Booking a Hotel in Brookings, SD

Brookings is an exciting, family-friendly city home to South Dakota State University, the largest university in the state. There is something for everyone to enjoy in Brookings from art and children’s museums to charming nature parks and gardens. The South Dakota State Art Museum highlights the diverse legacy of art in South Dakota as well as offering national and international art exhibits. Art lovers will not want to miss the annual Brookings Summer Arts Festival at Pioneer Park, which not only showcases extraordinary arts and crafts but delicious ethnic foods, historic displays, and antiques too. Families will find hours of entertainment at the Children's Museum of South Dakota where curiosity and creativity are encouraged through numerous hands-on exhibits. At the McCrory Gardens and South Dakota State Arboretum, visitors can stroll through the beautiful grounds home to hundreds of diverse flowers, trees, shrubs, and grasses. The Dakota Nature Park offers scenic multi-use trails, ponds for canoeing and fishing, and the Larson Nature Center.

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