Virtual Museum

While we always encourage everyone to visit the museum in person, we recognize that isn’t always possible. We hope you will enjoy the following ways you can interact with and experience the museum, our collection, and the museum staff from the comfort of your home or office.

Virtual Gallery Tours

Explore the galleries of the C.M. Russell Museum and the Russell House and Studio thanks to the latest in 3D mapping technology. Watch for the content circles that will link you to videos and additional information.

The Buffalo Hunt

Learn more about the colorful bison that can be seen all around Great Falls including their last known locations so you can embark on your own buffalo hunt!

Quick Flicks

Enjoy a series of short videos created by museum staff to engage, educate, inspire, and entertain viewers.

Online Programming

Educational lectures and workshops about Charlie, the work of his contemporaries, the West, and much more.

Remembering Russell’s West

In the spring of 1993 Lorne E. Render, Executive Director of the C.M. Russell Museum, introduced the first issue of “Russell’s West: the Magazine of the C.M. Russell Museum.” Now, for the first time since original publication, the Museum is pleased to present an ever-expanding collection of essays originally printed in “Russell’s West” with newly added introductions and insights from Western American art historian Dr. Larry Len Peterson.

Architecture of Place

As a complement to the 2019 reinterpretation and conservation of the Russell House and Studio, this digital publication provides an in-depth look at the architecture of place and the Montana landscape through essays, a digital collection, and speaker series.