STAGECOACH MUSEUM

5/29/22 - Love this place....BEST PLACE EVER

5/29/22 - That's a hidden gem and totally worth the stop

5/19/22 - From the outside I thought it's a tiny museum, then I found it has 3 more buildings behind. It's full of surprises bringing us back to the life in the past. The administrator there was very friendly.

7/31/21 - I could spend the whole day here and still not see it all. A perfect glimpse into a time long gone.

7/31/21 - What a great museum! The town of Lusk should be proud of this effort! It goes on and on, even including an old west storefront set up in the back yard area - along with a huge metal building full of wonderful treasures! This is all in addition to the actual stagecoach on the second floor... A must see experience. One of the better museums we have seen.

7/28/21 - A must if you are near this Museum! We had a great time in this place. We were there couple minutes before closing coming back from South Dakota and crossing this little town, and a very nice lady came back, opened the museum let us in. Since you entered to the building the history starts with a bunch of antiques artifacts, furniture and equipments. You have to explore the building to go through other rooms and smaller houses inside the property. It was very cool to see the machines and the life style that people used to have decades ago. Thank you for keeping history alive!

7/26/21 - Excellent museum well worth your time. Park right in front. High plains eastern Wyoming area history has been donated and lovingly preserved by volunteers. The friendly lady who greets you when you come in is eager to answer any questions, you'll love her. The out buildings are full of historical farm machinery, carriages, and wagons. Don't miss their signature stagecoach which traveled from Cheyenne WY to Deadwood SD on the 2nd floor of the museum it is a must see. If you like western history don't miss the Stagecoach Museum.

7/22/21 – Indianapolis, IN – “So unique – one of the most authentic!”

7/21/21 - This place is AMAZING! We live about 60 miles from the museum but try to go at least once a year! There's always something new! If you want to see how a real cow town was born and still lives today go there! The pics, relics, and displays are awesome! I highly recommend it! It's also free but donations are accepted!

7/12/21 – New Mexico – “The most amazing and BEST western history museum I’ve ever seen – anywhere! Things here that are found nowhere else!!”

7/9/21 – Connecticut – “Wonderful! Could visit 5 times and see new things.”

6/4/21 – Scottsdale, AZ – “Unbelievable!! Very, very interesting.”

5/7/21 – Minnesota – “Amazing work! I love history and this is a very extensive and informative display.”

9/6/16 Museum is very Midwestern. Met the daughter of the owner who gave us a brief tour. She was friendly. A lot of cowboy stuff, seems nice and quaint for being a small town museum!
 
2/23/14 The museum is stuffed with all kinds of historic items and we got a great tour by the owner and her grand daughter. Our six year old is still talking about the things he saw and the kitten he and the girl played with. The owners are constantly restoring and building new exhibits so this place is going to stay interesting if visited again.

Great experience!
 
10/10/12 It doesn't really get more mid-Western charm than this museum.

We pit-stopped in Lusk, the largest little town between Cheyenne and our destination in the Black Hills, for a tank of gas and a leg stretch. We ended up checking out the Stagecoach Museum and I'm glad we did.

This is a part of Americana that needs to be seen, a slice of the Oregon Trail not seen on a green-and-black computer screen. The expanse and openness (is that the same thing?) of Wyoming is breathtaking NOW, in the 21st century. Can you imagine when whole families packed up and moved themselves out quite literally into the middle of nowhere for a chance at a better life and embraced life in that wide open?

The artifacts in museums like this and those settler's descendants that now occupy towns like Lusk are what remains of that time. I greatly appreciated getting to know the pioneering spirit of that time and what life was like. Glad we went.
 
7/30/12 For a $2 entry fee, you get a guided tour by a very informed docent, who clearly loves this tiny little town.  It can be "hands on" at times, and there's tons of artifacts to see from the entire school house in the back, to a stagecoach UPSTAIRS, to rifles, WWII souvenirs, and period clothing.

Learn about cattle barons, see a stuffed two headed calf, get a Coke from the old timey machine, buy a Wyoming license plate for $3.  

What I found fascinating, was that this town used to be a bustling city, and how once the depression set in, it was reduced to a speck on the map. It's a whole side of American history that's completely foreign to me.