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On Earth, it is generally true that where there is water, there is life. This was certainly the case with the Western Interior Sea during the Late Cretaceous. This large seaway, which bisected [...]

By Elizabeth Guheen – Director and Chief Curator This summer the Bair Museum in Martinsdale will showcase a large selection of the work of Edward S. Curtis from the Bair Collection. In addition, [...]

The Castle Museum is a Victorian mansion built in 1892 by B.R. Sherman, an innovative man for his day, and ran by the Meagher County Historical Association. The hilltop landmark overlooking White [...]

But Wait, There’s More! By Brad Reynolds Museums across the Treasure State contain rocks, fossils, and other remnants of Montana’s prehistoric past. While these displays and exhibits are [...]

Sometimes we forget how blessed we are in Montana. Not every state has its own Glacier or Yellowstone. Few states can compete with the abundance of wildlife here or rival our picturesque scenery. [...]

Belt Belt Museum 37 Castner Street (406) 277-3574 Big Sandy Big Sandy Historical Museum 87 Johannes Avenue West (406) 378-2640 Bozeman Museum of the Rockies 600 West Kagy Boulevard (406) 994-2251 [...]

By Catharine Melin-Moser Situated in the Little Snowy Mountains, the town of Forest Grove once bustled feverishly during the central Montana homesteading boom of 1910-1919. Decades passed, [...]

Glacier National Park, named for the glaciers that produced its landscape, became the 10th national park when President Taft signed a bill on May 11, 1910. Straddling the Continental Divide, the [...]

By Hope Good George Bird Grinnell left his mark on Montana and the west with his books on the Plains culture, such as Pawnee Hero Stories (1889), The Story of the Indian (1895), and The [...]

Fifty million years ago, volcanoes erupted in several areas of central Montana. The upwelling of magma which fed these volcanoes was largely responsible for the Bears Paw Uplift and for several [...]