Conferences, Workshops, and Special Events
Central to History: Exploring Great Falls & Beyond
The 51st annual Montana History Conference is now history! Many thanks to all the excellent speakers, tour guides, museums and historic sites, MTHS staff, and hotel staff that made this conference a resounding success. Check back soon to find a photo gallery and recordings of most of the conference lectures. And don't forget to mark your calendar for the next MT History Conference, set for Sept. 25-27, 2025 at the Montana Heritage Center and Best Western Great Northern Hotel in Helena.
Once again, many thanks to our generous season sponsors: the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation, Valley Bank, and Opportunity Bank; our conference sponsors Northern Ag Network/Northern News Network, A&E Design, The History Museum/Cascade County Historical Society, TDS Telecom, Big Sky Country National Heritage Area, Humanities Montana, Historical Research Associates, and Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers. In addition, we could not pull this off without fantastic support from our local partners at the Fort Benton Museums/River & Plains Society, Cascade County Historic Preservation Commission, Malmstrom Airforce Base, Montana Genealogical Society, and the Great Falls Public Library.
50th Annual Montana History Conference
Building on the Past, the 50th annual Montana Conference, was held in Helena, September 28-30 at the Delta Colonial Hotel, the same location as the first conference in 1974. Thank you to all (350+ people!) who attended and to our many talented presenters who spent much time and effort to bring their research to the public. Thank you again to the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation, Helena’s Valley Bank and Opportunity Bank, Montana Office of Public Instruction, the Charles Redd Center, the Foundation for Montana History, Bureau of Land Management, Vital Energy Chiropractic, and artist Becky Eiker.
If you missed the conference, couldn’t make it to one of the concurrent sessions, or just want to revisit one of the many interesting topics, click here to view the list of recordings and watch the slideshow or video presentations on YouTube.
If you missed our previous History Conferences, you can find past conference programs or listen to session recordings here.
Educator Workshops
Online Professional Development
Visit our Professional Development page to register for our Second Tuesdays PDs. Offered September-November and January-April, these mostly teacher-led, practical sessions will focus on topics from IEFA to place-based and thematic teaching. Also available are archived professional development, which can be taken for renewal credits.
Bring a Montana Teacher Leader to Your Community!
Take advantage of our extraordinary Teacher Leaders in History program. Eleven elementary and middle school teachers from across the state, who have received training on the Montana Historical Society resources and are versed in best practices for history education, are available to provide professional development. Looking for a presenter at your school? Learn more.
