Family Attractions in Montana

Bringing the kids along? The whole family is sure to find entertainment at countless family-friendly attractions in Montana. For family fun, let Choice Hotels^® help you find the perfect attraction for your next family adventure.

In Glacier Country

Copper Village Museum and Arts Center
401 E. Commercial
Anaconda, MT   59711
406-563-2422

The Copper Village Museum and Arts Center is a free museum located in a historical structure which was, thankfully, spared from demolition. The family will enjoy a vast array of exhibitions which will educate at the same time they entertain.

In Missouri River Country

Pioneer’s Pride Museum
6013 Road 1011
Bainville, MT   59212
406-769-2596

Fun for the whole family at Pioneer’s Pride Museum is simply top-notch. Experience life as a pioneer, an opportunity the young ones may come across just once in their modernized lifetimes.

Fort Peck Summer Theatre
10 minutes south of the Nashua exit on US Highway 2
Glasgow, MT   59230
406-228-9216

The Fort Peck Summer Theatre is majestically located atop Montana’s rolling prairies, and is well-known to residents throughout the state as one of Montana’s grandest treasures. Experience family-friendly theatre with a year-round schedule.

In Custer Country

Cheyenne Indian Museum
Tongue River Road
Ashland, MT   59003
406-784-4500

Experience one of the most treasured family destinations in the Custer Country region of Montana. The architecture of this wonderful chapel was wholly inspired by the teepee of the Plains Indians, featuring a great wooden beam which runs straight through the ceiling and up skyward. Learn about the Indians and more.

Alberta Bair Theater
2801 3rd Avenue North
Billings, MT   59101
406-256-5060

In 1987, the Alberta Bair Theater became a reality to the people of Montana. This attractive family destination maintains a wholesale collection of family-friendly shows with a dense schedule.

In Yellowstone Country

Montana Shakespeare in the Parks
Bozeman, MT   59717
406-994-3901

Experience a world like no other with the whole family at Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, where kids will be as delighted as adults by quality renditions of some of the world’s most legendary works for the stage. Wonderful costumes and delightful theatre plot together to create an unforgettable family-friendly experience!

Music in the Mountains Concert Series
Big Sky, MT  
406-995-2745

Want to treat the whole family to a night they won’t soon forget? Take them down to the Music in the Mountains Concert Series, where they can enjoy wonderful concertos and family favorites like “Peter and the Wolf.”

Crazy Mountain Museum
Southeast of the west Interstate exit to Big Timber
Big Timber, MT   59011
406-932-5126

Visit a historical museum where you’ll learn about the surrounding wilderness and its rich pioneer history, which is steeped in mythological folklore.

In Russell Country

Children’s Museum of Montana
22 Railroad Square
Great Falls, MT   59401
406-452-6661

Perform in a puppet show, generate electricity or build a model city at the Children's Museum of Montana, located in Great Falls in central Montana. This exciting museum offers many innovative, hands-on activities and interactive exhibits for kids of all ages.

Dinner Theater in Belt
Belt Theater Building
626 Armington Rd
Belt, MT   59412
406-781-4489

Experience one of the most fantastic family destinations in the state when you take the kids to the popular Dinner Theater in Belt, where you’ll witness lively onstage antics while dining on steaming cuisine.

In Gold West Country

The Original Governor’s Mansion
304 N. Ewing
Helena, MT   59620
406-444-4789

Kids and adults alike will marvel at this stately Queen Anne-style mansion, which has enjoyed both public and private roles in the rich history of the state of Montana.

Tizer Botanic Gardens
38 Tizer Lake Road
Jefferson City, MT   59638
406-933-8789

Experience the Tizer Botanical Gardens, located in the heart of the Elkhorn Mountain range straddling Pricky Pear Creek in Montana’s Jefferson City. Here, children and adults will enjoy a day roving through some of the most pristinely kept natural gardens which have been afforded modern man in recent years.

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