August 27th , 2026 - 9:00 am

Learn about historic ghost signs in Butte’s warehouse district—the businesses and the art behind them!

September 3rd, 2026 - 9:00 am

Come for a walk through St. Patrick’s Cemetery and learn about some of those interned there as well as the symbolism behind their intricate headstones.

August 26th at 12:00 pm

Learn about the Butte Public Library from its creation in 1894 through today, and information about what is currently happening at the library.

September 9th, 2026 - 12:00 pm

Explore heritage adaptation in Western Montana’s nineteenth and twentieth century Chinese communities exhibited through archaeological culinary remnants and the evolution of regional Chinese restaurants.

September 23rd, 2026

Beginning just after the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the “Discretion” series delves into underexposed and accurate history of the American West, founded in aggressive 19th century political policies inspired by manifest destiny and intended to destroy Native American cultures and people.

October 14th at 12:00 pm

Ed Gulick of High Plains Architects will explain why the popular refrain that “it would be cheaper to demolish and build new than to renovate a historic building” is almost never true.

October 2nd at 12:00 pm

The Irish writer Billy O’Callaghan discusses what gives the West its aura and compare and contrast the mythical cowboys of O’Callaghan’s childhood with the living, breathing ones in Butte’s backyard.

October 28th at 12:00 pm

A conversation with journalist Kathleen McLaughlin and historian Betsy Gaines Quammen on phantoms, history, and reconciliation with our unsettled past.

November 18th at 12:00 pm

In her first work of fiction, Janet L. Finn brings decades of storytelling and social justice scholarship to life in a sweeping novel about struggle, solidarity, and unexpected connection.