History museum holds open house on exhibit update project

The Northwest Montana History Museum is undertaking an update to one of its permanent exhibits, On a Passing Frontier: The Earliest Stories from Northwest Montana.  

To gather public input on the project, the museum hosts a free open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20. All are invited to view the exhibit, talk with volunteers and staff, and submit feedback. Light refreshments are available.

The purpose of this project is to update the Northwest Montana History Museum’s earliest Northwest Montana history exhibit with recent research and modern design to further enhance visitor experience.

The topics covered will include Flathead Valley Ecology and Native Land Management, Lithic Tools, Salish and Upper Pend d’Oreille People, Kootenai/Ksanka People, Blackfoot/Niitsitapi, and Modern Indigenous History.
Museum volunteers and staff, including project lead Elle Eberts-Robocker, are excited to get started with not only updates to existing displays in On a Passing Frontier, but additions as well as programming to mark the reopening of the exhibit later this year.

The Northwest Montana History Museum is the premier regional history museum for Northwest Montana, drawing more than 10,000 visitors annually to Kalispell's culture core.

 Along with permanent exhibits, the museum showcases two changing exhibits and hosts approximately 150 events per year.
Northwest Montana History Museum, 124 Second Ave. East, Kalispell; 406-756-8381; nwmthistory.org