Livingston: The Yellowstone Gateway Museum announces the opening of Pull Up a Chair: Tales from the Seats of History, an exhibit of twenty-eight chairs from the museum’s collection on display in the Pioneer Room. Also included are local stories and photographs of people and chairs. The free event is Saturday, June 23, 10-5 pm. at the
Living History Day at the Yellowstone Gateway Museum is Saturday, June 2, from 10 AM to 5 PM. Throughout the day, artisans demonstrate primitive arts: flint knapping, blacksmithing, painting, Dutch-oven cooking and more on the museum grounds. Teachers give lessons in the one-room schoolhouse and docents give museum tours for groups on demand. New this
Livingston, Montana: Lewis and Clark historian Norm Miller presents “In the Wake of Discovery: Traveling the Lewis and Clark Trail by Canoe and Foot” on Wednesday, April 11, 7:00 pm. at the Yellowstone Gateway Museum. Doors open at 6:00 pm; seating is limited. This is the final program in the museum’s A Moving History speaker series.
Livingston, MT: The annual meeting of the Friends of the Yellowstone Gateway Museum is Thursday, March 29, 6:30 PM, at the Livingston-Park County Public Library, 228 W. Calendar. Immediately following the brief meeting is a 7:00 PM program entitled “A Look at the Photography of John C. Haberstroh.” The presentation is free and open to
Livingston, Montana: Graduate history student Lerick Allen presents “Convicts, Boosters, and Citizens: Park County’s Contribution to the Yellowstone Trail” on Wednesday, March 28, 7:00 pm, at the Yellowstone Gateway Museum. This is the third program in the museum’s A Moving History speaker series. The final program explores traveling the Lewis and Clark trail. The Yellowstone
Livingston, Montana: Historian Jerry Brekke presents “The Big Bend of the Yellowstone Trail Nexus” on Wednesday, March 14, 7:00 pm, at the Yellowstone Gateway Museum. This is the second program in the museum’s A Moving History speaker series. Two upcoming programs explore the Yellowstone Trail and traveling the Lewis & Clark trail. Was Capt. William
The Friends of the Yellowstone Gateway Museum announce their upcoming speaker series, A Moving History, featuring area experts. The four, bi-monthly programs begin on February 28 with “The Railroad: Livingston and the Beginnings of a County” presented by Museum Director Paul Shea, and continue through mid-April. Other topics include our area’s native trails, the Yellowstone
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
