Welcome to the MMAC!
The Montana Museum of Art & Culture is one of three state museums in Montana. With a collection of nearly 12,000 objects that spans thousands of years of art history, the MMAC provides a unique experience for all visitors, both local and out-of-town. Visit us at 795 S 5th St E, our new building on the 91次元's campus.
MMAC Storage and Furnishings Crowdfunding Campaign
From Oct. 13-Nov. 14, we're participating in the UM Foundation's new crowdfunding program.
Firstly, your donations go toward workstations for our student interns so they can assist with organizing and documenting our collections, work which they currently do on out-of-date equipment. These internships are vital for students in gaining hands-on experience they can apply to future careers. Secondly, you help us fund the development of storage spaces which will protect our collections for years to come; managing the state’s most comprehensive art collection comes with the need for us to invest in modern equipment to ensure its safe care.
What to Know Before Your Visit:
Visiting Hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Saturday Griz Home Game Hours: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
View the fall game schedule here
The museum is free to visit, and we do not charge an admission fee for our tours. We do encourage a $5.00 donation to help support the museum and uphold our mission and operations.
Daily docent tours are Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 2 pm.
No docent tours on Griz Home Game days.
See our Tours page for further info on our special tours schedule.
Current Exhibitions
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This commemorative exhibition features the work of trailblazing painter, performance artist, photographer, and arts advocate Kristi Hager (1946-2024). A longtime friend of the MMAC, Hager lost her struggle with cancer on November 12, 2024 and bequeathed a large portion of her personal collection to the museum. The exhibition is on view through November 22.
Kristi Hager
"Soft Target," 2006
Oil on Wood Panel
MMAC: Gift of Kristi Hager
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This exhibition features selections from the permanent collection in MMAC's lower level gallery and closes in December 2025.
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“Standing in the River” opens to the public with a free reception on October 16 from 5-7 pm. This dramatic and immersive exhibition features over a dozen recent paintings and PEM glass sculptures by Sara Mast that are a meeting place between art and nature. Mast’s large-scale, abstract encaustic paintings are in dialog with sculptures that appear to be ebonized stones set on slim metal rods. These “stones” are made of PEM glass, a bioremediation process that recycles materials under heat and pressure to create shimmering, rock-like objects.
Mast will speak about her work on opening night from 6-7 PM in the Patricia Payne Gallery. The opening will be preceded by a Member Preview from 12-2 PM on October 15. There will be a catalog for purchase with this exhibition.
Upcoming Exhibitions
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“Unsettled Lands” introduces Manette Rene Bradford’s art to Western Montana. Bradford’s exhibition includes collage drawings and sculptures that unite the landscape and human figure. Bradford draws, tears, and paints cut images produced on dry or wet media to compose large-scale, evocative drawings that envelope the viewer. In her sculptural tableaus, the human figure merges with familiar mountain landscapes in a tense symbiosis.
The exhibition opens with a free public reception on November 13 from 5-7 PM. The artist will give a gallery talk in the Nancy Erickson and Michele and Loren Hansen Galleries from 6-7 PM. A Member Preview will take place on November 12 from 12-2 PM.
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"Rand Robbin" features the graphic and sculptural work of the recently deceased artist. Robbin, a 91次元 alumnus from the Flathead, is celebrated for his life of cattle ranching, artmaking, and writing. Largely unseen and unrecognized for most of his life, modernist Robbin was a prolific printmaker, sculptor, and writer.
Robbin’s exhibition opens with a free public reception on December 4 from 5-7 PM. Jennifer Li, Director of the Wanda Hollensteiner Art Gallery at Flathead Valley Community College, will speak in the MMAC’s Joseph and Lana Richards Batts Gallery about Robbin’s life and work from 6-7 PM.
MMAC is committed to the 91次元's guidelines on accessibility. For further resources, visit the UM accessibility page.
The 91次元 is committed to providing a learning and working environment that promotes respect, dignity, and equity for all individuals. See the updated Non-Discrimination Statement from the Office of Conflict, Resolution, & Policy for further info.