Bringing Life to History & History to Our Lives
Phone: (406) 756-8381
Location: Map
More About:
Our Book, Looking Back;
Our Building;
School Alums; and
Our Lecture Series
Museum Hours:
Monday - Friday, 10-5
Admission:
Adults $5.00 Seniors $4.00 Members & Children Free
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Exhibition Notes
Western Indian Culture
This authentic collection of rare and diverse Native American artifacts reveals much about the life and culture of the Indians of the Northwest. This is an Indian-based exhibit of unusual authenticity not to be missed by anyone interested in Native American culture.
Frank Bird Linderman
Artifacts and art from the heirs of this famous Montana writer, pioneer, educator, and humanitarian.
Sand Monkeys, Tie Hacks,
and River Pigs
The logging industry in northwest Montana
History of the Flathead Valley
NEW . . . and Nearly Complete
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Click here for information about the upcoming “Taste of Kalispell” on
Saturday, August 7, 2010, from 6 to 11 PM on the Museum lawn.
Land of Many Stories:
Glacier Park
Now through August
A traveling exhibit that echoes the themes and content of the Montana Historical Society’s Helena exhibit, “Land of Many Stories: The People & Histories of Glacier National Park” will be featured in our entry hall all summer, an overview of the Park’s first 100 years and the celebration of Glacier’s Centennial.
Historic Film Club
Last Monday of the month
in June, July & August, 7 PM
Summer Film Festival features
3 great films by director Robert Altman
June 28 “Nashville” (’75) Sprawling satirical masterpiece on politics and country music, with Lily Tomlin, Henry Gibson, Shelley Duvall, Keith Carradine, Ned Beatty & Karen Black. July 26 “McCabe & Mrs. Miller” (‘71) With Warren Beatty & Julie Christie, captures the essence of long-ago while overturning Old West myths. August 30 “M.A.S.H” (’70) Thinly veiled Vietnam War satire with Elliot Gould, Donald Sutherland & Tom Skerritt fighting military insanity during the Korean War. Also stars Robert Duvall, Sally Kellerman & Henry Morgan. If you only saw the TV series, you’ve never seen the true “M.A.S.H.”
Montana History Book Club
Second Thursday of every month, 6:30 PM
August 12 “How It Looks Going Back, Growing Up in the Montanta Woods” by Doris Knowles Pulis. A memoir about growing up the Yaak. Riverbend Publishing 2009.
September 9 “Blackfoot Lodge Tales” by George Bird Grinnell. A collection of Blackfoot stories. University of Nebraska Press, 2003.
All are welcome. Books are available at the Museum's School Bell Gift Shop at a discount for Society members. If you wish to receive monthly reminders about the Book Club, please send us an e-mail to give us your e-mail address.
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