C.M. Russell Museum

The Bison: American Icon, Heart of Plains Indian Culture

REIMAGINED! The Bison: American Icon, Heart of Plains Indian Culture features more than 1,000 Northern Plains Indian artifacts such as clothing, regalia, tools, and weapons,…
The Browning Firearms Collection

John Moses Browning was one of the world’s most important and innovative gun makers. The outstanding Browning Firearms Collection includes rifles, shotguns, and handguns that…
The Charles M. Russell Collection

The C.M. Russell Museum holds hundreds of paintings, sculptures, drawings, and illustrations that Charlie Russell created from childhood to the end of his life. Displayed…

I was in awe!! The fella who watches over the house was AWESOME! I was the first visitor to the house in May 2015!! Wonderful museum!!

Leslie Becker
I remember the CMR museum when it was only the studio plus the added room on the west side. I lived around the block from it in the early 70s and, thankfully, a crew of volunteers kept it open in the evenings, even through the winter! I spent many happy hours exploring Charlie’s paintings, sculptures, letters and artifacts. Being also a painter, I treasure having had that opportunity before the collection was reduced and viewable only from across the room behind a thick plastic barrier…

Eric Gay
I was born in Great Falls, but haven’t been back since elementary school. To this day one of my best memories is attending The C.M. Russell Museum! My wife and I are planning a vacation to come back to Great Falls in the near future, and the first thing on my list is to show her this amazing museum and what it offers!

Stanley Brown Jr

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