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September 2018

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26 Travel through the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of the Age of Dinosaurs and see some of the most important dinosaur discoveries made in and around Montana during a docent-led tour. Dinosaurs Under the Big Sky Exhibit Tour PUBLIC DINO LEAD August 26th, 2018 12:45-1:45 Please be in the lobby 15 minutes prior to tour time to announce the public tour and gather participants PUBLIC DINO LEAD	27 Travel through the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of the Age of Dinosaurs and see some of the most important dinosaur discoveries made in and around Montana during a docent-led tour. Dinosaurs Under the Big Sky Exhibit Tour PUBLIC DINO LEAD August 27th, 2018 12:45-1:45 Please be in the lobby 15 minutes prior to tour time to announce the public tour and gather participants PUBLIC DINO LEAD	28 Travel through the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of the Age of Dinosaurs and see some of the most important dinosaur discoveries made in and around Montana during a docent-led tour. Dinosaurs Under the Big Sky Exhibit Tour PUBLIC DINO LEAD August 28th, 2018 12:45-1:45 Please be in the lobby 15 minutes prior to tour time to announce the public tour and gather participants PUBLIC DINO LEAD SOLD OUT - Hops & History Season Celebration	29 Babies are natural scientists, exploring their world and experimenting with their surroundings. This program for the youngest learners encourages natural curiosity and sensory awareness with carefully crafted art projects, engineering explorations, sensory science experiences, songs, stories and, of course, bubbles! ... Sensational Babies (Birth – 3 years) Travel through the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of the Age of Dinosaurs and see some of the most important dinosaur discoveries made in and around Montana during a docent-led tour. Dinosaurs Under the Big Sky Exhibit Tour PUBLIC DINO LEAD August 29th, 2018 12:45-1:45 Please be in the lobby 15 minutes prior to tour time to announce the public tour and gather participants PUBLIC DINO LEAD	30 Travel through the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of the Age of Dinosaurs and see some of the most important dinosaur discoveries made in and around Montana during a docent-led tour. Dinosaurs Under the Big Sky Exhibit Tour PUBLIC DINO LEAD August 30th, 2018 12:45-1:45 Please be in the lobby 15 minutes prior to tour time to announce the public tour and gather participants PUBLIC DINO LEAD MOR is pleased to host the Extreme History Project lecture series that encourages public understanding of the way our history has shaped our present. Speakers take a fresh look at interesting historical topics. Will Wright will present on Helen McAuslan,... Extreme History Project Lecture - Helen McAuslan, Modern Medium: Art and Architecture in Twentieth-	31 Travel through the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of the Age of Dinosaurs and see some of the most important dinosaur discoveries made in and around Montana during a docent-led tour. Dinosaurs Under the Big Sky Exhibit Tour PUBLIC DINO LEAD August 31st, 2018 12:45-1:45 Please be in the lobby 15 minutes prior to tour time to announce the public tour and gather participants PUBLIC DINO LEAD	1 Travel through the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of the Age of Dinosaurs and see some of the most important dinosaur discoveries made in and around Montana during a docent-led tour. Dinosaurs Under the Big Sky Exhibit Tour PUBLIC DINO LEAD September 1st, 2018 12:45-1:45 Please be in the lobby 15 minutes prior to tour time to announce the public tour and gather participants PUBLIC DINO LEAD
2 Travel through the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of the Age of Dinosaurs and see some of the most important dinosaur discoveries made in and around Montana during a docent-led tour. Dinosaurs Under the Big Sky Exhibit Tour PUBLIC DINO LEAD September 2nd, 2018 12:45-1:45 Please be in the lobby 15 minutes prior to tour time to announce the public tour and gather participants PUBLIC DINO LEAD	3 Travel through the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of the Age of Dinosaurs and see some of the most important dinosaur discoveries made in and around Montana during a docent-led tour. Dinosaurs Under the Big Sky Exhibit Tour PUBLIC DINO LEAD September 3rd, 2018 12:45-1:45 Please be in the lobby 15 minutes prior to tour time to announce the public tour and gather participants PUBLIC DINO LEAD	4 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Duckbills and Hornheads	5 Read, talk, sing, and play with your baby through sensory awareness activities and explorations explicitly designed for newborns to age 3½. On the first Wednesday of every month, learn a new set of signs to enhance your baby's cognitive,... Sensational Babies (Ages birth – 3 years) Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Duckbills and Hornheads	6 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Duckbills and Hornheads	7 Make the most of your MOR TwoFly experience by joining us for a fly-fishing themed, 18 hole golf scramble at Riverside Country Club. By participating, you will be supporting one of Montana’s premier cultural and educational institutions,... MOR TwoFly Benefit Hook & Slice Golf Scramble Enjoy dinner and drinks while you meet your guide, make a beat selection, and have a brief participant orientation. Sign up to sponsor or participate in the MOR Two Fly Benefit. MOR TwoFly Benefit Opening Reception and a Participant & Guide Orientation Our Yellowstone is a unique series of arts and cultural programming, speakers, and exhibits in celebration of our First National Park. Steven Jackson is Curator of Art and Photography at the Museum of the Rockies at Montana State University. Mr.... Our Yellowstone with Steven Jackson, MOR Curator of Art and Photography	8 Museum of the Rockies 8th Annual TwoFly Benefit Event will send thirty-five boats, each consisting of two Participants and a Guide, out onto the famed Yellowstone, Madison, Gallatin and Jefferson Rivers for a full day of blue-ribbon trout fishing in... MOR TwoFly Benefit Event We are inviting the community, parents, and children to come together for fun, fishing, and education. Kids will have a blast learning how to cast a fly-rod, tie flies, and identify fish species. This event is designed to inspire kids... MOR TwoFly Family Day Museum of the Rockies will close at 4 p.m. today, one hour early, for the MOR TwoFly Benefit. Thank you for visiting. Museum Closes at 4 p.m.
