Museums
Montana Museum of Art & Culture
No admission feeA University of Montana art museum with a collection of nearly 12,000 objects, including much contemporary Western art.
Museums
spectrUM Discovery Area
A hands-on science museum on the second floor of the Missoula Public Library, run by the University of Montana.
455 East Main Street, Missoula, MT 59802 · Missoula, MT
About spectrUM Discovery Area
spectrUM Discovery Area is a science center in Missoula that aims to spark interest in discovery through hands-on exhibits. Its current exhibition, Light and Life, focuses on electricity, living things, and the environment, with activities on circuits, nerve signals in the body, and infrared imaging of wildfires. Free Discovery Bench activities run in the afternoons on weekdays and Saturdays, with weekly themes, and visitors can sometimes meet visiting scientists there. The center shares its building with five other community partners and is closed at times to refresh exhibits and on certain library closure dates.
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