Museum of the Rockies offers fantastic STEAM-themed camps that immerse students in paleontology, history, the natural sciences, art, physics, and Yellowstone National Park, among other topics, all summer long.
Learn from enthusiastic instructors and museum experts while taking in all that MOR has to offer as you stay active, make new friends, spend time outside, explore our exhibits, and create lasting memories. Camps fill up fast, so register quickly.
July 13 – 17
$415/student for museum members
$455/student for non-members
Is your high schooler thinking about their future and considering a career in paleontology? Spend a week at MOR to learn about our world-class paleontology discoveries and collections. In this intensive and high-school age-appropriate week-long class, you will learn the skills it takes to become a paleontologist.
Engage with experts and travel to a nearby fossil site to explore Montana’s fascinating geology. Immerse yourself in this incredible discipline and see if you have what it takes to become a paleontologist.
A museum staff member will be available at 10 a.m. the day registration opens for anyone needing assistance with the online registration system. If you’re a member, ensure your membership is current and that you have created a login before registration.
For questions, email programs@montana.edu.
All camps run Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. except for the week of July 4th when camps run just 4 days (Monday through Thursday) due to the observance of the holiday.
A select number of need-based scholarships are available through our Opening Doors Fund. If you would like your child to be considered for a scholarship, please email a request to visitMOR@montana.edu before January 7.
All camp sales are final and non-refundable.
To be added to the waitlist after a camp is sold out, please email programs@montana.edu with the information below. To ensure waitlist requests are processed in the order received, caregivers must submit all requests via email. Requests cannot be tracked by phone.
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Registration links will be posted before January 28, 2026. Click on the camp name to register.
What historic hijinks and mysteries lurk in Montana’s past? In this camp, we will discover the stories of Native Americans, gold seekers, fur trappers, and homesteaders through diverse hands-on experiences. Join us to pan for gold, play native games, and try your hand at some settler chores and crafts.
Look out! If it is flung, shot, launched, or thrown, it’s BALLISTIC! We will have an explosive time with spears, arrows, rocks, rockets, and potatoes in this exciting physics-based summer camp with plenty of hands-on projects.
Calling all space explorers! Join us on a thrilling journey beyond our planet to explore the inner workings of rockets. Then, discover the secrets of our neighboring planets and even guide yourself through the stars of our galaxy.
Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a true paleontologist? How are fossils discovered, prepared, and ultimately displayed for the public to see? Join us for an immersive experience in paleontology where you will learn about the entire process, from excavating fossils to preparing them for display. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to explore the world of paleontology!
All aboard our time machine and join us to go all the way back to the late 1800s. At our amazing Living History farm, you’ll get to immerse yourselves in the daily activities of kids from back in the day. Gardening, crafts, pioneer games, and more! Experience the Tinsley House and MOR’s Living History Farm in a whole new way and learn how people who lived in Bozeman over 100 years ago survived and thrived.
Explore the varied history and diverse ecosystems of Yellowstone National Park! Meet the extremophiles, thermal features, and variety of flora and fauna that cover Yellowstone’s 2.2 million acres. Learn hands-on about ecology and the natural resources of Yellowstone’s past and present through hands-on games and crafts. Then brave the wilds on an actual trip to the nation’s first national park!
Calling all future paleontologists! Spend a week at MOR immersed in learning about the museum’s world-class dino discoveries and learn the skills it takes to become a paleontologist. Engage with experts and travel to a nearby fossil site to explore Montana’s incredible geology.
You do not need to be an artist for MOR’s art-specific summer camp! Projects will be inspired by our exhibits and collections, including paleo art, modeling, watercolor, chemical reactions, and more. We will get creative and put the A in STEAM education.
Is it science, pseudoscience, or movie magic? Explore mystical topics such as Sasquatch, The Kraken, and even folklore from around the world. Throughout the week, we learn about rainbow serpents, dragons, and even build our very own monster!
Have you always been curious about and loved museums? Want to learn about all MOR is, does, and has? Send your junior museum lover to this camp, and every day, they will explore and discover a new facet of the museum world. From history to science to space to dinosaurs to engineering to archaeology, you’ll see and experience it all!
