Events
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How to Know the Minerals: Crystallization and Identification
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Wednesday, January 21, 2026 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 Location: MNHC Cost: $20 MNHC members/$25 non-members. Add your MNHC membership to your order when you check out! Part 1 of a 2-part course. Sign up for one or both! Learn about part 2 here. REGISTER HERE Have you ever held a crystal in your hand […]
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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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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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How to Know the Ore Minerals: Mining and Identification
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Wednesday, January 28, 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Location:Â MNHC Cost: $20 MNHC members/$25 non-members Add your MNHC membership to your order when you check out! Part 1 of a 2-part course. Sign up for one or both! Learn about part 1 here. REGISTER HERE From early gold rushes, silver claims, copper kings […]
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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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Certified Interpretive Guiding Course
Montana Natural History CenterDates: Thursday, January 29 - Sunday, February 1 Time: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Location: Thursday & Friday - Montana Natural History Center; Saturday & Sunday - Historical Museum at Fort Missoula Cost: $600 regular registration (includes a complimentary one-year NAI membership) $525 with NAI member discount. Student discounts available (please contact MNHC at 406.327.0405 […]
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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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Winter Raptor Excursion
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Saturday, February 7 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Location: meet at MNHC, travel to the Ninepipe in MNHC bus Cost: $100 MNHC members/$110 non-members REGISTER HERE! Registration closes on Monday, February 2nd. Enjoy the beauty and majesty of Montana’s winter raptors while learning key identification techniques, anatomy, and behaviors. Naturalist Brian Williams will begin […]
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Saturday Kids’ Activity: Big Fauna of Montana
Montana Natural History CenterDate: Saturday, February 7 Time: 11:00 a.m.-1:00 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 […]
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Nature Writing “Hush Hour(s)” – CANCELED
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 THE FEBRUARY 9TH SESSION OF NATURE WRITING "HUSH HOUR(S)" IS CANCELED. We hope you can join us in March. Whatever genre you prefer — poetry, essay, prose, flash, etc. — writing can help […]
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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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