This year the Montana House is hosting the West Glacier community wildfire meeting as a part of the Wildfire Adaptive Community Plan development with the Gateway to Glacier Vision Project. Due to the current coronavirus circumstances a safe meeting format will be followed as required. Social distance, masks, and hand sanitizer will be available if […]
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“The Glacier Park Gateway Project is a process to create a community vision on how to maintain the unique and historic role that West Glacier has always played with residents, businesses and the visitors to Glacier National Park. The two public meetings will explore “sustainable tourism, alternative transportation, wildfire safety planning and maintaining connective wildlife […]
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This is an opportunity for those who live in the greater Flathead Valley to participate and contribute to the discussion. “The Glacier Park Gateway Project is a process to create a community vision on how to maintain the unique and historic role that West Glacier has always played with residents, businesses and the visitors to […]
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Montana House welcomes local author Blake Passmore who will give a presentation about the history and stories behind places found in the St. Mary Valley of Glacier National Park. His talk will begin at 4:00 pm in the Kintla Camp event room at Montana House in Apgar Village. Blake will focus on the history, ‘place […]
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Rick’s picture based presentation will feature highlights of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe’s Fire History Project. Call 406-888-5393 to reserve your seats for this free presentation!
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Montana House welcomes local author Jim Williams who wrote Path of the Puma – The Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion. Jim’s talk will begin at 4:00 pm in the Kintla Camp event room at Montana House in Apgar Village. In 2018 Patagonia Inc. published Path of the Puma which tells the story of mountain […]
Sing-a-long with Steve Eckels to great songs of the folk revival of the 1950’s and 1960’s. Steve invites participants to bring their stringed instruments for an old-fashioned hootenanny. Bill Rossiter joins on harmonica for this fun event. $8 per person please, call 406-888-5393 or email 1960mthouse@qwest office.net to reserve your seats!
Please join Glacier National Park’s Artist-in-Residence Chad Farnes at the Montana House in Apgar Village. Farnes will share his artistic background, process and plans for his time here in Glacier. The second half of this presentation will be a hands-on, tape-by-numbers activity where participants can create their own art made up of a mosaic of […]
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Montana House welcomes guest author, Marc C. Johnson, for a presentation and book reading on Saturday, July 13, at 7:00 PM. Please join us to learn about Marc’s recently published book Political Hell-Raiser, The Life and Times of Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana. After the presentation Marc will be available to sign copies of […]
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The Montana House will host another LOOK, LISTEN & LEARN event featuring the engaging one hour film “The Era of Megafires” on Wednesday June 26 2019 at 6:30 pm. The intent is to provide information to the public about megafires and host a discussion to address local wildfire-related questions. Fire history has shown that wildfires […]
Wildfire Information Meeting for the West Glacier Community – Evacuation and Neighborhood Readiness The Montana House in Apgar Village is hosting a wildfire information meeting for the West Glacier community on Thursday, June 6 starting at 6:30pm. It will take place in the event room upstairs in the Montana House. Topics to be covered include: personal […]
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Sumio will feature his latest film footage of wildlife in Glacier National Park on Saturday, May 25th, at 11:00AM and again at 2:00 PM. This ‘celebration of wildlife’ will be shown upstairs in Montana House’s Kintla Camp event room. Sumio states, “I spent all of 2018 hiking, camping and waiting for wildlife as usual. During […]
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Montana House is hosting a Celtic Christmas concert featuring Willson & McKee, a nationally touring award-winning duo specializing in traditional Irish, Scottish and original acoustic music. Their performance is at 4 PM Saturday, December 1, 2018 in the Kintla Camp event room upstairs at Montana House and will last an hour and a half. They […]
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Montana House is hosting independent wildlife consultant, Brian Peck, who will speak about Grizzly Bear population recovery in the northern Rockies. His presentation begins at 4:00 PM in the Kintla Camp room at Montana House in Apgar Village. When Lewis and Clark traveled up the Missouri River in 1804-06, there were an estimated 50,000 grizzlies […]
Willson & McKee are…two voices with dulcimers, guitars, Irish bouzouki, harp, accordion, bagpipes, stories, dances and… FUN! The concert will include material from their many recordings. Rocky Mountain Celtic…what Celtic becomes when it settles comfortably for three generations in the west. It is Americans doing what they do best – interpreting their roots’ music in […]
