Crazy Horse Memorial

Custer, SD

Historical
3 (5 reviews)

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Address: 12151 Ave of the Chiefs, Custer, SD 57730, USA How do we get there? Number: (605) 673-4681
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About this activity

Crazy Horse Memorial, home of the world's largest mountain sculpture in progress, is in the Black Hills of South Dakota on U.S. Highway 16/385 just 17 miles southwest of Mount Rushmore.Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski began the project in 1948 at the request of Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear and other Native American elders. Korczak died in 1982. His wife, Ruth, and some members of their family continue the project, working with the nonprofit Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation.The Memorials visitor complex includes the 40,000 square foot Welcome Center and theaters, the Indian Museum of North America, the Native American Educational & Cultural Center, the sculptor's log home studio and workshop, indoor and outdoor galleries, museum gift shop, restaurant and snack bar areas and expansive viewing veranda.Many Native American artists and crafts people create their artwork and visit with guests at the Memorial during the summer season.

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Hilton

Last Updates

2022

Crazy Horse Memorial FAQ’s

PET POLICY: Leashed pets are welcome at Crazy Horse Memorial in the outside common areas, including the viewing veranda and the roofed original lobby leading to it. Pets are allowed inside any of the buildings, with the exception of the restaurant and snack shop, but must be carried or otherwise contained. We ask that owners take responsibility cleaning up after their pets. No pets are allowed in the food service areas or on the bus rides to the bottom of the mountain. Service animals are permitted in all areas.

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