Arts & Culture
McCrory Gardens
Beauty is its own excuse for being. However, McCrory Gardens serve a more practical purpose. Ongoing research provides new information to the scientific community and the public on the introduction, cultivation and arrangement of native and domesticated plants. The Gardens also serve as an outdoor teaching laboratory for undergraduate and graduate students at SDSU.
In 1985, faced with major funding cuts, alumni, the Brookings community, horticultural enterprises and associations throughout the state began an annual fundraising drive to keep the Gardens open and growing. An endowment, managed by the SDSU Foundation, was established in 1986. Since that time, maintenance and development at McCrory Gardens has been supported by public donations of money, equipment, labor, seed, plants and other supplies. The ‘Friends of McCrory Gardens’ are a continuing source of enthusiastic support.
South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum
The Ag Heritage museum is dedicated to preserving our rich agricultural history and rural heritage. The collections and exhibits depict technology, crops, and livestock. In addition the exhibits examine human experiences, institutions, and cultures that were shaped by the state’s rural landscape and diverse environment.
Agricultural Heritage Museum Website
South Dakota Art Museum
Since 1970, the South Dakota Art Museum has been a place for people from many different parts of the world to enjoy the artistic legacy of South Dakota in all its diversity. Permanent galleries, changing exhibitions, publications, lectures, workshops and guided tours provide the public, artists, university students and faculty with a variety of opportunities to learn about art and engage in the centuries-old dialogue between artist and viewer. The Museum features 6 spacious galleries, the Museum Store and the Kid’s Sensation Station.
South Dakota Art Museum Website
Prairie Repertory Theatre
Each summer, SDSU’s Prairie Repertory Theatre, now celebrating 40 years, presents five plays in Brookings and Brandon, SD. Summer theatre also offers graduate and undergraduate credit through Prairie Repertory Theatre.