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Cooke City Montana Museum, Cooke City, MT

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Cooke City Montana Museum

A local history museum in Cooke City, Montana, showing the story of the surrounding mountain communities through artifacts and exhibits.

206 W. Main Street, P.O. Box 1134, Cooke City, MT 59020 · Cooke City, MT

About Cooke City Montana Museum

The museum tells the history of Cooke City and nearby communities such as Colter Pass and Silver Gate. Its eleven exhibits display a collection of artifacts that trace life in the area since its early settlement. The building sits among mountain scenery, and the museum also runs fundraising efforts and posts historical notes and quotes from local newspapers of the past.

  • #local history
  • #mining
  • #regional history
  • #small museum
  • #Beartooth Highway area

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