Stagecoach Museum — Attraction in Lusk

We were driving through Lusk on our way from Denver to South Dakota for vacation, and I saw the museum and said “pull over, this looks cool”.

Good thing we did because it was such a hidden treasure! The gentleman who was there than day suggested the best way to view the museum, and suggested a few items of particular interest we might want to check out.

It was as though the town had saved everything from the past 150 years, and had it on display with detailed labels. My fiancé loved the barbed wire display, that explained the history of the barbed wire, with 50+ different historic examples on display. There was a real triceratops skeleton that rivaled what I have seen at the Smithsonian in DC. A few other really interesting items:

Two headed baby calf born 70 years ago in town A real stagecoach An old outhouse that had two holes, since apparently it could be a group activity Lots of historic women’s clothing Real Oregon trail wagons Old photos and newspapers from the town in the 1880s The founder of Lusk’s chair (seriously it was cool)

Basically the museum is giant and I could have spent hours there. Do stop by as you stop through town!

It is free but we left a donation and encourage others who are able to do...

A must if you are near this Museum! We had a great time in this place. We were there couple minutes before closing coming back from South Dakota and crossing this little town, and a very nice lady came back, opened the museum let us in. Since you entered to the building the history starts with a bunch of antiques artifacts, furniture and equipments. You have to explore the building to go through other rooms and smaller houses inside the property. It was very cool to see the machines and the life style that people used to have decades ago. Thank you for keeping...

Very pleasantly pleased with this museum! Very good detailed descriptions and signage. Many, many local artifacts on loan from local families. The upstairs is phenomenal with such a great amount of vintage clothing! Loved all of the farm tools most of which we had grown up with except some that were for local farming. The local volunteer was full of knowledge and information! We certainly enjoyed our conversations about the area. Would highly suggest that you plan to spend a few hours enjoying this museum! Iona Duvall...