Montana Heritage Center — Attraction in Helena

Unfortunately I didn't have time to see anything in the museum on this visit (other than the white buffalo), since I only visited the archives. I can't say enough about how WONDERFUL everyone was. I was helped immediately, and by someone who obviously enjoyed her job and wasn't just going through the motions. While waiting for the records to be retrieved, I was shown other things of interest. Another visitor was doing some genealogical research and she had a lot of questions (and was given a lot of assistance), yet I was left alone to read through what they'd brought me. Check on-line first since they have a great way to search the collection, but when you want to look at something, definitely visit since they will go out of their way to help you find what you need....

My husband, Elmo Wyatt, and I visited in 2010. He used to live in Helena in the 1960's and worked at the Studebaker place at OK Tire Company. We looked up addresses of the places he used to know, then went out and found the apartment where he used to live, as well as the address of the old Tire company that is no longer there. It meant so much to visit the places where he'd made so many memories. Thank you for providing such a wonderful...

I wasn't sure what to expect- in Montana, you never know what might be considered a museum! But there is lots of information about Native culture, the mining rush, how agriculture developed and also how women's roles in Montana were very different historically from the east and west coast. Tickets are only $5 and if you ride Last Chance Train Tour, you get a BOGO coupon for admission. And while I was there, they had a very interesting...