• Mt Cannon, Heavens Peak, and the Weeping Wall

    Glacier

    National Park Montana

Collections

historic red bus
Glacier's museum collection includes items such as this historic red bus
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There are approximately 600,000 items related to Glacier's natural and cultural history within the park's museum storage facility. This includes a diversity of objects and specimens from original Lake McDonald Lodge furnishings to herbarium specimens and fossils to historic documents.

The park’s museum collection and archives are open for research to historians, writers, genealogists, and the general public by appointment. Researchers are encouraged to complete their preliminary research at libraries with a broader topical focus before approaching the archives at Glacier National Park.

Information can also be found at the park’s George C. Ruhle Library in West Glacier. The research library contains a large collection of published works concerning the history and the management of the park.

  • View Glacier's virtual museum exhibit View Glacier's virtual museum exhibit

    Exhibit features the people and histories of Glacier National Park Read More

  • Looking for additional research resources? Looking for additional research resources?

    Quick link to Glacier's resource page Read More

Did You Know?

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Did you know that the Glacier Centennial Program had a calendar of over 100 activities for its 100th anniversary? Over 35 community organizations worked together to make this possible.