2011 Youth Memories Slide Shows

                   Bear Rock                                       Custer State Park - Gordon Stockade

 Scavenger Hunt                                             Wind Cave

Paha Sapa Pageant                                      Glen Erin School

 Cemetery Walk                                             Veteran's Day

Making Ornaments

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“Behind the Scenes” extremely successful this Year at the 1881 Courthouse Museum” 

Middle School students volunteered this year to be a part of the 1881 Courthouse Museum's “Behind the Scenes”. This program gives students opportunities to learn about Custer's History and gain skills through community service. The students learned to work with others. They created displays, did research and provided guest relations. They also volunteered to help with the Museum's Youth Activities. They also greeted visitors, helped with bookstore operations, had office assignments and assisted with special events. Through this experience, students enjoyed being behind the scenes at the museum to see how things work. and The students who participated are: Tim Tennyson, Tate and Trevor Kavanaugh, Kendall Ashmore, Kenny, and Frenchy Smit, Mesa Goebel, Laura Zaic, Jeffery Durham, Madison Lampert, Gunner and Wyatt LaFebvre.They have been helping with the children activities and they did all the work for the Halloween Carnival and helped with the Christmas youth activities.

The jobs they were most proud of were designing exhibit cases, working with the children’s activities, learning about Custer's history and making their own badges. One of the decisions they made as a group was to call themselves Junior Docents. Docent is the term the students picked as their title as it is used for volunteers who assist with Museum operations.  Sandy Ackman, Director of the Museum, said “the students have done an amazing job with all of the assignments they have completed this year. They helped me to reach many goals that I set for this year. I hope this will be a beginning of a life time of volunteering in the community. We hope to continue the same high quality of students we have had this year.”  Students who would like to volunteer for the “Behind the Scenes” program can call the Museum at 605-673-2443 or e-mail info@1881courthousemuseum.com.  We welcome all students to join the “Behind the Scenes” program of the 1881 Courthouse Museum. Through this experience students will enjoy learning while supporting the museum and its activities.

Tim Tennyson a 1881 Courthouse Museum JR Docent is arranging furniture in a victorian doll house for the toy exhibit new this year.