Events
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Scavengers Photography Club
Montana Natural History CenterDates: Third Thursday of the Month Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Location: 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. Photo by Kathy Eyster This […]
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A Beginner’s Guide to Drawing Trees with Jason Poole
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Saturday, May 23, 2026 Time: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $45 MNHC members/$50 non-members. Add your MNHC membership to your order when you check out! REGISTER HERE Join artist (and paleontologist) Jason Poole for a sketching class focused on trees! Trees are often a challenge for beginners who want to sketch […]
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Volunteering at Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden
Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden 404 H Road, Missoula, MT, United StatesDates: Select Sundays, May-August Time: 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Location: Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden The beautiful Native Plant Garden at Fort Missoula could use volunteers to weed, transplant plants out of the walkways and prune shrubs. Volunteering is available most Sunday mornings from 9:00-11:00 a.m. and you can pop in and out any time during […]
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Mount Jumbo Wildflower Walk
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Tuesday, May 26 Time: 9:00 – 11:30 a.m. Location: Meet at the Mount Jumbo Lincoln Hills Trailhead Cost: $20 MNHC members/$25 non-members (1 child free per ticketed adult!) 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 […]
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miniNaturalist Pre-K Program
Montana Natural History CenterThe miniNaturalist pre-K program encourages curiosity for the natural world. Dates: Every Tuesday, September – May Time: 10:00-11:00 am Location: Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory Street. The miniNaturalist program encourages curiosity for the natural world through exploration and play. We sing songs, read books, play games, and develop skills with art and science tools. […]
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Drop-In Nature Journaling
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Last Wednesday of the Month Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: Free with admission/membership! Fellow naturalists! Are you looking for community, accountability, inspiration, and more? We’re excited to offer monthly drop-in nature journaling / phenology wheel / nature writing sessions September-May. Bring your nature journals, phenology wheels, pens, pencils, and paints, and […]
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Screech Owls at Sunset with Adam Potts of the Hoot Owl Project
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Friday, May 29, 2026 Time: 8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Location: Native Plant Garden at Fort Missoula Cost: Free, but registration required REGISTER HERE Screech Owls are among the most widespread owls in the US, but are notoriously enigmatic and difficult to see. Join us the evening of May 29th for a lecture about […]
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Volunteering at Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden
Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden 404 H Road, Missoula, MT, United StatesDates: Select Sundays, May-August Time: 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Location: Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden The beautiful Native Plant Garden at Fort Missoula could use volunteers to weed, transplant plants out of the walkways and prune shrubs. Volunteering is available most Sunday mornings from 9:00-11:00 a.m. and you can pop in and out any time during […]
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First Friday – Inspired by Nature: Block Prints By David Miles Lusk
Montana Natural History CenterDate: June 5, 2026 Time: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: Free, and open to the public Join us for a First Friday event with artist David Miles Lusk of Anomal Press, as he shares work from his block print collection. David will provide a brief introduction about his work […]
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Birding by Ear with Ryan Mahar, Session 2
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Saturday, June 6 Time: 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. Location: Meet at Council Grove Cost: $35 MNHC members/$40 non-members REGISTER HERE! Want to sharpen your birding-by-ear skills and gain confidence identifying birds by sound? Birding-by-Ear 2 is an intermediate-level class that explores more advanced listening techniques, including how to distinguish similar songs, recognize patterns and […]
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Volunteering at Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden
Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden 404 H Road, Missoula, MT, United StatesDates: Select Sundays, May-August Time: 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Location: Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden The beautiful Native Plant Garden at Fort Missoula could use volunteers to weed, transplant plants out of the walkways and prune shrubs. Volunteering is available most Sunday mornings from 9:00-11:00 a.m. and you can pop in and out any time during […]
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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 […]
