Featuring exhibitions of works of art, history, and other cultural activities, experiencing the Depot Museum and the spirit of the Yellowstone Region is just the start to a limitless expanse of fun in Livingston. A restored 1902 Northern Pacific Railroad station, Depot Museum offers western history and art amidst the elegance of a bygone era when journeys were made by train to the original entrance to Yellowstone National Park.
Depot Museum Open
Memorial Day to Labor Day
Monday - Saturday
10am - 5pm
R.V. parking and picnic facilities available.
Group tours welcome.
Admission charged.
Group tours welcome.
Admission charged.
2025
Featured Exhibit
Featured exhibit Reception & Public events
June 13th 6pmThe Beast of Our Time, a 28-minute, award-winning documentary produced by Save the Yellowstone Grizzly, is an unflinching inquiry into the relationship between climate change and grizzly bears. The film, directed by Maaike Middleton, is narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges and scored by pianist Bill Payne of Little Feat. A partnership between the Depot and Elk River Arts & Lectures brings a screening of the film on June 13th at 6pm that will be followed by a discussion of regional experts on grizzly biology and conservation.
All are welcome to join the screening of “Beast of Our Time” and panel discussion Friday, June 13th starting at 6pm. The event is free and light refreshments will be provided. |
June 14th 10amUrsus Horribilis: The Grizzly Bear Illustrated is curated by Lee Silliman and explores the complex relationship between humans and grizzly bears on the early western frontier. Through works by 19th and 20th-century artists like Karl Bodmer and Frederic Remington, the exhibit reflects an era in the tangled relationship between humans and this iconic symbol of the American West. A gallery tour and illustrated lecture will bring the exhibit to life on June 14th at 10am.
The guided gallery tour and illustrated lecture begins at 10am Saturday, June 14th. This free event features historian and exhibit curator Lee Silliman. Light refreshments will be provided. |
Depot Museum additional Exhibits |
rails across the rockiesIntroducing visitors to the railroads' key role in the growth of the American West, Yellowstone National Park. Discover the extraordinary people who by skill, brawn, and often sheer will power created one of the greatest engineering feats in human history -- the rails across the Rockies.
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Remarkable MigrationsAn adaptation of the groundbreaking exhibit by the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. The migration of thousands of elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem comes to life with the combination of the research of wildlife biologist Arthur Middleton, Ph.D., the captivating photography of Joe Riis, and the striking paintings and drawings of James Prosek.
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2024 Featured Exhibit
2024 Exhibit Description
The vast and dramatic landscapes of the Rocky Mountain West came to symbolize the American identity. Presented as its counterpoint to the ancient and richly cultured past of Europe, Americans could point to their unique, diverse, and beautiful national parks as emblematic of the country's greatness.
Vintage travel books, railroad brochures, illustrated newspapers, and more encouraged a nation to "See America First." Even as rail travel gave way to automobiles, readers were invited to come see what the American West has to offer.
Presenting an exhibition of vintage imagery from curator and historian Lee Silliman's print collection for the 2024 season, Wondrous West: Art, Tourism & National Pride features advertising campaigns from railroad and travel bureaus spanning nearly a century of America's romance with Western tourism.
The vast and dramatic landscapes of the Rocky Mountain West came to symbolize the American identity. Presented as its counterpoint to the ancient and richly cultured past of Europe, Americans could point to their unique, diverse, and beautiful national parks as emblematic of the country's greatness.
Vintage travel books, railroad brochures, illustrated newspapers, and more encouraged a nation to "See America First." Even as rail travel gave way to automobiles, readers were invited to come see what the American West has to offer.
Presenting an exhibition of vintage imagery from curator and historian Lee Silliman's print collection for the 2024 season, Wondrous West: Art, Tourism & National Pride features advertising campaigns from railroad and travel bureaus spanning nearly a century of America's romance with Western tourism.