Editing Vermillion, South Dakota (section)

==Museums==
The [[University of South Dakota]]'s [[National Music Museum]] (NMM) is accredited by the [[American Alliance of Museums]] in Washington, D.C., and is recognized as "A Landmark of American Music" by the [[National Music Council]]. It includes more than 15,000 American, European, and non-Western instruments.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/|title = University of South Dakota|access-date = July 28, 2014|website = National Music Museum|publisher = University of South Dakota}}</ref> The [https://whovermuseum.org/ W.H. Over Museum] was founded in 1883 and is South Dakota's oldest natural and cultural history museum. Its collections include fossils, botanical and biological specimens, and cultural items related to the history of inhabitants of South Dakota and the Upper Northern Plains.<ref>{{Cite web |title=W. H. OVER MUSEUM – South Dakota's oldest natural & cultural history museum |url=https://whovermuseum.org/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=whovermuseum.org}}</ref> The [[Austin–Whittemore House]] was originally built in 1884 and has since been transformed into a historic house museum. It also serves as the headquarters of the Clay County Historical Society. Built five years prior to South Dakota statehood, this house is one of the few surviving 19th century structures in the vicinity of Vermillion. Its builder, Horace J. Austin, came from one of the first groups of settlers to arrive in Dakota in 1859.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 19, 2015 |title=The AUSTIN WHITEMORE HOUSE |url=http://www.cchssd.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Story-of-the-Austin-Whittemore-House.pdf |website=Clay County Historical Society}}</ref>