The Hatchery Building/Museum

The National Fish Hatchery Museum was created to preserve the history and heritage of the American fisheries workers. The museum is located in the historic 1899 Hatchery Building at the D.C. Booth Historic Fish Hatchery in Spearfish, South Dakota. The museum has periodicals, personal artifacts, publications, and fish management and culture items and equipment. The collection contains over 185,000 items, and is the largest collection of fisheries artifacts in the country. The museum is open daily during the summer season. At the fish hatchery there are other historic items and buildings to check out as well.