Pipestone National Monument - Facilities

Pipestone National Monument by National Parks Service

VISITOR CENTERS

Visitor Center and Upper Midwest Indian Cultural Center

Open

The Visitor Center is open daily 8am-5pm.

Location

Monument headquarters

Closures

Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Years Day.

Special Programs

American Indian craft demonstrations (Apr-Oct), Slide program, Founder's Day (August 25)

Exhibits

The Visitor Center Museum and the Upper Midwest Indian Cultural Center feature pipestone pipes and artifacts. The Exhibit Quarry allows visitors to enter a former quarry and view the layers of prairie soil and Sioux quartzite overburden, as well as the pipestone layer, up close.

Available Facilities

Accessible public restrooms