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| Amenities | Books#Childrens Activities#Gift Shop#Handicapped Accessible#Maps#Merchandise#Parking#Public Restroom#Store#Tour#Unescorted Tour |
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| Directions | Ekalaka is located at the junction of Montana State Highway 7 and Carter County Road 323. Just 35 miles south of Baker and 70 miles north of Alzada. The museum is at 306 North Main Street in downtown Ekalaka.Ekalaka is located at the junction of Montana State Highway 7 and Carter County Road 323. Just 35 miles south of Baker and 70 miles north of Alzada. The museum is at 306 North Main Street in downtown Ekalaka. |
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| Email | office@cartercountymuseum.org |
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| HrsOfOp | Winter
November 1 - March 31
Monday - Friday: 9:00am -5:00pm
Saturday - Sunday: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Summer
April 1 - October 31
Monday - Saturday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday: 1:00pm - 5:00pm |
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| Latitude | 45.8909949 |
| Longitude | -104.5464791 |
| MailingCity | Ekalaka |
| MailingFirm | Carter County Museum |
| MailingState | MT |
| MailingStreet | PO Box 445 |
| MailingZip | 59324 |
| NetDescriptions | The Carter County Museum is located in Ekalaka, Montana, a ranching community of just 400 residents. The museum was founded in 1936 by forward thinking locals who understood the importance of collecting, preserving, and cataloging historic artifacts and specimens of scientific significance found in the surrounding landscape. The museum is Montana’s first county museum and the first to display dinosaur fossils.
The CCM is one of fourteen museums on the Montana Dinosaur Trail, a passport-style tour of Montana’s dinosaur-bearing institutions. We are a sister museum to the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana and the Amakusa Museum of Goshoura Dinosaur Island in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The CCM is also a member of the Kumamoto Montana Natural Science Museums Association, and a non-federal repository for Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and USDA Forest Service fossils, as well as the official repository for archaeological and paleontological material from Medicine Rocks State Park.
Carter County Museum is home to the Annual Dino Shindig, named Event of the Year by the Montana Office of Tourism and Business Development. The Shindig takes place during the last weekend in July.
For more information on the Dino Shindig and the museum visit cartercountymuseum.org
For more information about the Montana Dinosaur Trail go to www.mtdinotrail.org |
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| PaymentMethods | American Express#Cash#Discover#Master Card#Paypal#Personal Check (In State)#Visa |
| PhoneNo1 | 406-775-6886 |
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| Reservations | Group Reservations Required#Walk-Ins Welcome |
| SeasonOfOp | All Year, closed federal holidays |
| ServiceCity | Ekalaka |
| SiteId | 11415 |
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| SiteName | Carter County Museum |
| SiteRegion | Custer |
| SiteRegMem | CUSTER |
| SiteType | Museum |
| StreetCity | Ekalaka |
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| StreetState | MT |
| StreetStreet | 306 North Main Street |
| StreetZip | 59324 |
| Url | https://cartercountymuseum.org/ |