FOSSIL SHOW!"

    POST-PONED TIL NEXT YEAR

    It's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally week here in the hills and since everyone is rocking out to the awesome music and motorcycle chaos, we figured we'd add a touch of dinosaur and Earth Science awesomeness! Visit the museum gift shop for special discounts, set up a vendor booth with arts, crafts, fossils, minerals and jewelry. Come hang out and listen to some local rock and country bands. Great ride from Sturgis to Bear Butte to Devils Tower.

  • Display of fossilized fish embedded in a large stone panel at a museum exhibit.

    LABOR DAY FOSSIL FISH CLEANING

    POST-PONED TIL NEXT YEAR

    Stop on by the museum for a day of fossil fish fun on your way to the reservoir. Guest speaker presenting on the world of fossil fish, exhibits of fish fossils from around the world and from SD and tour of the lab where you might learn to prepare your own fossil fish.

  • A large inflatable dinosaur holding a pumpkin-shaped lantern displays a carved face, illuminated from within, outdoors at night.

    1ST ANNUAL HAUNTED MUSEUM DAYS

    OCTOBER 27-31st

    A whole week of night-time spooky events. Nightly presentations on dinosaurs. Ghost stories. Jurassic Costume contest. Haunted museum tours. Old movies on the side of the building.

  • Nighttime street scene with decorated vehicles, one resembling a dinosaur with sharp teeth on top, adorned with Christmas lights, and a person in costume walking nearby.

    2025 PARADE OF LIGHTS CRETACEOUS CHRISTMAS

    NOVEMBER 28-29th

    Museum and gift shop are open late with nice discounts on merch, minerals, fossils and books. Santa raptor might have a free fossil for the first 50 guests. Christmas party and both silent auction and live fossil auctions.