Perspective: Meet Mama T. Rex, our life-size dinosaur. Or cruise on down to KidStreet. BROOKINGS CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU (CVB) My Glacial Lakes & Prairies Area is… Brookings of course! You’ve got to try… A Nick’s burger and a scoop of SDSU Ice Cream. Enough said there! Take home… A quintessential piece of South Dakota from our two state museums. The South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum and South Dakota Art Museum both feature locally made products you won’t find anywhere else. Don’t miss… Catching a live show at the Performing Arts Center and Swiftel Center. From chart-topping, Grammy-award winning artists to an arena ready for the rodeo, there’s much to see and experience behind the big red, velvet curtain. A great place for kids… The Children’s Museum of South Dakota, at the corner of Kidoodle Way in downtown Brookings is a one-of-a-kind place for play, laughter, creativity, and discovery with 44,000 square feet of indoor exhibit space and four acres of outdoor prairie. My favorite shopping… Our Downtown District is full of local boutiques, antique galleries, looks for less, children’s gifts and home décor. It truly is a one-stop shop. Not to mention, there’s a few places to find the perfect cup of joe. To unplug, I… Find a park where the trees are lush and there’s plenty of space to sprawl out. And, it’s no surprise the best place to unplug is a place with no plug-ins! Fortunately, Brookings is equipped with a wide variety of parks, like Dakota Nature Park, offering different activities and lots of space. The best event is… Downtown at Sundown! For seven weeks out of the summer, the Brookings CVB brings live music, cold drinks, local food and a friendly atmosphere to the streets of downtown Brookings. This family-friendly event offers free admission and free kids activities. All details, including future line-ups and participating vendors can be found at DowntownAtSundown.org. We are well-known for… Brookings is most known for Hobo Day, the largest one-day event celebrating the homecoming tradition of South Dakota State University. Brookings is also well-known for hosting one of the largest outdoor festivals in the region, the Brookings Summer Arts Festival. Every second weekend in July, more than 200 artists from across the nation bring their best work to Pioneer Park. This two-day festival brings out the best in our community! To learn more and see what other events are taking place, check out Visitbrookingssd.com. Play Along however you want at the Children’s Museum of South Dakota SD # PlayAlong Brookings, SD 605.692.6700 Brookings, SD prairieplay.org prairieplay.org ds roa ck ba the Take Great Events! to our #sdglaciallakes SDGlacialLakes.com // 173 GLACIAL LAKES & PRAIRIES REGION A A WHOA MAMA Take the Back Roads TO MY GREAT PLACE . . .
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