Community Event
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Scavengers Photography Club
Montana Natural History CenterDates: Third Thursday of the Month Time:Â 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Location:Â Montana Natural History Center Come find community and inspiration for your nature photography passion at our Scavengers Photography Club! Everyone is welcome - hobbyists, enthusiasts, professionals, and new beginners! Peggy Christian, artist, author, and Master Naturalist, hosts this unique club. At each session we will […]
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Birding for Beginners! in Greenough Park
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Tuesday, May 20 Time: 8:15-10:15 a.m. Location: Meet at Greenough Park picnic shelter parking lot (the second one you come to on Monroe St.) REGISTER HERE! Become attuned to the bird life all around you. Through birding tips and bird stories - some wild, some comical, some incredible - you will enter the feathered […]
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Mount Jumbo Wildflower Walk
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Tuesday, May 20 Time: 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Location: Meet at the Mount Jumbo Lincoln Hills Trailhead Cost: $40 for MNHC members, $45 for non-members Taking a field trip from our regular programming at the Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden. This Tuesday we'll be exploring Mount Jumbo! REGISTER HERE. Mount Jumbo is one of […]
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First Friday: Interactive Drawing and Illustration Session with Jason C. Poole
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Friday, June 6, 2025 Time: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: Free! Come and join paleontologist and artist Jason Poole for a live drawing and illustration session, where he'll share tips and tricks for drawing dinosaurs, fossils, and other wild creatures. First Friday guests are invited to participate and […]
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Nature Writing “Hush Hour(s)”
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Second Monday of the Month Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: Free, but please register REGISTER HERE Whatever genre you prefer — poetry, essay, prose, flash, etc. — writing can help us connect with and reflect on our natural surroundings in deeply personal, unexpected, rewarding ways. But finding […]
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Dig Your Own Native Shrub Sale
Montana Natural History CenterDate:Â Tuesday, June 10 Time:Â 9:00-11:00 a.m. Location:Â Native Plant Garden at Fort Missoula Cost:Â $30 MNHC members/$35 non-members REGISTER HERE. This class includes instruction for successful transplanting, and as many chokecherry, snowberry, golden currant seedlings as you like! Bring a bucket or several large plastic bags for your new plants! DIG IN! For more information on programs happening […]
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Virtual Naturalist Book Club #1
Virtual Zoom ClassroomDate: Monthly, on the second Tuesday of the month Time: 6:30 p.m. Location/Platform: Virtual Zoom Classroom The only thing better than reading a fascinating natural history book (and there are so many of them!) is getting to discuss it with a wonderful group of like-minded people. We can help you do that! Join one of […]
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Scavengers Photography Club
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Thursday, June 12, 2025 Time:Â 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Location:Â Montana Natural History Center This event typically occurs on the third Thursday of the month. June 12 is a special time. Come find community and inspiration for your nature photography passion at our Scavengers Photography Club! Everyone is welcome - hobbyists, enthusiasts, professionals, and new beginners! […]
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Native Plant Garden Tour
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Saturday, June 14 Time: 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (Tour ends between 2:00-4:00 p.m., depending on time spent at each garden) Location: This tour begins at Rocky Mountain Gardens (at the Missoula Fairgrounds) and ends at the Montana Natural History Center (120 Hickory Street) Cost: FREE, but please register Join MNHC and Missoula County Department of […]
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Sea of Grass: Reading and Signing with David Hage and Josephine Marcotty
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Wednesday, June 18 Time: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: FREE In partnership with Fact & Fiction Books, please join us for a reading and book signing with authors of Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie, Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty. The evening […]
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Virtual Naturalist Book Club #1
Virtual Zoom ClassroomDate: Monthly, on the second Tuesday of the month Time: 6:30 p.m. Location/Platform: Virtual Zoom Classroom The only thing better than reading a fascinating natural history book (and there are so many of them!) is getting to discuss it with a wonderful group of like-minded people. We can help you do that! Join one of […]
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Nature Writing “Hush Hour(s)”
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Second Monday of the Month Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: Free, but please register REGISTER HERE Whatever genre you prefer — poetry, essay, prose, flash, etc. — writing can help us connect with and reflect on our natural surroundings in deeply personal, unexpected, rewarding ways. But finding […]
