Explore
Day Visitation
Included in your admission fee, you can tour the exhibits in the main museum and the front exhibit in the collections building as well as several of the historic structures on our museum’s 14-acre site. Click here for what exhibits and outbuildings we have to offer. Also take a look at Machinery Row for the variety of agricultural implements used in the past. And Henry’s Farm is fun to see – a farm yard from the past in miniature!
One-On-One With a Historian
For an extra $5 per person fee, you can have a one-on-one, interactive tour on a subject of your choice. Children under 12 Free. Time: 45 minutes.
Oil Camp Life. Come explore what life was life like in 1935 in the oil camp of Santa Rita.
Life on a Montana Homestead. Explore tiny house living at the 1916 Lois Maltby Homestead in her 8 by 20 foot, two-room house.
The Life Cycle of A Historic Building. Both a building and a person can have many careers and purposes over their life span. The story of this building and its changing role in Cut Bank is illustrated through exhibits, artifacts found in the building, colorful stories, and architectural scarring.
Burlington Northern Caboose 12424. Why are there no cabooses on the tracks anymore? Find out the answer plus lots more on this railroad tour.
Special Events
The Events Committee is always coming up with fun things to do! Join us for our upcoming events which include:
Dinner at the Club Café (Saturday, Sept 14)
Silent Movie Nights (1st Fridays, May to October)
Game Nights (3rd Fridays, May to October)
Christmas at the Museum – Dec 14-15
Point Drive-Inn
On selected summer and fall evenings, the Drive Inn will soon be open to the public for curb service. A limited menu of ice cream cones, ice cream sundaes, floats, ice cream sodas, and bottled sodas would be offered for purchase. On select days the Point will offer hot dogs and hamburgers for sale.
OPENING SOON – STAY TUNED!
Experiences By Reservation
History Where It Happened Tours
Sign up for a driving tour, led by a content expert, to learn about a specific subject in the Glacier County area.
Tour options: Oil Industry, Homesteading, Railroading, World War II, The Cold War
Starting in Spring 2020 – stay tuned!
Experience history up close through an overnight stay in one of our historic structures. Your adventure begins with a site orientation by staff, dinner (optional), a one on one experience with a historian about your building and its role in history (1 ½ to 2 hours), your overnight experience, and breakfast the next morning. Check-in is at 5:00 pm (or a pre-arranged time) and check out by 10 am.
Our Overnight in History Program will become available for reservations soon – stay tuned!