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The Montana Historical Society Museum, also known as Montana's Museum, is located in Helena, Montana. Open year-round, the museum's displays include the state's fine art, history, archaeological and ethnological artifacts. The Mackay Gallery of Russell Art features works by Western-artist Charles M. Russell in many media. Other displays include ...
In the 1940s Charles and Sue Bovey began to buy up abandoned buildings and restoring them, in effect creating an open-air museum.[3] The landmark district encompasses an area of about 20,000 acres (81 km2), including the entire city limits of Virginia City and a significant portion of Alder Gulch where mining operations took place.
Thomas Dimsdale began publication of Montana's first newspaper, the Montana Post, in Virginia City on August 27, 1864. [13] Montana's first public school was established in Virginia City in March 1866. [14] Gilbert Brewery, Wallace Street, Virginia City, founded in 1866 by Henry S. Gilbert (1833-1902) [15]
Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman. This list of museums in Montana encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
City or town Description 1: Crow Creek Water Ditch: March 29, 2001 : Helena National Forest-Headwaters Resource Area: Townsend: 2: Eagle Guard Station: Eagle Guard Station: September 20, 2001 : 11 miles west of Townsend
Helena-West Helena: 26: Helena Library and Museum: Helena Library and Museum: December 6, 1975 : 623 Peach St. Helena-West Helena: 27: Helena National Guard Armory: Helena National Guard Armory: January 24, 2007 : 511 Miller St.
The Montana Trail was a wagon road that served gold rush towns such as Bannack, Virginia City and later Helena during the Montana gold rush era of the 1860s and 1870s. Miners and settlers all traveled the trail to try to find better lives in Montana. The trail was also utilized for freighting and shipping supplies and food goods to Montana from ...
It is Helena's oldest civic building, and was used not just to house the library, but also as a social venue until about 1914, when its main space was fully devoted to the library. In 1929 a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wing was added to rear to serve as a space for museum exhibits on local history. [3] The building first opened to the public on September ...