Check our Calendar of Events often for updated information about our latest exhibits, lectures and special events!
Featured Events
High Noon Lecture Series
Exhibits
Exhibits generally stay up for six months to a year and include interactive components and children’s activities. Exhibits in our Community Gallery usually change every six weeks. They are often posters or photographs, with accompanying text. The Community Gallery is in the lower level, just off the Dude Ranch Lobby.
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Class C: The Only Game in Town(Active)
Date : 09/08/2010
Time : 03:00:00 PM
Duration : 3:00
Description : Learning about our history instills community pride and a sense of place for all of us. With the current turmoil around us, this sense of place provides roots and security for our children and is even more important than ever before. The Western Heritage Center recognized this and takes the opportunity to create and offer quality educational materials to regional classrooms and museums to help students build a connection with the area and our history.
Class C Producer, Wally Kurth, and Directors, Justin Lubke and Shasta Greiner will host a screening of the award-winning film, followed by a discussion about the various aspects and perspectives involved in making the film.
Address : 2822 Montana Avenue
City : Billings
State : MONTANA
Contact Info Name : Lisa OlmstedAddress : 2822 Montana AvenuePhone 1 : 406-256-6809Phone 2 :
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Hollywood Montana Style(Active)
Date : 09/09/2010
Time : 05:30:00 PM
Duration : 9:00
Description : Celebrate Montana storytelling as the Western Heritage Center presents the annual Hollywood Montana Style.
Dodge the paparazzi as you enter the world of Hollywood, with a distinct Montana spin. Savor a mouth-watering meal prepared for you by the new chef at the Elks Lodge. Become immersed in the adventures of filmmaking and acting in Montana and Hollywood as told by Wally Kurth, producer of the Montana basketball documentary, Class C, and feature actor on popular ABC daytime drama Days of our Lives. Participate in a thrilling silent auction, full of fabulous items, knowing that you are helping the Western Heritage Center tell the story of Billings and the Yellowstone River Valley.
Address : Elks Lodge, 934 Lewis Avenue
City : Billings
State : MONTANA
Contact Info Name : Lisa OlmstedAddress : 2822 Montana AvenuePhone 1 : 406-256-6809Phone 2 :
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Level 3 and Me(Active)
Date : 09/16/2010
Time : 12:00:00 PM
Duration : 1:00
Description : "Friends have asked me countless times when I was going to write 'the book' about that incredible period of my life. Even though it was many years ago, it is a good story about being sad, happy, excited, doing lots and lots of hard work that I fell into happily and, of course, about wonderful people and delicious food." Former owner of the Level 3 Tea Room, and newly published author, Marie Halone will share remembrances from the inception and operation of the elegant English-style tea room in a Billings, Montana department store and insights into the process of compiling her book, Level 3 and Me.
Address : 2822 Montana Avenue
City : Billings
State : MONTANA
Contact Info Name : Lisa OlmstedAddress : 2822 Montana AvenuePhone 1 : 406-256-6809Phone 2 :
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Civility in a Fractured Society(Active)
Date : 09/17/2010
Time : 11:00:00 AM
Duration : 1:00
Description : Chairman Jim Leach, of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will speak on civility and cross-cultural understanding as part of his 50 state Bridging Cultures Tour.
Address : Petro Hall, Student Center, MSUB
City : Billings
State : MONTANA
Contact Info Name : Julie DialAddress : 2822 Montana AvenuePhone 1 : 406-256-6809Phone 2 :
A Bridging Cultures Forum(Active)
Date : 09/17/2010
Time : 03:00:00 PM
Duration : 1:00
Description : Join National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman Jim Leach in a wide-ranging conversation to discuss how we can make Montana an even better place to live. Seating is extremely limited, RSVP required by September 6.
Address : 2822 Montana Avenue
City : Billings
State : MONTANA
Contact Info Name : Julie DialAddress : 2822 Montana AvenuePhone 1 : 406-256-6809Phone 2 :
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