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Historic building featuring 8-10 exhibits each year. Mostly early Montana artifacts. Past exhibits featured interactive games, fashion, Chinese immigrants, and Montana ghost towns. Walking tours of downtown Billings with different historical topics. These are Fridays Jun-Sep at 10AM and are about an hour and a half.
The Western Heritage Center is a regional museum located in historic downtown Billings, Montana, United States. The museum is housed in the historic Parmly Billings Memorial Library, built in 1901. The building is a stately Richardsonian Romanesque structure with twin towers, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Western Heritage Center displays original exhibits about south-central Montana and the Northern Plains and houses oral histories and artifacts about the history of the Yellowstone River Valley. The museum celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2021.
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Exhibits feature women from all walks of life, all professions, all ethnic groups and perspectives locally and internationally.
Permanent exhibits of contemporary and historical art including well known artists from Montana and the Rocky Mountain region. Rotating exhibits of a variety of artists. Gift shop with unique art and locally made items. Photos allowed for personal/noncommercial use.
Preserved house of the Preston Boyd Moss family. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and was designed by New York architect Henry Janeway Hardenbergh. Will provide free guide for self-guided tour of historic neighborhood surrounding the house.
Coulson was the first modern-era settlement in the area. Unfortunately little is left of the town. Offers 13 acres along the river bank to explore.
DanWalt Gardens is a 2-acre botanical gardens and event center in the heart of Billings. Known for its beautiful landscaping, fountains, koi pond, chickens and many thousands of annuals and perennials. The season starts on May 1 and continues to Oct 15th every year.