Montana Natural History Center

Description

The Montana Natural History Center offers many programs for children, including summer outdoor day camps for pre-K through 5th grade, weekly pre-school programs, Saturday Kids' Activities, and Center Visits. For adults there is an Evening Lecture Series, as well as Naturalist Field Days on a variety of topics, from raptor migration to lichens to geology. MNHC also offers several Montana Master Naturalist certification courses throughout the year. MNHC has a newly-renovated Exhibit Center filled with local animal specimens, information on Montana's ecosystems, a fossil display, and a Glacial Lake Missoula exhibit. There is an interactive Kids' Discovery Room, an Environmental Education Library with books for both children & adults, and a small native plant garden. MNHC also provides a tri-annual publication, Montana Naturalist magazine, free to members and the public, with feature articles about the flora & fauna of Montana, their ecology, habitats and conservation issues.