Welcome to the C.M. Russell Museum: a place where the old West is still alive. Artist Charles M. Russell captured the landscapes, the spirit, and the culture of the West during the late 1800s and early 1900s. His artwork is part entertainment, part history lesson. We encourage you to explore our site and discover for yourself the life and times of C.M. Russell, and the legacy of art he left behind.

Masters in Miniature - Purchase Tickets Online!

The Masters in Miniature exhibition is now open! Come view incredible works of art by more than 150 artists, on display in Galleries 8 and 9.

Click here to view the full-color catalogue online.

On September 11 from 6 to 9 p.m., join us for a fixed-price wall art sale where a portion of the proceeds will go to support Museum programs and exhibitions. Tickets are $50 per person. Heavy hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be served.

Tickets are available in our Museum gift store or by calling (406) 727-8787. You can also purchase tickets online. Tickets purchased online will be available at will-call on the evening of the event.

There is a Buy it Now! option for just 25% over the wall price for those wishing to purchase a piece before the night of the fixed-price wall art sale. A 10% buyer's premium will be added to all art sales. We've already sold eight pieces under the Buy it Now! option.

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Presentation: Material Culture of Montana's Indian Boarding Schools

Join us, September 21 from 7 to 8 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) for an informative and educational presentation, Material Culture of Montana's Indian Boarding Schools.

Local scholar, Kristi Scott, will focus on the ethnographic materials produced and collected from U.S. government and missionary boarding schools, which aimed to acculturate Indian children.

Scott's work includes research on collections at the National Museum of Natural History through a fellowship at the Smithsonian in the summer of 2009, as well as materials in local repositories. Read more »

Charlie's Top Hands Presentation: Mountain Man by Bruce Druliner

The next program in the 2010 Charlie’s Top Hands lecture series is Mountain Man, presented by Bruce Druliner.

Join us Tuesday, October 5 at 7 p.m. as Bruce demonstates frontier skills and Indian sign language; as he discusses the language; spirituality, and ecology of the region we call “the West;” and as he entertains with focused audience involvement.  More than a lecture, Bruce’s program will take you on a journey! Read more »

Update on The Russell: The Sale to Benefit the C.M. Russell Museum

As next year's The Russell: The Sale to Benefit the C.M. Russell Museum approaches, the staff and board of directors at the C.M. Russell Museum are working to bring you the best of the West!

Next year's events will be held during Western Art Week, March 17-19, 2011. As the date approaches, we will keep you updated on a schedule of events, art submissions, special guests, and programming. As during last year's events, we will hold three major events: the wall art sale, Art in Action, and the live auction.

We are also thrilled to announce a special guest for The Russell. Ree Drummond, aka The Pioneer Woman, will join us for two days during Western Art Week. Ree Drummond is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pioneer Woman Cooks. Her blog, Confessions of a Pioneer Woman, receives 4 million unique site visitors and more than 20 million page views per month.

Photo of Ree Drummond by Bill Nyard

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The Russell: The Sale to Benefit the C.M. Russell Museum

2010 has been a good year for the C.M. Russell Museum, thus far! This year's Sale to Benefit the C.M. Russell Museum saw unprecedented success. As of the close of Western Art Week on March 20, gross sales for the Museum totaled $1.7 million, which brought net proceeds to more than $600,000.

The Russell event included two live auctions, a wall sale, celebrity appearances, and a myriad of opportunities to mix and mingle with the "Who's Who" of the Western art world.

The proceeds from this year's sale will help The Russell Museum continue its mission to collect, preserve, research, interpret, and educate on the art and life of Charles M. Russell; the art and life of his contemporaries; and the art of preceding and ensuing generations that depicts and focuses on the culture, life, and country of Russell’s West.

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