Willson & McKee are…two voices with dulcimers, guitars, Irish bouzouki, harp, accordion, bagpipes, stories, dances and… FUN! The concert will include material from their many recordings. Rocky Mountain Celtic…what Celtic becomes when it settles comfortably for three generations in the west. It is Americans doing what they do best – interpreting their roots’ music in […]
“Folk Rewind”, An Evening of Group Singing Led By Guitar Instructor Steve Eckels at the Montana House on Saturday, August 11th, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Montana House is hosting an evening sing-a-long on Saturday, August 11th – 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. in the new Kintla Camp event room. All are welcome to join guitar instructor […]
‘Highlights from a Career with the National Park Service’ Saturday July 21, 7:00 PM Reception and book signing with retired Superintendent of Glacier National Park, Philip Iverson. Iversen began working for the NPS in 1948 at Zion National Park and retired in 1980 as Superintendent of Glacier National Park. He will highlight historic and noteworthy […]
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Miantae Metcalf McConnell will be doing a book signing at Montana House on July 21 from 4:00-6:00 PM. Her book titled Deliverance Mary Fields won national attention in ‘O, The Oprah Magazine’ in February 2018 top 10 list. Come visit with Miantae and learn about the amazing woman Mary Fields was.
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The Montana House is pleased to host a ‘Kintla Camp’ presentation by Blake Passmore, author and photographer of several books about Glacier National Park. His presentation will be at 7pm Friday, July 20 in the Kinta Camp event room at Montana House in Apgar Village. Join Blake for an evening focused on the stories behind […]
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Montana House is pleased to host local photographer/videographer Sumio Harada for another “Look, Listen & Learn” program. Sumio will be the featured speaker on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 11:00am and 2:00pm at “Kintla Camp” at Montana House in Apgar Village. His presentation will include pictures of the more shy members of the Park ecosystem such […]
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Montana House is pleased to host local photographer/videographer Sumio Harada for another “Look, Listen & Learn” program. Sumio will be the featured speaker on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 11:00am and 2:00pm at “Kintla Camp” at Montana House in Apgar Village. His presentation will include pictures of the more shy members of the Park ecosystem such […]
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Join us for a Kintla Camp presentation by Blake Passmore, author and photographer of several books about Glacier National Park. Passmore will speak about Glacier’s place names and the fascinating stories behind locations along the Going-to-the-Sun Road and other peaks and geographic features inside the park.
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This event was originally scheduled for Wednesday 9/13, but has been rescheduled to Monday 9/18 due to increased activity of the Sprague Creek Fire.
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Montana House is hosting guest author, George Bristol, for an evening reading and book signing on Saturday, August 26th, at 6:30 PM. Please join us to hear this noted conservationist and parks advocate read from his new book, Glacier National Park: A Culmination of Giants. George will be available to sign copies of his book […]
Steve Thompson, Chairman of Climate Smart Glacier Country, will talk about the new non-profit partnership, which is focused on creating local solutions to the challenges of a warming climate. He also will share the latest research about climate trends and future projections in Glacier National Park and the Crown of the Continent region.
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Nicholas Oberling is a charismatic speaker who will demonstrate his technique by painting a Glacier landscape in oil from start to finish while simultaneously answering audience questions! Oberling will give the viewer a highly original and entertaining experience of one artists creative process. His presentation is geared to both the artist and non artist alike. […]
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TWO NIGHTS – AUGUST 18 & 19 – Enjoy Celtic tunes in Apgar! Two voices with Mtn Dulcimer, Celtic Harp, Accordion, Irish Bouzouki, Bodhran, Bagpipes, and Guitars. $5 at the door, music starts at 7pm. SEATING IS LIMITED, CLICK “CONTACT US” FOR RESERVATIONS
“Folk Rewind”, An Evening of Group Singing Led By Guitar Instructor Steve Eckels at the Montana House on Friday, August 11th, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Montana House is hosting an evening sing-a-long on Friday, August 11th – 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. in the new Kintla Camp event room. All are welcome to join guitar instructor […]
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Rachel Potter, former Glacier National Park botanist, recently published and co-edited Montana’s Pioneer Botanists: Exploring the Mountains and Prairies. Rachel’s book is an historical account of early plant hunters in Montana. She will give a power-point presentation about the process of collecting the varied stories included in the book and also illuminate colorful vignettes from […]
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1885. Emancipated slave, Mary Fields, rushes to the Montana wilderness, saves her friend’s life and remains, surviving inclement weather, peril and plots against her while she helps Ursuline nuns and Native American girls to survive.
