• Scavengers Photography Club

    Scavengers Photography Club
    Montana Natural History Center

    Dates: 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. At each session we will […]

    FREE
  • miniNaturalist Pre-K Program

    miniNaturalist Pre-K Program
    Montana Natural History Center

    The miniNaturalist pre-K program encourages curiosity for the natural world. Dates: Every Monday, 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. […]

    Free
  • 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
  • miniNaturalist Pre-K Program

    miniNaturalist Pre-K Program
    Montana Natural History Center

    The miniNaturalist pre-K program encourages curiosity for the natural world. Dates: Every Monday, 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. […]

    Free
  • Drop-In Nature Journaling at MNHC

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 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 in the new year? We're excited to offer monthly drop-in nature journaling / phenology wheel / nature writing sessions this year. Bring your nature journals, […]

    Free with admission
  • 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
  • miniNaturalist Pre-K Program

    miniNaturalist Pre-K Program
    Montana Natural History Center

    The miniNaturalist pre-K program encourages curiosity for the natural world. Dates: Every Monday, 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. […]

    Free
  • 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
  • Poets in the ‘Root

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: February 8, 2025 Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m. Location: The Barn at Teller, 1180 Chaffin Ln Corvallis, Montana Cost: FREE Join MNHC and Teller Wildlife Refuge for Poets in the 'Root! Nature in nearly all manifestations has inspired poets since there were poets! And at least since the Roman poet Horace wrote Ars Poetica or the […]

    Free
  • miniNaturalist Pre-K Program

    miniNaturalist Pre-K Program
    Montana Natural History Center

    The miniNaturalist pre-K program encourages curiosity for the natural world. Dates: Every Monday, 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. […]

    Free
  • Nature Writing “Hush Hour(s)”

    Nature Writing “Hush Hour”
    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: 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 […]