Editing Volga, South Dakota (section)

==Culture==
[[File:BrookingsCountyMuseum.JPG|thumb|The Brookings County Museum in Volga]]

Old Timers Day in Volga occurs in the second week of June every year and is capped off by an over-21-only street dance and many private parties.<ref>{{cite news|title=Old Timers Day kicking off today in Volga, continues through weekend |url=https://brookingsregister.com/article/old-timers-day-kicking-off-today-in-volga-continues-through-weekend |website=www.brookingsregister.com |publisher=[[Brookings Register]] |date=June 8, 2023 |access-date=December 11, 2023}}</ref>

===Points of interest===
There are four places in Volga listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]: the Henry-Martinson House (added in 1977), the Volga Auditorium (added in 2000), the John L. Hall House (added in 2010) and the Volga Hospital (added in 2023).<ref>{{cite web|title=South Dakota (SD), Brookings County |url=https://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/sd/brookings/state.html |website=www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com |publisher=National Register of Historic Places |access-date=December 17, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly List 2023 02 10 - National Register of Historic Places |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/weekly-list-2023-02-10.htm |website=www.nps.gov |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=December 17, 2023}}</ref>

The Brookings County Museum, consisting of six buildings, is situated in Volga City Park. The museum contains around 5,000 artifacts related to the county's history. It was initially set up in the [[Brookings County Courthouse]], in 1939.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brookings County Museum reopening, sale planned |url=https://brookingsregister.com/article/brookings-county-museum-reopening-sale-planned |website=www.brookingsregister.com |publisher=Brookings Register |date=April 16, 2021 |access-date=December 11, 2023}}</ref><ref name="md">{{cite news|last1=Cecil |first1=Chuck |title=County museum plans Memorial Day opening |url=https://www.brookingsregister.com/article/county-museum-plans-memorial-day-opening |publisher=Brookings Register |access-date=December 17, 2023}}</ref> In 1965, Volga's City Council provided the Brookings County Historical Society land for a museum.<ref name="cc"/>{{rp|176–177}} The museum moved to Volga, opening at its present location in July 1969.<ref name="cc">{{cite book|last1=Cecil |first1=Chuck |title=Becoming Someplace Special |date=2001 |publisher=C. Cecil |isbn=978-1-893490-03-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/becomingsomeplac00ceci/page/194/mode/1up?q=%22volga%22 |access-date=December 11, 2023}}</ref>{{rp|194}} The 1872 Sundet Log Cabin – previously ten miles south of Brookings – was also relocated there, in 1973.<ref name="cc"/>{{rp|211}} The Trygve Trooien Horse-Drawn Museum was opened in May 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cecil |first1=Chuck |title=Big wheels turning at county museum |url=https://www.brookingsregister.com/article/big-wheels-turning-at-county-museum |access-date=December 11, 2023 |work=Brookings Register |date=January 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Cecil |first1=Chuck |title=New Trygve A. Trooien Horse-Drawn Museum opening Sunday |url=https://brookingsregister.com/article/ready-for-its-unveiling |access-date=December 11, 2023 |publisher=Brookings Register |date=May 22, 2018}}</ref> The museum complex also includes a 19th century one-room rural school, the Vintage Farm Equipment building, and the James Hauxhurst House.<ref name="md"/>

The 106-acre Meadow Creek Golf Course is located to the south. Since December 2019, it has been within [[city limits]], due to being [[Municipal annexation|annexed]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rhodes |first1=Matthew |title=Volga annexes golf course, providing financial assistance |url=https://brookingsregister.com/article/volga-annexes-golf-course-providing-financial-assistance |publisher=Brookings Register |date=January 9, 2020 |access-date=December 11, 2023}}</ref>

Schadé Vineyard is a [[winery]] to the west of Volga, founded in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fruit of the Volga Vine |url=https://www.southdakotamagazine.com/schade-vineyards |website=www.southdakotamagazine.com |publisher=[[South Dakota Magazine]] |access-date=December 13, 2023}}</ref>