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On Saturday, May 27th at 11:00 am Montana House will host a presentation by renowned local photographer/videographer Sumio Harada in another “Look, Listen and Learn” program series. Sumio will present extensive video footage of mountain goats of Glacier National Park in the recently completed room (named “Kintla Camp”) on the 2nd floor of Montana House. […]
Gail Jokerst, The Author of Hungry Bear Kitchen Cookbook, will be signing her book , on September 3rd from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. She will have samples of some of her recipes from her Cookbook.
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George Grant was the National Park Service official photographer at the time the Going-to-the-Sun Road was being constructed in the early 1930’s. In honor of the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service in 1916, Ren and Helen Davis created this collection of Grant’s historic photos.
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Ren and Helen Davis are authors of the new book, Landscapes for the People: George Alexander Grant, First Chief Photographer of the National Park Service. This book provides a biography of Grant and features more than 170 of the iconic black and white images made during his 25+ year career with the National Park Service. […]
Global warming, human population growth, economic recessions, and scientific advances . . . How can we move forward with endangered species recovery in our rapidly changing world?
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Join us for a Look Listen and Learn presentation by Sumio Harada and the release of his newest book “Wild Harmony”. Sumio will share his thoughts and observations about changes that happen for Glacier Park’s wildlife over time and see his images depicting the true life of wildlife of Glacier National Park. Wild Harmony […]
For the 100th anniversary of Mary Roberts Rinehart’s trip through Glacier, Chris Peterson retraced her journey and wrote his third book “A Trip Through Glacier Park” which he will present for our first Look Listen and Learn program of the 2016 summer season. Seating is limited, so reservations are recommended – call (406) 888-5393 or […]
Cristina’s talk will focus on large carnivores, their survival and adaptation to the changes in climate and what their future may hold. A reception will follow. The event is open to the public without charge, but seating is limited, so reservations are needed.
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Join Glacier Institute Director of Education Justin Barth for a journey though time chronicling the development and transformation of the fire lookout system throughout the United States and Glacier National Park. A reception will follow Barth’s presentation. There is a suggested donation of $5 per person to The Glacier Institute for this event. Space is […]
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Tom Ulrich will create a ‘retrospective ‘of the 40 years he has been a professional photographer. Thousands of his photos have been published in periodicals familiar to all, from National Geographic, Smithsonian and Ranger Rick to Woman’s World. A reception will follow Ulrich’s presentation. This event is free and open to the public, but space […]
He will share his images of Bald Eagles and describe their natural history and show the varying types of places they nest in the Flathead Valley and Glacier National Park. Sumio will also tell the history of Bald Eagles that once congregated by the hundreds at McDonald Creek back in the 1970’s and 1980’s and […]
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This presentation covers an overview of avalanche forecasting for the opening of the Going to the Sun Road as well as avalanche research conducted in Glacier National Park. Erich will describe and show visually how Glacier National Park provides a phenomenal natural laboratory to study avalanches.
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With Co-authors Jennifer Bottomly-O’Looney and Kirby Lambert of Montana Historical Society.
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What would it be like to live in a a world with no predators roaming our landscapes? Would their elimination bring about a pastoral, peaceful human civilization? Eisenberg argues compellingly for the necessity of top predators in large, undisturbed landscapes and how a continent-long corridor – a “carnivore way” – provides the room they need […]
Images and stories spanning wildlife around the globe
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Two voices with Mtn Dulcimer, Celtic Harp, Accordion, Irish Bouzouki, Bodhran, Bagpipes, and Guitars $5 per person requested
Author of The Best of Glacier National Park, Glacier Day Hikes, and Going to Glacier National Park
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Author Christopher White tracks two ecologists, Dan Fagre and Clint Muhlfeld and their U.S. Geological Survey team into the high peaks as they take the pulse of Glacier Park
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