Carter County Museum

As part of the festivities leading up to the Carter County Museum's 14th Annual Dino Shindig, Dinosaurs & Dark Skies invites visitors to Medicine Rocks State Park (Montana's first International Dark Sky Sanctuary) for a night of stargazing and fossil phosphorescence. Join us at the Night Sky Trail and bring a folding chair and warm ... Read more

Join us for our annual Sister Museum SCIFriday with Museum of the Rockies! Part of the 14th Annual Dino Shindig festivities, this event includes a paleontology lecture by Ashley Hall, Outreach Program Manager at MOR, followed by an activity led by the MOR team and the CCM Museum Educator. Free admission, all ages welcome.

Named Montana’s Event of the Year by the Office of Tourism and Business Development, the Annual Dino Shindig takes place at the end of July. Visitors travel from all over the world to hear lectures from leading paleontologists, partake in kids activities, and dance the night away. Talks and kid’s activities on July 25 are ... Read more

T. rex had a bite that could crush steel. Spinosaurs had claws as long as your torso. They lived at different times, on different continents, but everyone wants to know…Who would win in a fight? It’s the question on the mind of every kid (and a lot of grownups) when they visit a museum or ... Read more

Free Admission The Science & Cultural History Gathering takes place at Medicine Rocks State Park Group Use Area. • 10 a.m. Nature Hike • 11 a.m. Speaker TBA • 12 p.m. Speaker TBA • 1 p.m. Microsite fossil activity

The Helena-based Montana Learning Center partners with Carter County Museum in Ekalaka, MT each August for a unique camping experience. This adventure includes two days of field expeditions to active paleontological dig sites in the Hell Creek Formation, where campers will engage in dinosaur fossil excavation, microsite identification, plant fossil harvesting, amber collection and more. ... Read more