Carbon County Historical Society & Museum

Carbon County Historical Society & Museum Our mission is to preserve and communicate the history, both human and natural, of Carbon County, Mt. Note, we will be open Monday, July 4th.

The Carbon County Museum is open to research Tues-Sat by appointment only, and open to all foot traffic, Tues/Sunday, closed Monday. Carbon County Historical Society & Museum History

History is not just about dates, names, and places. Preservation isn’t just about bricks and mortar. Both are about human values…about relationships between individuals and their communities that stretch from the pas

t through the present to the future. The museum was first established in 1959 by Alice Greenough to house the collection of her world-renowned rodeo family. The Carbon County Historical Society was formed in 1974 and took over the museum facility in 1980. In 1990, the three-story Labor Temple building was gifted to the Carbon County Historical Society by an anonymous donor. The Labor Temple was built in 1909, entirely by the Red Lodge Miners Local No. 1771, and put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The historical society reopened the museum's doors with a newly remodeled basement and first floor in 1999.

THIS MONTH!! Wednesday, September 16, 2026 @ 9:30 AM Join the Historical Society for a field trip to Red Lodge’s former...
09/06/2026

THIS MONTH!! Wednesday, September 16, 2026 @ 9:30 AM

Join the Historical Society for a field trip to Red Lodge’s former ski hills with Ray Masters. Meet at the Museum at 9:30 AM and carpooling to the three stops. Bring a dish to share. Lunch at Inn on the Beartooth. Limited Spots available! Pre-registration required.

Please contact the Carbon County Museum at (406) 446-3667 to secure your spot by September 12th.
*Free for members. $15 for General Admission.

THIS WEEK!!! Friday, September 11, 2026Doors open at 4:30 PMMusic starts at 5:00 PMFREE EVENT! Sponsored by Humanities M...
09/06/2026

THIS WEEK!!! Friday, September 11, 2026
Doors open at 4:30 PM
Music starts at 5:00 PM

FREE EVENT! Sponsored by Humanities Montana

Join the Carbon County Museum for Music at the Museum with musical guest, Philip Page, presenting Cowboy Music and Authentic Storytelling.

Program Description

Through Cowboy Music and Authentic Storytelling, Philip Page educates audiences about Montana’s early rich history. It’s been said music is a bridge between emotions and actual thoughts and endless visions of the mind. For instance – Who were some of the first ones to come to the Montana Territory after the Lewis and Clark Expedition? What drew the first settlers to the wilderness? Who brought the first livestock and why? Where and how did they access the area? How the gold strikes of Bannock and Alder Gulch were instrumental in the expansion of the west? How men like Charley Russell and L.A. Huffman preserved early western history? Music can inspire humanity and proper stewardship of one of the most beautiful places on the planet, Montana.

Presenter Bio

Philip Page is a singer, songwriter, working cowboy and saddle maker based in Dillon, Montana. He has traveled across the intermountain west as a storyteller, and has played his songs at the National Cowboy Poetry gathering in Elko, Nevada. For over 35 years, Phil has taught horsemanship clinics across Montana. He owned and operated the Rocky Mountain Guide School for Guides, Packers, and Horseman, where he instructed students in five week courses. Currently, Phil runs Page Saddlery and Page Livestock, where he builds saddles for working cowboys, and trains and shows horses.

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NEXT WEEK!!! Friday, September 11, 2026Doors open at 4:30 PMMusic starts at 5:00 PMFREE EVENT! Sponsored by Humanities M...
09/05/2026

NEXT WEEK!!! Friday, September 11, 2026
Doors open at 4:30 PM
Music starts at 5:00 PM

FREE EVENT! Sponsored by Humanities Montana

Join the Carbon County Museum for Music at the Museum with musical guest, Philip Page, presenting Cowboy Music and Authentic Storytelling.

Program Description

Through Cowboy Music and Authentic Storytelling, Philip Page educates audiences about Montana’s early rich history. It’s been said music is a bridge between emotions and actual thoughts and endless visions of the mind. For instance – Who were some of the first ones to come to the Montana Territory after the Lewis and Clark Expedition? What drew the first settlers to the wilderness? Who brought the first livestock and why? Where and how did they access the area? How the gold strikes of Bannock and Alder Gulch were instrumental in the expansion of the west? How men like Charley Russell and L.A. Huffman preserved early western history? Music can inspire humanity and proper stewardship of one of the most beautiful places on the planet, Montana.

Presenter Bio

Philip Page is a singer, songwriter, working cowboy and saddle maker based in Dillon, Montana. He has traveled across the intermountain west as a storyteller, and has played his songs at the National Cowboy Poetry gathering in Elko, Nevada. For over 35 years, Phil has taught horsemanship clinics across Montana. He owned and operated the Rocky Mountain Guide School for Guides, Packers, and Horseman, where he instructed students in five week courses. Currently, Phil runs Page Saddlery and Page Livestock, where he builds saddles for working cowboys, and trains and shows horses.

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NEXT WEEK!!! Thursday, September 10, 2026 @ 5:00 PMThe Lemhi Shoshone have been in the Missouri Headwater Country for th...
09/05/2026

NEXT WEEK!!! Thursday, September 10, 2026 @ 5:00 PM

The Lemhi Shoshone have been in the Missouri Headwater Country for thousands of years, but flukes of history and geography have relegated them to Idaho. Father De Smet and I are part of the problem. Come hear about efforts to put these people back on the map of their Montana homeland.

Author Bio

SALLY THOMPSON is the award-winning author of three books of nonfiction, each of which derives from her unusual career. She received her PhD in anthropology from the University of Colorado in 1980, the same year she moved to Missoula. Her dissertation, ironically, focused on human adaptation to climate change on the High Plains. One highlight of her decades of research and collaboration with indigenous communities, was to conduct interviews with more than 250 elders from tribes along the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. These interviews, along with friendships that were established then, significantly inform the way she approaches her work and writing.

To learn more about Sally, go to sallythompsonauthor.com.

Address

224 N Broadway Avenue
Red Lodge, MT
59068

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

(406) 446-3667

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