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Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman. This list of museums in Montana encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Montana Museum of Art & Culture was established shortly after the founding of the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. The year was 1895 and the state's flagship university, established in 1893, had its first President, Oscar J. Craig, and fifty enrolled students.
Missoula is home to a variety of museums and galleries with most located in the downtown and university districts. The Montana Museum of Art & Culture (MMAC), based at the University of Montana and formerly known as the Museum of Fine Arts, is one Montana's oldest cultural reserves with its permanent collection of more than 10,000 original works begun in 1894.
The Missoula Art Museum was founded in 1975, and has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums since 1987. [15] MAM maintains a permanent collection held in trust for the people of Missoula County, with a specific commitment to collecting and exhibiting contemporary art by American Indian artists and that of the Montana Modernists.
Pages in category "Art museums and galleries in Montana" ... Missoula Art Museum; Montana Historical Society Museum; Montana Museum of Art & Culture; P.
In 1995, the Missoula Museum of the Arts became a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. [ 6 ] In 2006, the newly re-designed building, funded by a $5.3 million capital campaign, fused the 100-year-old Carnegie Library building with a contemporary addition. [ 7 ]
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The Missoula Museum of Art is housed in a former Carnegie library; it features contemporary art and annually features 20–25 group and solo exhibits. [92] Fort Missoula is home to the Historic Museum, dedicated to preserving the history of Western Montana, and to the Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History [ 93 ] [ 94 ] and the Northern ...