• MNHC’s 2025 Fall Banquet and Auction

    University Center Ballroom 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT, United States

    Date: Friday, October 24th, 2025 Time: 5:00-9:00 p.m. Location: University Center Ballroom PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS! Click here. Join the Montana Natural History Center for a fun and nature-filled evening at our Fall Banquet and Auction on October 24th, at the University Center Ballroom! Gather with us for an evening of food, drinks, and fun to […]

  • 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 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. […]

    Free
  • Drop-In Nature Journaling

    Drop-In Nature Journaling

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: 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 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, phenology wheels, […]

  • Saturday Kids’ Activity: Ice Age Animals!

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Saturday, November 1 Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: Free with membership/cost of admission Join us for exciting and educational Saturdays filled with delightful activities designed to captivate young minds and inspire a love for nature! Our drop-in Saturday programs feature activities, art, science experiments, and more. Stop in anytime between […]

    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 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. […]

    Free
  • Online Field Notes Writing Workshop, 6-Part Class – Fall 2025

    Montana Natural History Center

    Location: Virtual Classroom on Zoom Dates: Tuesdays, November 4, 11, 18, 25, and December 2, 9 Time: 10:00-11:30 a.m. Cost: $225 MNHC members, $245 non-members Explore various forms of nature writing, then research and write your own Field Note during this online, workshop-based six-part class! Instructors: Allison De Jong, writer, naturalist, and editor of Montana Naturalist magazine and Field Notes on Montana Public Radio […]

    $225 – $245
  • Lichen Field Day with Tim Wheeler

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Saturday, November 8, 2025 Time: 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Location: MNHC, walk along Kim Williams trail Cost: $60 MNHC members/$65 non-members REGISTER HERE! Delve deep into the study of lichens and never look at your forest the same way again. The Missoula valley has a high diversity of lichen species in an array of beautiful […]

    $60 – $65
  • Nature Writing “Hush Hour(s)”

    Nature Writing “Hush Hour(s)”

    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 […]

  • Naturalist Book Club #2

    Virtual Naturalist Book Club #2

    Virtual Zoom Classroom

    Date: Monthly, on the second Monday 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
  • 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 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. […]

    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