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SE edge of the town of Fort Totten, 13 miles SE of Devils Lake, ND.
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (CDT) from May 16 - September 15. September 16 - May 15, weekdays by appointment.
Seventeen Original Buildings
Exhibits & Video
Pioneer Daughters' Museum
Modern Facilities
Interpretive Center
Limited ADA Accessiblity
Totten Trail Historic Inn
Rental Meeting Space Available.
$4.00 per adult and $1.50 per child.
School groups: $1 per /student, adults with students get free admission.
Tour buses: $2 per person for groups of 20 or more.
North Dakota Heritage Foundation members and children five and under are admitted free.
For information on other attractions in the area, follow this link to Devils Lake CVB at 1-800-233-8048.
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The Company Barracks/Main school (Building 14) is the home of the present-day Fort Totten Little Theater, where a local musical theater group stages productions during July. An Indian school classroom display as well as artifacts from Plummer's Mercantile Store of Minnewaukan, North Dakota, are exhibited in this building, and vending machine concessions are available.
The Hospital/School Cafeteria (Building 7) is used by the Lake Region Pioneer Daughters as a museum. The Commanding Officer's Quarters, which later was the Superintendent's Home, (Building 3) is currently being restored and is open when staff are available for tours. The Powder Magazine/School flour storage (Building 9) contains a museum display. The Company Barracks/Boy's Dormitory (Building 11) hosts traveling exhibits and features an audiovisual program about Fort Totten history.
Window exhibits in three buildings feature photographs of life at the fort and school. The three buildings are the Second Lieutenant's Quarters/ Principal's Office and Print Shop (Building 5), the Quartermaster's Storehouse/Bakery, Laundry and Harness Shop (Building 10), and the Company Barracks/Boys Dormitory (Building 12). Restoration has been completed on the Commissary Storehouse/Shop (Building 23) and Powder Magazine/Storage Area (Building 9) and is in progress at one of the Captain's and First Lieutenant's Quarters/Girls' Dormitory (Building 2), and at the Commanding Officer's Quarters/ Superintendent's Quarters (Building 3).
Fort Totten State Historic Site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is open year-round as an outdoor museum.
Address:
612 East Boulevard Ave.
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505
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Hours:
Exhibit galleries and Museum Store: 8am - 5pm M-F; Sat. & Sun. 10am - 5pm.
State Archives: 8am - 4:30pm., M-F, except legal holidays, and 2nd Sat. of each month, 10am - 4:30 pm.
State Historical Society offices: 8am - 5pm M-F, except legal holidays.
Contact Us:
phone: (701) 328-2666
fax: (701) 328-3710
email: histsoc@nd.gov
