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text: List of museums in Montana
Museums
This list is a sortable table . Click on the small boxes next to any heading title to reorder the list ( in alphabetical order or reverse alphabetical order ) by that category .
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. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. The six areas referred to in the Region column are explained in a separate section below. Montana has an unusual number of paleontology museums and museums with paleontology sections, much of them filled with discoveries from within the state. These museums are listed again in a separate table below with more specific information.
Name Town/City County Region Type Summary
American Computer & Robotics Museum Bozeman Gallatin South central Computer History of computing , communications , artificial intelligence & robotics
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts Helena Lewis and Clark Southwest Art Exhibitions of contemporary ceramic art
Bair Family Museum Martinsdale Meagher North central Historic house website , ranch home of Charles M. Bair family , features antiques , Native American and Western art , ranching display
Beaverhead County Museum Dillon Beaverhead Southwest Local history website , natural , physical and human history of Beaverhead County , includes fossils , military artifacts , textiles , household items , miniature railroad , mining and farming equipment , a general store , schoolroom and railroad pocket watch exhibit
Big Horn County Historical Museum Hardin Big Horn Southeast Open-air website , includes over 25 historic buildings , farm equipment , horse-drawn wagons and antique vehicles , operated by the Big Horn County Historical Society
Blaine County Museum Chinook Blaine Northeast Local history website , local history , culture , Native Americans , dinosaurs and fossils
Broadwater County Museum Townsend Broadwater Southwest Local history website , open seasonally
Canton Church Historic Site Townsend Broadwater Southwest Religious 1870s Catholic Church , first built in the area
Carbon County Historical Society Museum Red Lodge Carbon South central Local history website , Native Americans , cowboys , rodeo , mining , ranching and homesteading
Carter County Museum Ekalaka Carter Southeast Multiple Local history , Native American , homesteaders , dinosaurs , fossils , geology , natural history
Castle Museum , Montana White Sulphur Springs Meagher North central History Late 19th-century mansion with period furniture , minerals , textiles , historic artifacts , carriages and sleds , a bank , a schoolroom , a stagecoach , fire engines
Central Montana Museum Lewistown Fergus North central Multiple website , local history , culture , Native Americans , mining , petroleum , military history , dinosaurs , open seasonally
Childrens Museum Missoula Missoula Missoula Northwest Children 's website , interactive exhibits for children
Children 's Museum of Bozeman Bozeman Gallatin South central Children 's web
Children 's Museum of Northeast Montana Glasgow Valley Northeast Children 's website
Clark Chateau Butte Silver Bow Southwest Multiple website , 1898 mansion
C.M . Russell Museum Great Falls Cascade North central Art Focus is the artwork of local cowboy artist Charles Marion Russell and art about the American Old West
Conrad Mansion Museum Kalispell Flathead Northwest Historic house website ; 1895 Norman-style mansion built by trading and freighting magnate and Kalispell founder Charles Conrad ; has 26 originally furnished rooms , Tiffany-style windows
Conrad Transportation and Historical Museum Conrad Pondera North central History / Transportation Open seasonally , features a period drug store , general store , recreated homestead shack , exhibits about the development of the west through transportation , toys , automobiles and artifacts
Copper King Mansion Butte Silver Bow Southwest Historic house Guided tours of the late Victorian mansion