Places to Be In Town

All located within 10-12 minutes of downtown Missoula, these attractions bring history and adventure together.

Historical Museum at Fort Missoula
The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula was established by community effort in 1975 to save what remained of original Fort Missoula, and to interpret the area’s history. The museum is located on 32 acres in the heart of historic Fort Missoula. Its collection includes 24,000 objects including 13 historic structures.
Building 322, Fort Missoula
Missoula, MT 59804
(406) 728-3476
www.fortmissoulamuseum.org

Memorial Rose Garden Park
Located between Brooks and Mount Street, Missoula.  In this park, more than 2,500 rose bushes are maintained as a memorial to the casualties of World War II and Montana's Vietnam veterans. This small city park on Brooks Street also features a 12-foot bronze statue.

Missoula Outdoor Cinema
Missoula Outdoor Cinema is a celebration of community and film, under the stars. Movies are projected outside on a huge 12' X 25' movie screen. Neighbors "walk in" to the playfield at the Headstart school (the old Whittier School) on the corner of Worden and Philips in Missoula's historic Northside. Like Missoula’s Farmer’s Market, the Northside “walk in” cinema has become one of the City’s best-known and most-appreciated summer attractions.
Headstart School
Worden & Phillips
Missoula, MT 59801
(406) 829-0873
www.missoulaoutdoorcinema.org

Missoula Osprey Baseball
The Missoula Osprey is the Pioneer League affiliate to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Since moving to Missoula in 1999 the Osprey have had seven former players make the major leagues. The Osprey’s season runs from mid June to mid September. Season tickets and individual game tickets are available by calling 406-543-3300.
700 Cregg Lane
Missoula, MT 59802
(406) 543-3300
www.missoulaosprey.com

The Missoula Symphony Orchestra
The Missoula Symphony’s first concert was performed in 1955 and it is now celebrating its 56th season. Their concert season has grown to a five-concert season and each features two performances. In addition to the regular concert season, every year the orchestra performs an enormous free outdoor summer concert in August in downtown Missoula.
320 E. Main St.
Missoula, MT 59802
(406) 721-3194
www.missoulasymphony.org

Museum of Mountain Flying
Montana is the birthplace of mountain flying. This museum seeks to interpret and preserve the history of mountain flying in Montana and the northern Rockies. There are aircraft displays as well as interactive history displays.
713 S. 3rd St. West
Missoula, MT 59801
(406) 721-3644
www.museummountainflying.org

Montana Natural History Center
The Natural History Center has great displays on the local and regional geology, flora and fauna, and provides guided tours of the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum on the University Campus. The Center also produces the radio program ‘Field Notes’ for Montana Public Radio.
120 Hickory Street
Missoula, MT 59804
(406) 327-0405
www.montananaturalist.org

Montana Snowbowl
It’s Big. It’s Bad. It’s Calling YOUR name. Deep, powdery bowls and 2,600 feet of continuous vertical drop make Snowbowl an extremist’s dream. There is plenty of skiing for all ability levels. Cruise three miles down Montana’s longest run. Attack 900 acres of skiable terrain. Test yourself against Montana’s best, Snowbowl.
1700 Snowbowl Road
Missoula, MT 59807
(406) 549-9777
www.montanasnowbowl.com

Northern Rockies Heritage Center
The Northern Rockies heritage Center is a growing museum, cultural and educational center. The center works to preserve the heritage and integrity of historic Fort Missoula. The center focuses on connecting history, geology, and geography through studies in aspects of military science, the Native American presence, how extractive industries affected the growth of the West, agriculture versus urbanization, immigration, transportation, local culture and other topics of interest.
3255 Fort Missoula Rd.
Missoula, Mt 59804
(406) 728-3662
www.nrhc.org

Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History
The Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History promotes the commemoration and study of the U.S. armed services, from the Frontier Period to the War on Terrorism. The Museum strives to impart a greater understanding of the roles played by America's service men and service-women through this period of dramatic global change.
Buildings T-310 & T-316 at Fort Missoula
Missoula, MT 59804
(406) 549-5346
www.fortmissoula.org

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Elk Country Visitor Center is proud to be one of the newest and best conservation education facilities in the Northwest. The Visitor Center features hands-on conservation and hunting heritage exhibits for all ages and includes a Lewis and Clark display, an impressive collection of world record elk mounts, a western wildlife diorama and a state of the art conservation theater. Visitors will also enjoy the gift shop full of beautiful wildlife art and many hand crafted and Montana-made creations. The public is welcome and admission is free. Open year round. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Missoula, Montana, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring the future of elk, other wildlife and their habitat. The Elk Foundation and its partners have permanently protected or enhanced 5 million acres and nearly 500,000 acres previously closed to public access are now open for hunting, fishing and otter recreation.
5705 Grant Creek Rd.
Missoula, MT 59808
(406) 523-4500 or 1-800-225-5355
www.rmef.org

Smokejumper Visitor Center
The Smokejumper Visitor Center is the largest smokejumper base in the country. The center is a unique opportunity to learn about this unusual, demanding and dramatic occupation. The center provides free tours which include the Smokejumper loft, ready room and the National Smokejumper Memorial. There is a gift shop and museum which includes a fire lookout tower that was originally built in 1930.  
5765 W. Broadway
Missoula, MT 59808
(406) 329-4934

Southgate Mall Hallways to History
Featuring a collection of historic framed photographs that chronicle 100 years of Missoula history.
Located in the Southgate Mall
(406) 721-5140

Western Montana Fair
Celebrate summer at Missoula's annual Fair and Missoula Stampede Rodeo, which features 4-H exhibits, art exhibits, cooking, 4-H Livestock Sale, a demolition derby, free stage acts, commercial displays, and a country-western concert. There is a rodeo Wednesday through Friday with performances by the Charlie Russell Riders each night.
1101 South Ave. W.
Missoula, MT 5980
(406) 721-3247
www.westernmontanafair.com

The University of Montana
The University of Montana was founded in 1893 in the burgeoning pioneer town of Missoula, less than 90 years after Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery explored the area. Since then, the University has nurtured a tradition of cultural and scientific exploration. Today, “The Discovery Continues” at UM – from a local, regional and global perspective into the next frontier of space.
32 Campus Drive
Missoula, MT 59812
(406) 243-0211
www.umt.edu