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Travelers to Missoula will quickly discover exciting exhibits at area museums and unique arts and heritage treasures. Visit the Historic Museum at Fort Missoula where you will come across more than 25,000 artifacts in 13 historic structures on 32 acres. Take the family to the Elk Country Visitor Center and learn about elk and other wildlife and their habitats. Enjoyment for children continues at the Children's Museum Missoula where they participate in fun, interactive exhibits and programs that promote learning through play. Visitors to Missoula are presented with myriad options to enjoy the world-class arts and culture attractions that contributed to Missoula being named a "Great American Place" by American Heritage Magazine .
A Carousel for Missoula and Dragon Hollow Caras Park—Fast hand-carved carousel. Big band organ. Exciting community-built play area. Unique gift shop and seasonal concessions. Open daily.
www.carrousel.com 406-549-8382 Click below to visit a location on the interactive map!
Adventure Cycling Association 150 E Pine St—America's bicycle travel resource. Inspiring people of all ages to travel by bicycle. Bike travel information, maps, bike tours, and bike touring gear. Open M-F 8am-5pm.
www.adventurecycling.org 406-721-1776 Click below to visit a location on the interactive map!
Children's Museum Missoula 225 W Front St—Come play with us! Fun, interactive and educational exhibits and programs that promote learning through play. The Play Store features unique gifts for kids of all ages.
www.learnplayimagine.org 406-541-7529 Click below to visit a location on the interactive map!
Grizzly Bear Statue Ryman Memorial Mall—Main entrance to campus from Arthur and University Avenues - Sculpted by UM faculty artist Rudy Autio (1926-2007) in 1968, the bronze represents the University's majestic grizzly bear mascot with historic Main Hall as a backdrop. Surrounding the statue is Centennial Circle with bricks bearing the names of UM alumni, faculty, staff students and friends. To buy a brick, please call or visit our Web site. Cost is $150 each.
www.umt.edu/urelations/bricks 406-243-2523 Click below to visit a location on the interactive map!
Historical Museum at Fort Missoula Building 322, Fort Missoula—More than 25,000 artifacts in 13 historical structures on 32 acres. National Register of Historic Places, accredited by the American Association of Museums. Keeping Western Montana history alive!
www.fortmissoulamuseum.org 406-728-3476 Click below to visit a location on the interactive map!
International Media Center/Roxy Theater 718 S Higgins—The International Media Center/Roxy Theater features two annual film festivals, public screenings, matinees, film workshops and a lending library of wildlife, cultural, hunting and conservation films from around the world. The 31st International Wildlife Film Festival is May 10-17, 2008.
www.wildlifefilms.org 406-728-9380 Click below to visit a location on the interactive map!
Jeannette Rankin Peace Center and Fair Trade Store 510 S Higgins—Unique gifts handcrafted by world artisans earning a living wage. Make Fair Trade your first choice. Peace Center community library and meeting place.
www.jrpc.org 406-543-3955 Click below to visit a location on the interactive map!
Lake Missoula Cellars 5646 W Harrier—Free wine tasting and winery tours. Wine bar with lunch and tapas menu. Catered parties, wedding receptions, meetings and conferences.
www.lakemissoulacellars.com 406-541-8463 Click below to visit a location on the interactive map!
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library East Side of Campus—Collection of 1.2 million books and periodicals, as well as special Montana collections, government documents, Montana authors, and documents of former US Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and his wife, Maureen, the building's namesakes. Call for hours.
www.lib.umt.edu 406-243-6866 Click below to visit a location on the interactive map!
Missoula Children's Theatre 200 N Adams St—A visit to downtown Missoula is not complete without a stop at the Missoula Children's Theatre. The MCT Center for the Performing Arts with its glowing lights and thousands of colorful marbles houses a state-of-the-art 300-seat auditorium where our five-show community theatre season and six special productions of original children's musicals take place.
www.mctinc.org 406-728-1911 / Box Office: 406-728-PLAY (7529) Click below to visit a location on the interactive map!