9 See the Guitar exhibit before it goes to the Cincinnati Museum Center. Guitar Exhibit Last Day Visit the Living History Farm before it closes for the 2018 season. Last Day for the Living History Farm	10	11	12 Read, talk, sing, and play with your baby through sensory awareness activities and explorations explicitly designed for newborns to age 3½. On the first Wednesday of every month, learn a new set of signs to enhance your baby's cognitive,... Sensational Babies (Ages birth – 3 years) LEAD Docent: Dinosaurs Under the Big Sky (45 min. Tour) September 12, 2018 Tohoku University Tōhoku Region, Japan 22 Students Total 1 Teachers & Chaperones 1 Translator GROUP INFORMATION: University students, potentially limited English, but we’re not sure Studying climate change ... DINO LEAD	13	14	15
16	17	18 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Meet the Planets LEAD Docent: Dinosaurs Under the Big Sky (45 min. Tour) September 18, 2018 Kumamoto University Students Kumamoto Prefecture in the Kyushu region of Japan 13 Students Total 2 Teachers & Chaperones 1 Translator GROUP INFORMATION: University students, with limited English SCHEDULE: 1:00 - 1:30 ... DINO LEAD Our Yellowstone is a unique series of arts and cultural programming, speakers, and exhibits in celebration of our First National Park. Peter Hassrick, writer and art scholar, will present “Bierstadt and Moran: The Battle for Yellowstone.” He... Our Yellowstone with Peter Hassrick	19 Docent: Dinosaur Under the Big Sky September 19, 2018 Creston Homelinks Creston, British Columbia, Canada Grades K-12 60 students total visiting 10 Teachers & Chaperones TOUR GROUP: White (Grades 3-12) 40 students; 4 Docents @ 10 Students per Docent ... DINO DOCE LEAD Docent: Dinosaur Under the Big Sky September 19, 2018 Creston Homelinks Creston, British Columbia, Canada Grades K-12 60 students total visiting 10 Teachers & Chaperones TOUR GROUP: White (Grades 3-12) 40 students; 4 Docents @ 10 Students per Docent ... DINO LEAD Read, talk, sing, and play with your baby through sensory awareness activities and explorations explicitly designed for newborns to age 3½. On the first Wednesday of every month, learn a new set of signs to enhance your baby's cognitive,... Sensational Babies (Ages birth – 3 years) Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Meet the Planets Join MOR and the Gallatin Valley Friends of the Sciences as we explore innovative science topics, their latest developments, and their relevance to society through speaker presentations followed by an engaging question and answer session. How can a better understanding... Science Inquiry Lecture: Regenerative Medicine in Human Development and Aging	20 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Meet the Planets	21 As a MOR Member, you can be the first to discover our newest changing exhibits. Learn more about Arctic exploration with artist and explorer Cory Trépanier when he leads gallery talks at 6 & 6:30 p.m. Preview the new... Members-Only Exhibition Preview of Into the Arctic and Polar Obsession	22 Museum Day is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian magazine. Participating museums, including MOR, and cultural institutions across the country provide free entry to anyone presenting a Museum Day ticket. A Museum Day ticket provides free... Free Smithsonian Museum Day September 22, 2018 – January 27, 2019 Polar Obsession is a photography exhibition featuring striking images of the world’s polar regions from National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen. The images will take visitors underwater and across the ice, delivering a unique close-up of... Polar Obsession Exhibit Opens September 22, 2018 – January 27, 2019 Into the Arctic showcases over fifty original oil paintings plus three feature-length films documenting Trépanier’s expeditions to the furthest reaches of the Canadian Arctic, a biosphere so remote and untouched, that most of... Into The Arctic Exhibit Opens Dive deeper into the Into the Arctic exhibit during a screening of Cory Trépanier's adventure film Into the Arctic II. Learn more about his experiences with a Q&A session with Cory following the screening. ... Into the Arctic II Film Screening
23	24	25 Brews & the Big Sky: The Hope and Despair of Homesteading in Montana	26 Read, talk, sing, and play with your baby through sensory awareness activities and explorations explicitly designed for newborns to age 3½. On the first Wednesday of every month, learn a new set of signs to enhance your baby's cognitive,... Sensational Babies (Ages birth – 3 years)	27 MOR is pleased to host the Extreme History Project lecture series that encourages public understanding of the way our history has shaped our present. Anne Foster will take a fresh look at interesting historical topics. Extreme History Project Lecture - Alcohol, Corsets, and the Vote: A Conversation with Mary Long	28	29
30	1	2 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Migrations	3 Read, talk, sing, and play with your baby through sensory awareness activities and explorations explicitly designed for newborns to age 3½. On the first Wednesday of every month, learn a new set of signs to enhance your baby's cognitive,... Sensational Babies (Ages birth – 3 years) Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Migrations	4 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Migrations	5	6 Learn about the connection between raptor dinosaurs and modern birds at this annual Bozeman festival! MOR hosts a drop-in interpretive table and raptor face painting to support this community event at Bridger Bowl. Other festival activities include raptor viewing and... Bridger Raptor Festival

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