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National Museum of Forest Service History, Missoula, MT
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National Museum of Forest Service History

National Museum of Forest Service History is a museum in Missoula, MT, part of the Missoula and Anaconda guide. Cost: free. Open seasonally, Memorial Day through Labor Day.

6305 Hwy 10 W · Missoula, MT

Why you should go…

The National Museum of Forest Service History is an independent nonprofit museum on a 31-acre campus a mile west of the Missoula airport. Its visitor center is a historic Ranger's Cabin with exhibits and a gift shop, alongside a self-guided Forest Discovery Trail, a fire lookout tower, and a timber-framed event pavilion. The museum holds an archival collection of more than 50,000 historic photographs, artifacts, documents, and books. It is open seasonally, Memorial Day through Labor Day, with no admission fee.

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