Montana Museums

Montana is bordered by Canada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Montana’s western half contains numerous mountain ranges, while the eastern half is characterized by western prairie terrain and badlands.

Various indigenous peoples lived in the territory of the present-day state of Montana for thousands of years. Following European contact, American, British, and French traders operated a fur trade, working with indigenous peoples.

Though the fur trade brought some material gain for indigenous tribal groups, it also introduced European diseases and altered their economic and cultural traditions.

The first permanent settlement by Euro-Americans in Montana was in 1841. In 1847, Fort Benton was established as the uppermost fur-trading post on the Missouri River, and settlers began moving into the territory.

The first gold discovered in Montana was at Gold Creek in 1852, followed by a series of major mining discoveries of gold, silver, copper, lead, and coal, and later oil, which created a miner’s boom area.

Gold output increased significantly, and silver then became even more important. The largest mining operations were in Butte, which had significant silver deposits and gigantic copper deposits.

Today Montana’s economy is based on agriculture, including ranching and cereal grain farming. Resources industries include oil, gas, coal, mining, and lumber, with the accompanying services sector becoming significant for the state.

Montana’s tourism is based on Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Beartooth Highway, Flathead Lake, Big Sky Resort, and its various museums.

Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park, Montana

Museums in Montana

Museum of the Rockies
C. M. Russell Museum
World Museum of Mining
Moss Mansion Museum
Missoula Art Museum
Old Montana Prison Museum
Yellowstone Art Museum
Montana Museum of Art & Culture
Yellowstone Gateway Museum
Gallatin History Museum
Northwest Montana History Museum

A marmot in front of Hidden Lake and Reynolds Mountain in Glacier National Park, Montana

Museums in Montana

State: Montana
Country: United States
Capital: Helena
Largest city: Billings
Population: 1 million
Demonym: Montanan

Museums in Montana – Map

Museums in Montana – Virtual Tour

Top 100 Museums in the United States

Top 100 Museums in the United States

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New York Museums – Virtual Tours

The Metropolitan Museum of Art or MET
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum
Neue Galerie New York
The Cloisters
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
American Museum of Natural History
Museum of the City of New York
New-York Historical Society
Frick Collection
Met Breuer
Rubin Museum of Art
Brooklyn Museum

Museums in Montana

Washington, D.C. Museums – Virtual Tours

National Gallery of Art
National Museum of American History
National Air and Space Museum
National Museum of African American History and Culture
National Museum of Natural History
National Portrait Gallery
Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Phillips Collection
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
International Spy Museum

Museums in Montana

Top 100 Museums in the United States

Top 100 Museums in the United States

Museums in Montana

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