Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Standing prominent amidst South Dakota’s Black Hills are four of America’s most prominent leaders – George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Thomas Jefferson. The Black Hills, where Mount Rushmore was constructed were, and still are, considered sacred by the Lakota Sioux, the tribe native to the region. Initially conceived by a South Dakota historian to feature the faces of both Native American and pioneer heroes of the west, the monument forever changed the landscape.

CyArk documented the monument in 2010 in collaboration with Historic Environment Scotland, the Glasgow School of Art, and the US National Park Service in order to provide a point in time record of the site and support future interpretive and educational efforts.