Dinosaur Museum Fort Peck Interpretive Center and Museum

Address

157 Yellowstone Road
Fort Peck, MT 59223 View on Map Own or manage this business?

Website http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Charles_M_Russell/visit/visitor_activities/FPIC.html Email susan.e.dalbey@usace.army.mil Phone 406-526-3493

Overview Service & Activities

About The Fort Peck Dam Interpretive Center and Museum is a partnership between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. The facility showcases northeast Montana and features the two largest aquariums in Montana displaying the fish of Fort Peck Lake and the Missouri River. Visitors entering the main lobby are greeted by a life size, fleshed-out model of Peck's Rex, the Tyrannosaurus Rex discovered 20 miles southeast of Fort Peck in 1997. A skeleton cast of Peck's Rex is also on display in the exhibit hall along with several other regional paleontology displays including a Cretaceous Sea display. Other exhibits include the wildlife, habitats, and scenery of the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge and Fort Peck Lake, and the construction history of Fort Peck Dam. During the summer, interpretive programs and hands-on children's activities are presented. A three-mile paved nature trail runs adjacent to the center and is a popular birding and nature area. Next to the center are the Downstream Campground and Kiwanis Park Day Use Area with picnic shelters, playground equipment, basketball court, volleyball court, horseshoe pits, and fishing ponds. Powerhouse tours are suspended.

Contact

MAILING ADDRESS PO Box 208
Fort Peck, MT 59223

CONTACT 406-526-3493

FAX 406-526-3593

Details

SEASON All Year

HOURS May 28 to September 6, 2021 Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Remainder of year open weekdays by advanced appointment only.

RESERVATIONS Group Reservations Required, Reservations Accepted, Walk-Ins Welcome

SPECIAL DIRECTIONS Fort Peck Interpretive Center and Museum is located 1.5 miles east of Fort Peck, on Lower Yellowstone Road, between the Downstream Campground and the Powerhouses.

SERVICES Air Conditioning Childrens Activities Handicapped Accessible Instruction Internet Access Wireless Maps Parking Picnic Tables Public Restroom Unescorted Tour

ACTIVITIES Childrens Activities Cultural Education Exhibit History Lewis And Clark Museum Paleontology Wildlife Art