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  • MNHC’s Holiday Bazaar

    Date: Friday, December 6th Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: FREE! (Unless you buy something...) MNHC's Holiday Bazaar is back! This festive event brings together the best of the holiday spirit: local artistry, support for nature education, delicious food and beverages, and the joy of giving back to our community. At MNHC’s Holiday Bazaar, you’ll […]

  • Virtual Naturalist Book Club #1

    Virtual Zoom Classroom

    Date: 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 […]

    free

  • Canada’s Ancient Amazon River and Its Rocky Mountain Headwaters

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, December 11 Time: 7:00-8:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $7 for MNHC members, $10 for non-members GET TICKETS! Geologic evidence shows that before the ice age, a river the size of the Amazon once flowed from the Montana Rockies north to the Canadian Arctic. Continental glaciers overrode and destroyed the river in Canada, and diverted […]

    $7 – $10

  • Creature Comforts—Decorate Sugar Cookies for the Solstice

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Monday, December 16 Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $35 members, $40 non-members Winter holidays are for cookies! Take your decorating skills to the next level with Zootown Cookies. Instructor Michelle Couture will teach you four woodland-themed sugar cookie designs in a relaxed and creative setting. You will leave with new […]

    $35 – $40

  • Sip & Sketch: Create a Phenology Wheel

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, December 18th Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $30 for MNHC members, $35 for non-members Are you looking for a reflective, inspiring, fun new project for 2025? Start a daily phenology wheel! Phenology is the study of change in the natural world – when flowers bloom and go to seed, when birds […]

    $30 – $35

  • Naturalist Trivia Night

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: December 20, 2024 Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center 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 Trivia Night. The night’s theme is winter ecology. MNHC […]

    Free

  • Virtual Naturalist Book Club #1

    Virtual Zoom Classroom

    Date: 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 […]

    free
  • Winter writing workshop

    Winter Writing Immersion: Imagination, Memory, and Messaging

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 Time: 4:00-8:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $110 MNHC members, $125 non-members REGISTER HERE! This workshop is open to anyone who is curious about writing. No prior experience is necessary. Please just bring your open mind – a willingness to experiment and think in new ways. This refreshing […]

    $110 – $125

  • Tips, Tricks, and Techniques for Sketching in Your Nature Journal with Jason C. Poole

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Saturday January 25 Time: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $40 for MNHC members, $45 for non-members (some scholarships available. Call 327-0405 for information) REGISTER HERE! Illustrator and incurable sketcher, Jason C. Poole, will help you hone your nature journaling skills during this class. Incredible reference specimens from MNHC's collection including mammals, birds, […]

    $40 – $45

  • Cabin Fever Lecture! New Interpretations of Old Strandlines: How Many Times Did Glacial Lake Missoula Fill and Fail?

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, January 29 Time: 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: Free! 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 those iconic strandlines we can see from […]

  • Naturalist Trivia Night!

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: January 30, 2025 Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center 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 Trivia Night. The night’s theme is Urban Ecology. MNHC […]

    Free

  • Jason C. Poole

    First Friday with Illustrator and Paleo Artist Jason C. Poole

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Friday, February 7, 2025 Time: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: FREE Join us for a Dino-mite First Friday event with illustrator and paleo artist, Jason C. Poole! Jason has worn many hats: Adjunct Professor of Paleontology, scientific illustrator, art teacher, and paleontology field instructor. He has excavated dinosaurs on […]

    FREE