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National Presidential Wax Museum, Keystone

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Where History Hails the Chief

Located in the shadow of Mount Rushmore in the historic town of Keystone, the National Presidential Wax Museum is an impressive highlight on any traveler's itinerary. We invite you to witness the history of American Democracy from its inception.

The entire family will enjoy America's heritage in wax! This unique museum features incredibly realistic life-sized wax figures of every President of the United States. So real that you will whisper in their presence. Take a vicarious trip into the past. Experience the feeling of being with President Roosevelt at Yalta, Dolly Madison at a White House reception, or President Richard Nixon aboard the U.S.S. Hornet as he welcomes the returning astronauts home from their moon flight.

Meet face to face our most beloved heroes and share in their historic glories. See life-like, life-size figures of all U.S. Presidents in authentic period costumes and accurately detailed surroundings.

Open 7 days per week April through October, 9AM to 5PM

Memorial Day through Labor Day, 9AM to 8PM

The National Presidential Wax Museum also features:

• State of the art narration system.

• Historical Artifacts including President Bill Clinton’s red, white, and blue saxophone and the Florida’s 2000 Presidential election’s controversial ballot boxes.

• Special group rates with complimentary welcome receptions available upon request.

• A spacious gift shop located in the museum with a special selection of South Dakota Black Hills Gold, collector's items, fine porcelains and pewter, sculptures, presidential china and other museum quality souvenirs.

• The Holy Terror Mini-Golf course, a challenging 18-hole course located adjacent to the museum.

Located on Keystone’s Main Street, US 16A South, the National Presidential Wax Museum is located two miles from Mt. Rushmore National Memorial, six miles from the world-renowned Beautiful Rushmore Cave, ten miles from Crazy Horse Memorial, and fifty miles from historic Deadwood, South Dakota.
Use our Keystone sightseeing website to visit National Presidential Wax Museum on your trip to Keystone, and learn what else travelers and our writers recommend seeing nearby.
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  • The woman working at the front desk was helpful and informative. When you arrive, you get a wand to walk thru with. When you get to each display you can press the button and it will narrate the scene....  more
    The woman working at the front desk was helpful and informative. When you arrive, you get a wand to walk thru with. When you get to each display you can press the button and it will narrate the scene....  more »
  • intresting place to visit, The wax figures were a site to see. recommend it. The gift shop had plenty of items to buy. 
    intresting place to visit, The wax figures were a site to see. recommend it. The gift shop had plenty of items to buy.  more »
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  • It's a great way to get out of the heat and enjoy being in air conditioning. Very informative and educational, without being boring. A side note is that they have one of the best gift shops in the whole black hills region. Great quality t-shirts with attractive and trendy designs! You can pretend to be the presidential press secretary for a cool photo op.
  • Very informative! Very lifelike scenes and wax statues of the President's. There is a life mask of Abraham Lincoln from when he was in office enclosed in a case. It is self-guided, inexpensive, and has an audio phone that you can enter the number of the display and hear about the president.

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