Old Fort Meade Cavalry Museum

The Fort Meade Museum is closed for the season. We will reopen on May 1st, 2020. Thank you to everyone for your support this season. If you wish to schedule a group tour, please contact Museum Director Jordan Mullen or Board President Bob Kusser.

Fort Meade was established during the winter of 1878-79 by the 1st & 11th infantry as well as the reorganized 7th Cavalry.

It outlived all other frontier posts of the Upper Missouri West, surviving as a military installation until 1944 when it became a Veterans Administration Hospital as it remains today.

Journey back in military history through the many exhibits.

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Fort Meade in the News

Governor, VA Secretary tour Ft. Meade VA Medical Center - KNBN NewsCenter1STURGIS, S.D. – Governor Kristi Noem, along with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie, were in Sturgis Wednesday visiting the Fort Meade VA Medical Center. Wilkie and Noem toured the facility in the morning to meet one-on-one with veterans receiving care. 90 percent of Black Hills-area veterans visit the Fort Meade clinic, which has one of the highest ratings...

Elliott family honored for their philanthropySTURGIS | The late Albert and Laverne Elliott continue to give back to their adopted hometown, more than 60 years after choosing Sturgis and the Black Hills out of a

Breaking up a cross burning near Fort MeadeIf you’ve never had a chance to visit the Old Fort Meade Museum, there are some treasures to see. Every time I go through it, I learn something new and

Memorial Day programs set for MondayMemorial Day events in the Black Hills will pay tribute to all United States servicemen and women who have died while on active duty. The following observances will take place

Fort Meade was the first military institution to play the National AnthemThe National Anthem isn't quite typically heard anymore on TV these days other than sporting events...but some of us can remember hearing it right before the local TV station ended it's broadcast for the day...Well, the anthem has risen again.