C.M. Russell Museum  
...I have many friends among cowmen and cowpunchers. I have always been what is called a good mixer - I had friends when I had nothing else.
 

Current Exhibitions

The Bison: American Icon, Heart of Plains Indian Culture

Bison Diorama

Now Open!

charlie in headdress

The following is a quote from C.M. Russell from 1925 that shows his appreciation for bison.

turkey is the emblem of this day and it should be in the east but the west owes nothing to that bird but it owes much to the humped back beef the Rocky mountains would have been hard to reach with out him he fed the explorer the great fur trade wagon tranes felt safe when they reached his range he fed the men that layed the first ties across this great west Thair is no day set aside where he is an emblem the nickle weares his picture dam small money for so much meat he was one of natures biggest gift and this country owes him thanks.

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Okan: Blackfeet Sundance Paintings by Gary Schildt

schildtThe annual Medicine Lodge ceremony, or Okan, is known to most as the Sundance. The Blackfeet, of Browning, Montana, celebrate this important ceremony in July of each year. It is a process of renewal and reaffirmation, and has been for centuries. It is a day of thanksgiving for the creator of the world and to the myriad of spirits that inhabit it. And, it teaches the people their own history, traditions, and place on the earth.
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Masters in Miniature

JumperThe 2009 Masters in Miniature Exhibition is now open!  The C.M. Russell Museum presents a unique opportunity in the Masters in Miniature Exhibition to view more than 200 miniature works of art.  Small paintings, drawings, and sculptures by over 100 local, national and regional contemporary artists are on display.

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