Museum Name: National Museum of Woodcarving
Schedule: Open daily May 1 st thru late October each year
Established: 1972
Address: 12111 Hwy 16 West, Custer, SD
Phone Number: 605-673-4404
Fax Number: 605-673-3843
Email: woodcarv@gwtc.net
Director: Dale Schaffer, owner
Website: www.blackhills.com/woodcarving
Focus: tourism & woodcarving sales
Ages: all
Cost: $6.75 per adult, $4.75 per child (5 thru 14 yrs. Old), under five are free
Major Exhibits: life work of original animator of Disneyland
Exhibits of 06: work of over 50 woodcarvers
Class Trip Pricing: group rates: $5.50 per adult, $4.00 per child, driver & guide free
Notes: See wood come alive before your eyes as an original animator of Disneyland's lifework amazes you. Over 70,000 hours of one man's life unfolds with miniature to life-size figures that move and speak, caricature and realistic woodcarvings, and much more. Wood also comes alive in our Wooden Nickel Theater, carving studio, and museum gallery offering more than 50 woodcarvers' works.