• Nez Perce National Historical Park. Front Page banner photograph is of Heart of the Monster, an ancient place where the Nez Perce creation story originates. The secondary page photograph is of Nez Perce beadwork.

    Nez Perce

    National Historical Park ID,MT,OR,WA

Self Guided

If you would like to visit the museum on your own time, we invite you to come and take a look at the park film and exhibit. If you have the time, the park has created a pre-visit activity that might be helpful in preparing the class for a visit.

So as not to interfere with previously scheduled groups, please call the park at (208) 843-7001 to see if the time you would like to come in is free.

Did You Know?

In June 2005, this buffalo hide tipi was put up for the first time in fifty years.

In the museum collection of Nez Perce National Historical Park is a magnificent buffalo hide tipi made of eighteen separate hides. This tipi is one of only a few that are know to survive from the mid-nineteenth century. It was donated by the Lawyer family.