Learn more about the expansion... visit the State Historical Society Foundation website.
The expansion of the North Dakota Heritage Center was proposed more than 25 years ago, when the original designs were developed for the state's largest museum and headquarters for the state's history agency. It was projected that collections space for artifacts and exhibit spaces would be full—and they are. It is now time for expansion.
Exhibits in the current gallery tell the story of North Dakota up to the late 1930's—leaving the Great Depression as the "most current" tale of the people of our state. There is now more than 70 years of additional history to share with our children, citizens and visitors. New exhibit spaces will tell the story of our emerging industries—coal, gas, wind power, agriculture processing, manufacturing and technology. Exhibits would also detail the story of our First People and explore Geological Time and dinosaurs as well as a temporary gallery for touring exhibits and a 3-D theater.
This exciting new facility would make the North Dakota Heritage Center the "Smithsonian of the Plains" and the "hub of history" for our state. Historic sites and major attractions and landscapes would be showcased for visitors enticing them to move across the state in search of further "legendary adventures."
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612 East Boulevard Ave.
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505
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Exhibit galleries and Museum Store: 8am - 5pm M-F; Sat. & Sun. 10am - 5pm.
State Archives: 8am - 4:30pm., M-F, except legal holidays, and 2nd Sat. of each month, 10am - 4:30 pm.
State Historical Society offices: 8am - 5pm M-F, except legal holidays.
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phone: (701) 328-2666
fax: (701) 328-3710
email: histsoc@nd.gov
