This is an impressive museum. The name implies simply agriculture, and they have that, but there's…read moreSO MUCH MORE! I had 3 kids ages 10, 8, and 6, and they weren't bored in the 90 minutes we spent there. I can't even remember everything they had but it's SO MUCH BIGGER than it looks from outside. The highlight for us was the old style western town outside that had almost everything, very realistic, and every building you could go inside and look at the old stuff. (See pics on this review). They had old banks, drug store, trains, church, and many more that were all like that would have looked in the 1800s. Very interesting. Also for the admission fee, fort of fort Benton and the other museum near it are included, and you can just go to those places next and see all the cool stuff. The AG museum was the best though. There were SO MANY MORE pictures than I could post here.

This is an impressive museum! It is absolutely huge and is more than just agriculture. This is…read morealso the history museum for Fort Benton and has quite an impressive collection; you'd never believe it was in such a small town. This place has art, artifacts, fashion, old cars, farm machinery, information about farming and wheat, stuffed bison...it's really an eclectic collection. They open for the season Memorial Day weekend but weekdays in the off season, you can call and make an appointment for a tour. We did just that and had our own private viewing of the museum - one of the perks of a small town. It costs $10 a person and included access to the Museum of the Upper Missouri and the rebuilt Fort Benton (after which the town is named). Our tour guide was great and let us just wander around for hours while she waited patiently for us. Then she told us to get lunch and she would meet us at the next museum. Absolutely worth a visit. Plan to spend 3-4 hours here and and two more to go to the other two sites.

Informative & pleasant staff. The fellow was new, but he had done some homework on the history of…read morethe place. So he did have some answers, when you needed them. The actual museum is set up like a maze. You could easily get lost in there. They do have arrows to point the way though. I do think they need to add a ventilation system, it is stuffy & much too close in some of the rooms. I would have spent more time, but the closeness & lack of ventilation was pretty rough. They also have a village set up outside, very realistic. But again, the smell in some were so bad, that to go in, I held my breath, looked quick & left. No ventilation again. Overall, for the historical value; it was wonderful, but they need to work on ventilation & clean up some of the stagnant odors.

This museum is small but bigger than it seems from the outside. It has a nice collection of…read moreartifacts like saddles, or shoes, china from the Grand Union Hotel and lots of great local information like the story of the two madames of the town, the drowning if the mayor, and the story of Calf Shirt, a Native American. The information is divided into chapters and laid out going counter- clockwise. One $10 admission gets you into this museum, the Agriculture/History museum and Old Fort Benton, which has been rebuilt according the original plans. On weekdays in the off season, they will open the museum by appointment. Our guide was very gracious and we were able to get an appointment by calling an hour ahead.

The museum itself accepts cards, but it appears that all of the other buildings don't accept them,…read moreso if you're going, you may want to take some cash if you're interested in buying anything outside of the main building. My Wife wanted to stop here because she spent years living close, but never stopped and I'm glad she did as I thoroughly enjoyed the stop. They have a really nice mix historical through a number of little shops. If you head I to the building to the far left, it's $2 per person and you get to just work down the row of attractions. The main museum has some dinosaur fossils and local artifacts from the past. I particularly liked that they have a criminal record book that shows the name, age, weight, criminal offense, and a photo of the criminal. You can thumb through it and I happened to thumb through the year 1946. They also had an old jail door, an invitation to a hanging, and the skeleton on display that has arrowheads lodged into different spots due to an attack from Native Americans. That's the sort of stuff I find fascinating. The museum also has some dinosaur facts, fossils, and an interesting gift shop area that has books, small geodes, bracelets, and other items, and that's just the main building. The other buildings have an old schoolhouse, a lodge dedicated to bear trapping, a very interesting gift shop of knickknacks and housewares, and a recreation of a home from the early days of Choteau, a covered wagon, and an ice cream shop at the end of the row. Kids may not be thrilled about anything beyond the ice cream and dinosaur statues, but if there is any interest in the history of the area, I'd absolutely recommend it for a stop.

These little museum was a perfect stop from our drive from East Glacier Helena. It gave us a 1 1/2…read morehour leg stretch with things to look at and really ice cream to have. The ice cream is super affordable & really good. The museum is small, but worth the inexpensive cost. There's a main building with some local prison history (there's a cool ledger to look at with past prisoner names & lists of crimes), some MT settler things, and dinosaurs. There are also smaller buildings to explore with exhibits about bears, with artwork, and my kids favorite which was the schoolhouse that had MT animals pelts/antlers to touch and look at up close. We were at the museum for just about an hour, but I probably could have spent at least a half hour more if my kids allowed me to read the exhibits more carefully.

This was such an unexpected treat! We visited the night before after they were closed. My kids had…read moreso many questions we decided to come back the next day for a tour. It was a great tour, every question was answered. I highly recommend this site!

My 12 year old son enjoyed shooting the atlatl at the buffalo decoy. He opted for is to go down by…read moreway of the ATV. This jump sets in apart from the others as it has buildings with excavation where you can see the real bones! It is worth the trip! We also went to Havre Underground and ate at The Lunch Box!

The original fort has been rebuilt according the the original plans. One corner building is still…read morethe original, making it the oldest building in Montana. The fort was originally a trading post and is set up as such inside. There is also a bowl boat, birch canoe, fur trade cabin, sweat lodge, and partial tipi. In addition to those large items, there are impressive small artifact including goat least 4 feather headdresses, beaded jewelry, various animal furs, a model of an eagle trap, a model of the fort...all very interesting stuff. Everything was really impressive and admission includes access to the Museum of the Upper Missouri and the Agricultural Center/ History museum. All well worth the $10. Highly recommended.