Museum at Central School
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In 1999, the Northwest Montana Historical Society renovated the 1894 Central School building - one of the first such buildings in the Flathead Valley and one of the few lasting examples of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture which still retains its original appearance. Now operated as the Museum at Central School, this elegant facility features exhibits that illuminate local Northwest Montana history. Exhibits include Northwest Native American Culture; Montana pioneer Frank Bird Linderman; the Northwest Montana timber industry; U.S. Forest Service; Early Kalispell; and a display of photographs and text on the turn-of-the-century community of Demersville. The Museum offers tours, programs on local history, a gift shop featuring unique Made-in-Montana merchandise, the Grande Central Coffee House, and performance and meeting rooms for rent. Each December the Museum hosts a Holiday Tour of Historic Homes in Kalispell where visitors get an inside look at homes built in the early 1900s that have been restored and preserved in near-original condition. Ongoing: Western Native American Culture Exhibit at the Museum at Central School. Opened in January 2005, this authentic collection of rare and diverse Native American artifacts reveals much about the Golden Age of the Indian from 1750 to 1875. The exhibit features tools and weapons of bone and stone, beaded items, clothing old and new of hide, trade cloth and muslin, toys of Indian children, and a full size Indian tipi. This is an Indian-based exhibit of unusual authenticity not to be missed.
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Map and Driving Directions
 Contact Info
Mailing Address:
124 Second Avenue East Kalispell, MT 59901 Street Address: 124 Second Avenue East Kalispell, MT 59901 Phone: 406-756-8381 Fax: 406-257-5719 http://www.yourmuseum.org Email: history@yourmuseum.org
Directions
The Museum at Central School is located at 124 2nd Avenue East, one block east of the Liberty Theatre or two blocks north of the Hockaday Museum.
Kalispell is the county seat of Flathead County, just north of Flathead Lake. Kalispell can reached via Highway 2 (east/west) or by Highway 93 (north/south). Glacier International Airport is about 10 minutes north of town. |
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