Missoula Cultural Council 1121 E Broadway Ste 106—Missoula's abundant arts and heritage treasures are a year round attraction best enjoyed through the cultural tourism programs organized by the Missoula Cultural Council, including First Night Missoula, Germanfest and New Zealand Days.
www.missoulacultural.org 406-532-3240 Click below to visit a location on the interactive map!
Montana Museum of Art and Culture at UM, Meloy and Paxson Galleries Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center—The state's largest art collections with more than 9,000 items plus visiting regional, national and international exhibits. Includes paintings, bronzes, drawings, faculty and student works, ceramics, textiles.
Sept-May hours: 11am-3pm, Tu-Th 4pm-8:30pm F-Sa, except holidays.
Jun-Aug hours: 11am-3pm. W-Sa. Free admission.
www.umt.edu/montanamuseum 406-243-2019 Click below to visit a location on the interactive map!
Montana Museum of Work History 7655 Highway 10 West—Montana Museum of Work History located at the Axmen - 7655 Hwy 10 West. A celebration of how Montanans live and work. Come and see a very different museum collection including guns, vehicles, housewares, cameras and tools of all kinds. Open Tu-Sa.
www.MontanaMuseumOfWorkHistory.com 406-728-7020 Click below to visit a location on the interactive map!
Montana Natural History Center 120 Hickory St—Your Base Camp for Discovery. Come learn about Glacier Lake Missoula. Do more, learn more, and see more atwww.montananaturalist.org 406-327-0405 Montana Water Trust 140 S 4th St West—The Montana Water Trust partners with landowners to keep our celebrated streams alive and flowing. We develop incentive-based agreements with water right holders to benefit Montana's landowners, stream-flows, and communities.
www.montanawatertrust.org 406-721-0476 Click below to visit a location on the interactive map!
Museum of Mountain Flying Located at Missoula International Airport—Antique airplanes, artifacts and smokejumping photos are on display. Small entrance fee. Open 10am to 4pm daily.406-721-3644 The Oval In the heart of campus—Provides panoramic view of UM's historic Main Hall, Mount Sentinel and classroom buildings. Includes brick circles honoring distinguished alumni, scholars and campus community members past and present.
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Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation 5705 Grant Creek Rd—Elk Country Visitor Center. Working to ensure the future of elk, other wildlife and their habitat. Experience audio exhibits, a movie theatre, gift shop, and interpretive displays which will fascinate every member of the family. Take Exit 101 off I-90. Learn more at
www.elkfoundation.org 406-523-4545 Click below to visit a location on the interactive map!
Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History In Historic Building T310, Fort Missoula—Exhibits/Programs on frontier era and world wars through the present. Gift shop. West of Historical Museum at Fort Missoula.www.geocities.com/fortmissoula 406-549-5346 UC Gardens University Center Atrium—Diverse living collection of plants that fosters public education, student instruction and environmental awareness and produces an attractive, inviting atmosphere. M-F, 6am-midnight, Sa 7am-midnight, Su 9am-midnight.
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University of Montana Missoula, Montana—For information about UM, visit or call The Source (University Center Information Desk) at 406-243-INFO. Open 7:45am-9pm M-F; 9am-4pm Sa. On football game days, open 9am-4pm. For application and admission information, or to arrange campus tours, call 800-462-8636 or visit www.umt.edu and click on prospective students, then campus visits. Visit Continuing Education's Web site at www.umt.edu/ce for information about on-line, summer session, and winter session courses.
www.umt.edu Toll-free: 800-462-8636 Click below to visit a location on the interactive map!
Washington Grizzly Stadium North end of Campus—Home to the 1995 and 2001 NCAA Division I-AA (now known as the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision) National Champion Grizzlies. Seats 23,000 and features views of Mount Sentinel and the Rattlesnake National Wilderness Area. Judged the best football stadium in its division by SportsNetwork.
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