Welcome to the Bonner Milltown History Center - Montana

The Bonner Milltown History Center and Museum acknowledges that we are in the homelands of the Salish and Kalispel people. We offer our respect for their history and culture, and for their wisdom in caring for this place for the generations to come.

Welcome to the Bonner Milltown History Center and Museum! Our site is chock full of info so please use the "Search" (upper right) if you are looking for a specific topic. Otherwise, please browse and enjoy!

HoursTuesday, coffee group meets (everyone welcome) 9 am - noon;  Wednesday, public hours 10am - noon; Friday, Old Roads and Rabbit Holes group meets on 10am - noon

If the above hours aren't convenient, please call 406-540-4046 and leave a message. We will call you back and arrange for a museum visit.

If we are closed, you can take a walk through Bonner's history with this walking tour created for the Bonner School! Bonner Walking Tour PDF

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A New (to us) Way to Donate to BMHC

 

Donation QR code for Bonner Milltown History Center

A first for Bonner Milltown History Center – the first time we have offered the option of donating digitally using a smart phone and a QR code. Cash and checks are still welcome, of course, but now PayPal, Venmo, and credit cards have entered the mix thanks to an account with Givebutter, a free fundraising platform for non-profits.

In order to keep your donations tax deductible, we are grateful to Friends of Two Rivers a non-profit 501(c)(3) since 2002 for adding Bonner Milltown History Center as a project, of course passing all BMHC donations straight through to the museum.

 

Now available online:

Our 2023 Newsletter is now online. December Newsletter 2023 (PDF)

An article from the Montana Quarterly: "Building on the Remains: Missoula entrepreneurs revitalize the polluted Bonner mill site in private-public cooperation" (PDF)

2024 Roundtables: "Bonner History Reflected in the Historical Museum Collection" by Kristjana Eyjolfsson and Matt Lautzenheiser of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula. "Freeing the Blackfoot: Removal of the Bonner Dam and the Cleanup of the River" by Tony Liane.

View all Roundtables

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MAM award web

 

 

Judy Matson, co-director of BMHCM, received the inaugural Jack Lepley Museum Person of the Year award for 2022 at the annual convention of the Museums Association of Montana held March 15-17, 2023 at Heritage Hall in MIssoula.

 

 

 

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For a look into the past, please watch this 10 minute silent promotional piece Anaconda Copper Mining Company - Bonner Lumber Mill posted on YouTube by the Montana Historical Society.