Location: Vermillion
Top Things to do in Vermillion
Top Restaurants in Vermillion
Top 10 Things to do in Vermillion, South Dakota (SD)
Vermillion (Lakota: Waséoyuze; "The Place Where Vermilion is Obtained") is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, in the southeastern corner of the state of South Dakota, and the eleventh largest city in the state. According to the 2010 Census, the population was 10,571. The city lies atop a bluff near the Missouri River.
Restaurants in Vermillion
1. Shrine to Music Museum
2. Coyote Twin Theater
3. Carey's Bar
4. National Music Museum
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 123 reviews
NOTE: The National Music Museum, Vermillion, South Dakota, is preparing for extensive architectural expansion and renovation and is now CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. Reopening is slated for 2021. Stay tuned! "One of the largest and most important collections of historic instruments in the world." -- New York Times
Reviewed By 866TaylorB - Chicago, United States
My wife and I love to visit museums, wherever we can find them, in Chicago or New York or San Francisco or Denver...or Vermillion, South Dakota. The National Music Museum, founded in 1973 on the University of South Dakota campus, has more than 15,000 American, European and non-Western instruments from all cultures and historical periods in its vast collection. One of the world's most inclusive, it includes many of the earliest, best preserved and historically most important instruments known to survive. It is housed in the university's former library, which was built in 1910 with a grant from Andrew Carnegie's library building program, where over 1,000 representative instruments are exhibited in nine galleries. What can you see? The unmatched Salabue-Fiorini-De Wit-Hermann-Witten-Rawlins collection of 650 violin makers' labels. A 1781 grand piano by Louis Bas of Villeneuve-les-Avignon, France, the earliest French grand piano known to survive. A double chromatic harp, built in 1890 by Henry Greenway of Brooklyn, New York, one of two extant instruments of its type. A 1767 grand piano built by Manuel Antunes of Lisbon, the earliest signed and dated piano by a maker native to Portugal. A 1520 Neapolitan virginal keyboard. Three 17th century Fleming harpsichords. A group of 500 instruments made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by the C.G. Conn Company of Elkhart, Indiana, a resource unparalleled anywhere for historical research about a major American industry and the American band movement. Early Italian stringed instruments crafted by Andrea Guarneri and Antonio Stradivari. One of four Stradivari guitars to be seen in a museum setting and one of only two Stradivari mandolins known to survive. An English cittern dating from the late 16th century, the only one of its kind from the Renaissance known to survive. Also of interest are more recent American collections of saxophones, clarinets, brass instruments, guitars and harmonicas. In fact, the American musical instrument manufacturers archive is the largest of its kind. Scholars from around the world make frequent use of the National Music Museum's collections and facilities for research.
5. Spirit Mound
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 49 reviews
Reviewed By jacobyb171 - Yankton, United States
Very pleasant place. It definitely adds some beauty to vermillion. Very relaxing place. I think everyone should come and visit this place.
6. Valiant Vineyards Winery & Distillery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 7 reviews
South Dakota's oldest winery. Stop in and one of our wine experts will guide you through an original South Dakota wine experience and invite you to enjoy a glass or bottle on our balcony overlooking the valley. Gift shop and Bed and Breakfast on site. Group tours may be available by appointment. Hosts of The Great Dakota Wine Fest at the end of every August.
Reviewed By joee722
We showed up without a reservation or tour set up on a Friday evening and had the chance to try all of their signature wines, and even tour the cellar where the wine is produced. It was very cool to hear about the very first winery of South Dakota. We ended up choosing the Edelweiss wine, "Rushmore White." The building also serves as a bed and breakfast, but we only visited for the wine tasting.
7. W.H. Over Museum
8. Prentis Plunge
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
9. Main Street Pub
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
10. Bunyans
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