Evening Programs
Events
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Virtual Naturalist Book Club #2
Virtual Zoom ClassroomDate: Monthly, on the second Monday of the month (except January, June, July, and August) 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 […]
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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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Naturalist Trivia Night – Winter Ecology!
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Thursday, January 22 Time: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: Free and open to the public. $5 suggested donation. Show off your skills or come to learn something new—trivia nights are fun for any background level. Join a team when you arrive or bring a crew to compete in Naturalist […]
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Winter Fireside Storytelling with Chris La Tray
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Friday, January 23, 2026 Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m. Location: The Native Plant Garden at Fort Missoula (directions) Cost: $10 MNHC members/$15 non-members Free for Native peoples. REGISTER HERE! For millennia, Indigenous people passed the winter telling stories. Some stories – particularly trickster stories – were allowed to be told only in winter, or when the […]
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Virtual Naturalist Book Club #2
Virtual Zoom ClassroomDate: Monthly, on the second Monday of the month (except January, June, July, and August) 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 […]
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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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Reimagining Relatedness Writing Workshop: Lessons from the Fluvial, Fungal, and Forestal
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 Time: 5:30-8:30 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $110 MNHC members, $125 non-members. You can purchase an MNHC membership when you register. REGISTER HERE! Join MNHC for an evening of creative imagining of and exploratory writing about systems and relationships. Everyone is welcome. Ahead of our session together, you’ll be invited […]
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Wild Love Trivia Night!
Date: Wednesday, February 18th Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m. Location: The Balsamroot Conference Room at the Missoula County Extension Office, 1075 South Ave W at the Missoula Fairgrounds Cost: $10 a person, $5 for university/college students - this is an ages 18+ event ;) REGISTER HERE Join us for a special Naturalist Trivia Night at the Missoula […]
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Cabin Fever Lecture! Glacial Ice History in Mission Valley and Vicinity
Montana Natural History CenterDate: 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 […]
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The Blackfoot Place Map: Prehistoric Land and Animal Management
Montana Natural History CenterDate: 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 […]
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Confident Color Mixing for Journaling with Nancy Seiler (Part 2)
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Friday, February 27 Time: 9:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. Location: The Montana Natural History Center Cost: $45 MNHC members, $50 non-members REGISTER HERE! Master color mixing with artist Nancy Seiler! Have you been nature journaling for a while and feel a bit overwhelmed when mixing colors? This class is for you! As a follow up […]
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iNaturalist Workshop
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Thursday, March 5th Time: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: FREE, but please register REGISTER HERE Snap a photo of your nature observations wherever you roam to conserve our state's remarkable wild diversity! Can using a phone app help scientists with conservation work? Bryce Maxell, program director at the Montana […]
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