Livingston, Montana: The Yellowstone Gateway Museum announces the opening of a new WWI exhibit commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Great War. The free gala event will be held on Veterans’ Day, Saturday, November 11, from 1-6 p.m. New biographies of local WWI veterans and newly displayed artifacts expand the Pioneer Room’s military exhibit. Special
Remembering Yellowstone, the Yellowstone Gateway Museum’s fall speaker series, continues on Wednesday, October 25, 7:00 pm, with Lesley M. Gilmore, author of Canyon Village in Yellowstone: The Model for Mission 66. The program is free and open to the public. The nationwide Mission 66 program enabled the National Park Service (NPS) to upgrade, improve, and
Remembering Yellowstone, the Yellowstone Gateway Museum’s fall speaker series, continues on Wednesday, October 11, 7:00 pm, with Don De Jarnett, author of Cowboy Tales on the Eaton Trail in Yellowstone. De Jarnett shares stories that were told around the nightly campfire while experiencing the park with the Eatons. He adds several related stories while taking
Remembering Yellowstone, the Yellowstone Gateway Museum’s fall speaker series, continues on Wednesday, September 27, 7:00 pm, with award-winning photojournalist Bradly J. Boner and his newly released rephotography book, Yellowstone National Park: Through the Lens of Time. Pioneer photographer William Henry Jackson’s photographs from the 1871 Hayden Survey were instrumental in persuading Congress to designate Yellowstone
The Friends of the Yellowstone Gateway Museum announce their upcoming fall speaker series, Remembering Yellowstone, featuring regional authors who explore various aspects of the world’s first national park. The four, bi-monthly programs begin on September 13 and continue through mid-October. Topics include ranger stories, rephotography of the park, cowboy tales from along a park trails,
The Friends of the Yellowstone Gateway Museum are excited to announce their participation in Beer for a Cause, Tuesday, July 11, from 4-8 PM at the Katabatic Brewing Company, 117 W. Park St., in Livingston. Katabatic Brewing Co. will donate $1 for every pint of beer sold during the evening. New pub glasses, specially designed
Livingston: The Yellowstone Gateway Museum announces the opening of People of Yellowstone, an exhibit of black and white photographs by Steve Horan, commemorating the museum’s 40th Anniversary. The free event is Friday, June 9, 5:30 to 7:30 pm. at the museum, 118 W. Chinook. Horan and writer Ruth W. Crocker will give a short program beginning
Livingston: The Yellowstone Gateway Museum is partnering with Elk River Books for a special author event, “One Fine Page: An Evening with Park County Authors,” to commemorate the museum’s 40th Anniversary. The free event is slated for Thursday, June 1, beginning at 7:00 pm, with the doors opening an hour earlier, at 6:00 pm. The event is held
Livingston: Living History Day at the Yellowstone Gateway Museum celebrates the museum’s 40th year on Saturday, June 3, from 10 AM to 5 PM. Shane Doyle, a member of the Crow Tribe, will conduct the opening ceremony. Throughout the day, artisans demonstrate flint knapping, blacksmithing, painting, quilting, Dutch-oven cooking, and more. All are welcome to
Livingston, MT: The Yellowstone Gateway Museum recently received a $5,000 grant from the Montana History Foundation (MHF) to catalog and preserve its Railroad Collection, one of its most important collections. The museum was one of 29 projects and organizations across Montana that received money during the latest grant cycle. Professional archivist Ellen Zazzarino, project director
