Museums

Great Falls, Great Falls & Central Montana

C.M. Russell Museum

Charles M. Russell's paintings, his 1903 log cabin studio and his home in Great Falls

From $7

Kalispell, Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley

Conrad Mansion Museum

Kalispell founder's 1895 Kirtland Cutter mansion, with most original contents intact

From $5

Hamilton, Missoula & the Bitterroot Valley

Daly Mansion

Copper King Marcus Daly's 24,000-square-foot summer house and arboretum in the Bitterroot

From $8

Billings, Billings & Southeast Montana

Moss Mansion Historic House Museum

A 1903 red-stone house in Billings with its original furniture, drapes and carpets

From $3

Virginia City, Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Nevada City

Open-air museum of about 100 gold-rush buildings, plus a hall of mechanical music machines

From $8

Miles City, Billings & Southeast Montana

Range Riders Museum

13 buildings of frontier, ranch and Fort Keogh history, open mid-April to mid-October

From $15

Livingston, Yellowstone Gateways & the Beartooths

Yellowstone Gateway Museum

Park County history in a 1906 schoolhouse, from Ice Age hunters to the Northern Pacific

From $2

Butte, Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Copper King Mansion

W. A. Clark's 34-room 1888 house, still largely in its original condition

From $10

Missoula, Missoula & the Bitterroot Valley

Historical Museum at Fort Missoula

1877 army post with a WWII internment camp story and 20-plus historic buildings

From $3

Butte, Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Mai Wah Museum

Two brick buildings from Butte's Chinatown, with a mercantile still stocked with goods

From $5

Bozeman, Bozeman & Big Sky

Museum of the Rockies

Montana State's dinosaur museum: a mounted T. rex, Triceratops skulls and a planetarium

From $6

Great Falls, Great Falls & Central Montana

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center

Forest Service museum of the 1805 portage, closed for renovation until 1 April 2027