The Montana Historical Society hosts public programs on a wide variety of topics relating to the Treasure State’s history and culture. Most programs take place on Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m. (excluding holidays and a summer break). Every fall the Society holds its annual Montana History Conference. Special lectures, exhibit openings, curator tours, and family programs also enliven the year.

Can’t make it? Watch the archived recording on the MHS YouTube Channel as well as a variety of great presentations.

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We hope you have been enjoying your summer! If you have been missing our lecture series, don't worry, we will start our fall season on September 5 and have some exciting talks lined up. Meanwhile, we hope to see you at our upcoming summer events, including the following two walking tours that we are hosting as part of the Helena C.O.R.E, Community of Resource Educators, summer walk series. Click this link to see a schedule.

July, 2024

• Tuesday, July 23, 6:00 p.m.
  Helena's Upper West Side Architecture Walking Tour
  Upper West Side, Helena
  Helena’s West Side graces the city with exquisite and varied architectural styles. Nationally recognized architects contributed to the neighborhood’s designs throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Join MTHS Historian Kate Hampton on an hour-long walking tour of this distinctive neighborhood, which will highlight the stylistic trends and works of architectural masters.
  

  For more information and to register, visit this link. Capacity is limited. PLEASE NOTE: Registration is full for this event, and only names for a waitlist are being accepted.

August, 2024

• Tuesday, August 20, 7:00 p.m.
  Home of Peace Cemetery Walking Tour
  Home of Peace Cemetery, Helena
  Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Home of Peace Cemetery is the oldest active Jewish cemetery in Montana and is tangible evidence of this small but influential community, whose deceased members have been buried at the cemetery since 1867. The lives of Confederate States of America veterans, bankers and cattlemen, intellectuals and writers, hoteliers and schoolteachers, Masons, and Eastern Star members, hailing from Poland, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, various towns in Montana Territory and the United States, will be presented and contextualized. The design of Jewish cemeteries and burial practices will also be discussed. Patty Dean, the tour presenter, is a regular contributor to the Montana Jewish Project’s social media biographical profiles and wrote her undergraduate thesis at Carroll College on Helena’s early Jewish community.
  

  For more information and to register, visit this link. Capacity is limited.

To arrange speakers for your group or organization, or other questions regarding public programs, contact Laura Marsh at (406) 444-4789 or laura.marsh@mt.gov.