The Dakota Sunset Museum is an award-winning museum that opened its doors in 1990 in Gettysburg, SD. This museum showcases the history of Potter County.
The Dakota Sunset Museum is an award-winning museum that opened its doors in 1990 and went through a great expansion in 2006. The museum, located in Gettysburg, SD just east of the Missouri River, showcases the history of Potter County, which was the place of settlement for over 200 Civil War veterans in the early 1880s. At the Dakota Sunset Museum you will get to explore exhibits that date back to the late 1800s.
The Dakota Sunset Museum is dedicated to telling the history of Potter County and surrounding local areas. The narrative will be told by collecting, preserving and interpreting objects of cultural, historical, and educational significance from the 1880s up to 1960.
