Musées dans le Montana

Museums & Art Centers

Montana’s cultural landscape spans from prehistoric discoveries to contemporary regional art. This collection features key sites on the Montana Dinosaur Trail, including the mummified remains of "Leonardo" in Malta and the fossil beds of Bynum. Historical highlights include the underground tunnels of Havre, the 19th-century log cabins of Billings, and the expansive outdoor sculpture installations at Tippet Rise. Wildlife education is centered in West Yellowstone, while art collections focus on Northern Plains heritage and the works of C.M. Russell.

Museums & Art Centers — Carte

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Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center

The Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center is a not-for-profit wildlife park and educational facility opened in 1993 that is located in West…

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The Montana Dinosaur Center

Located in Bynum, this center displays the first baby dinosaur bones found in North America. It features a life-size model of a Seismosaurus and offers public paleontology field digs during summer months.

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Great Plains Dinosaur Museum

This Malta museum houses "Leonardo," a mummified Brachylophosaurus with preserved skin impressions. The collection also includes Triceratops, Stegosaurus, and Hadrosaur fossils found in the Judith River Formation.

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Havre Beneath the Streets

A reconstructed underground city in Havre featuring historical exhibits of a saloon, bakery, and laundry. These subterranean tunnels were used by businesses after a 1904 fire destroyed the town's surface structures.

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Charles M Bair Family Museum

Located on the Bair Ranch in Martinsdale, this museum showcases European antiques, Native American artifacts, and Western paintings by artists Charles M. Russell and Joseph Henry Sharp.

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Range Riders Museum

The museum preserves the moved history of the area for the next generations. Illustrative, captivating exhibitions.

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Museum of the Yellowstone

Housed in the historic 1909 Union Pacific Depot in West Yellowstone, this museum documents the history of tourism in Yellowstone National Park and the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake.

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Yellowstone Art Museum

Located in the former Yellowstone County Jail in Billings, this contemporary art museum features the Montana Collection and the Virginia Snook collection of works by illustrator Will James.

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Tippet Rise Art Center

A 12,000-acre working ranch and art center near Fishtail featuring large-scale outdoor sculptures and acoustic concert halls integrated into the natural topography of the Beartooth Mountains.

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Peter Yegen Jr. Yellowstone County Museum

Situated in an 1893 log cabin, this museum preserves regional history through exhibits on Northern Plains Indians, pioneer life, firearms, and a 1901 steam locomotive.