Past and present Park County, Montana residents are invited to participate in Vignettes of History: Cultural Landscapes of Park County, a new multi-media exhibit that portrays well-known and obscure cultural landscapes of Park County—the exterior of buildings, roads, fences, bridges, rock structures, and other “permanent” human-made structures. Submissions must have been completed within the last
The final History that Matters: Anniversaries of 2018 program is “Crow Fair: Celebrating 100 Years of Apsaålooke Culture” on Wednesday, November 7, co-presented by Shane Doyle, educator and member of the Crow (Apsaålooke) Tribe, and John Zumpano, local photographer. The free program is held at Park Photo, 115 S. Main St., Livingston. Doors open at
The third program of History that Matters: Anniversaries of 2018 features David Kallenbach, executive director for the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Foundation (ABWF) and his program “The Call of the Wilderness—40 years of the Absaroka-Beartooth.” Sponsored by the Yellowstone Gateway Museum, the free program is held on Wednesday, October 24 at Park Photo, 115 S. Main St.,
The second History that Matters: Anniversaries of 2018 program features author Clem Work, retired University of Montana School of Journalism professor, and his program entitled Darkest Before Dawn: Sedition and Free Speech in the American West. Sponsored by the Yellowstone Gateway Museum, the free program is held on Wednesday, October 10 at Park Photo, 115
The Friends of the Yellowstone Gateway Museum announce their upcoming fall speaker series, History that Matters: Anniversaries of 2018. The four bi-monthly programs begin on September 26 and continue through November 7. Topics include Montana’s women veterans of World War I; Sedition and free speech during World War I; the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness; and the Crow
Park Photo will exhibit a collection of historic photographs depicting members of the Crow Tribe (Apsáalooke) visiting Livingston during the 1930s. The photographs are by John Haberstroh, and are from the archives of the Yellowstone Gateway Museum. The opening will take place at Park Photo, located at 115 S. Main, during the art walk on
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
