It has been an exciting week at the Mead Cultural Education Center (MCEC) as we added new elements to our Journeying Forward exhibit thanks to a Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation grant. We are adding interactive, hands-on elements for the young and old to enjoy – including new donations from the Larry Ness American Indian Collection are also being installed. Adding these new elements and historic objects only add to the wonderful exhibit that opened in December 2018. We

With spring here, we can now look to the necessary work needed on the verandas at the Mead Cultural Education Center. Engineers were onsite this week to work with the Mead Restoration Committee on how to tackle the greatest ornate feature of the Mead exterior. Although work on the veranda's is intended to commence in May of this year, the museum will continue to be open to the public all summer long. Mark your calendars for our Feed Your Mind presentation at noon on Friday

There is much excitement on the second floor of the Mead Cultural Education Center. West wing rooms are one step closer to being ready for a special exhibit dedicated to the 140th anniversary of the Yankton State Hospital – opening in Fall 2019. Also in honor of the big anniversary, our April Feed Your Mind program (Friday, April 5) will be the history of the state hospital presented by former administrator Steve Lindquist. We are honored to have Steve back in Yankton for thi

Big things happening in the basement at the Mead Cultural Education Center (MCEC). Earlier this week you could hear the jackhammers as it broke up the buckling floor in the west wing basement. Thanks to Doyle Stevens Construction we will soon have a new floor. This location in the MCEC will be our Preservation and Training Laboratory for the ongoing care of the historic collection at the museum. Don’t forget to come by the museum this Sunday, March 10, for our Mead Story Ti

There is always something going on at the Mead Cultural Education Center. This week our workers took advantage of some quiet time to install the finishing touches on a ramp that was created special for ADA access to the building foyer. Don’t forget about our Feed Your Mind program at noon today (Friday). In honor of Women’s History Month, our very own registrar, Ashley Lynch, will be speaking on the women’s suffrage movement. Bring your lunch if you’d like and join us at the