• Resilient Recreation – Partners & Public Lands Seminar Series

    Montana Natural History Center

    Resilient Recreation: Exploring a Community Driven Approach to Recreation Management Date: Wednesday, April 16 Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: Free! But please register FREE REGISTRATION HERE! PARTNERS & PUBLIC LANDS SEMINAR SERIES: Conversations with BLM Missoula Field Office Featuring BLM speakers and Marley Held-Wilson and Clancy Jandreau of the Blackfoot Challenge Whether you’re floating […]

    FREE
  • Hush of the Land: Stories from the Bob Marshall Wilderness

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, September 10th Time: 7:00-8:30 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: Free, but please register! (Donations are always appreciated.***) REGISTER HERE In Hush of the Land: Stories from the Bob Marshall Wilderness, Arnold "Smoke" Elser and Eva-Maria Maggi take the audience on a journey with horses and mules deep into the mountains of […]

    Free
  • Hunting Dinosaur Fossils in the Bighorn Basin!

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Tuesday, September 16 Time: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $15 for MNHC members, $20 for non-members (Children 17 and under free with ticketed adult.) REGISTER HERE! If you're a fan of dinosaurs, this evening program is for you! MNHC has partnered with Elevation Science Institute to prepare and conserve dinosaur […]

    $15 – $20
  • Saving the Big Sky

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, September 24 Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: Free and open to the public, but please register Join authors Bruce A. Bugbee, Robert J. Kiesling, and John B. Wright for a presentation of their book Saving the Big Sky: A Chronicle of Land Conservation in Montana. In documenting conservation accomplishments […]

  • Our Sacred Objects, The Long Trip Home with Tyson and Lona Running Wolf

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, October 8 Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $10 MNHC members/$15 non-members Free for Native people. REGISTER HERE Join MNHC, and Tyson and Lona Running Wolf of Blackfeet ECO Knowledge, as they share their work to recover Blackfeet sacred objects from museums in the United States and abroad. Tyson and Lona […]

    $10 – $15
  • Missoula’s Cultural Heritage and the Clark Fork River – An Ever-Changing Landscape

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m. Location: The Montana Natural History Center Cost: $15 MNHC members/$20 non-members REGISTER HERE! Historically, the path of the Clark Fork River has both shaped and transformed the appearance of the Missoula Valley. Similarly, the city of Missoula's diverse cultural heritage has been shaped and transformed by the […]

    $15 – $20
  • Cabin Fever Lecture! Glacial Ice History in Mission Valley and Vicinity

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Friday, February 20 Time: 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: Free, but please register. Donations accepted. It’s that time of the year! Time to contemplate ice ages and glacial lakes.Time for the Glacial Lake Missoula Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute’s Cabin Fever Lecture!  Warm up your curiosity about glacial ice history in […]

  • The Blackfoot Place Map: Prehistoric Land and Animal Management

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2026 Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $10 MNHC members/$15 non-members Free for Native people. REGISTER HERE. Souta Calling Last, has made it a mission to map significant sites of traditional Blackfoot places of creation, animal management, prehistoric presence, and more for the Blackfoot Place Map that is […]

    $10 – $15
  • Jurassic Park: Fact or Fiction? with Kallie Moore

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, March 18 Time: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $10 MNHC members/$15 non-members REGISTER HERE Join UM Paleo Collections Manager and PBS Eons co-host, Kallie Moore for a night of fossil facts and fiction! When the original Jurassic Park movie came out in 1993, it gave the most up-to-date […]

    $10 – $15
  • State of the Bear + Turkey Talk!

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, April 8th Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: Free, and open to the public Join Hellgate Hunters and Anglers, and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 2 Wildlife Manager Liz Bradley for an update about our area's bear and turkey populations. This presentation and audience conversation will explore current harvest […]

  • After the Fire: Ecological Wonders in Burned Areas

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, April 15 Time: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $10 MNHC members/$15 non-members Please join MNHC and Jane Kapler Smith for a fascinating look into post-fire landscapes and the wonders you can find there. REGISTER HERE. Every square foot of dry land in our region has probably burned in […]

    $10 – $15
  • Checking In On Montana’s Moose: A Recap of FWP’s 10-Year Moose Study

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, May 6 Time: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $10 MNHC members/$15 non-members REGISTER HERE! In 2013, Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks (FWP) began a 10-year study designed to improve our understanding of Montana's moose population. Join biologist and head researcher of this study, Nick DeCesare, in this captivating […]

    $10 – $15