Entry No. 18 — the Bozeman file — filed under: offbeat-museum

Yellowstone Gateway Museum

Tucked into the old 1907 North Side School, this Park County museum fills a three-story brick building with an eclectic, attic-like sprawl of regional artifacts — over 50,000 objects spanning 12,000-plus years. Themed rooms cover Native cultures, Yellowstone, stories of the West, and a transportation gallery honoring Livingston's depot-town past, while rotating "Ice Age Mammals" and ice-patch archaeology exhibits add fossils and bones to the mix. Outside sit a caboose, a one-room schoolhouse, and a blacksmith shop, giving the whole place a wonderfully scattered, dig-through-the-collection feel.

The move: Lose an afternoon roaming the packed floors and the outdoor caboose, then grab coffee in walkable downtown Livingston.

📍 Before you go Seasonal/limited hours common for a small museum; verify before visiting. ~25 miles from Bozeman.

• 📍 Livingston
• 💸 $
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: 118 W Chinook St, Livingston, MT 59047

Hours: Added 2026-06-24 — confirm current hours before you go.

⚠ Seasonal or scheduled — always check before you go.

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last checked: 2026-06-24