Museum Old Montana Prison

Address 1106 Main Street
Deer Lodge, MT 59722 View on Map TripAdvisor Own or manage this business?

Website http://pcmaf.org/ Email info@pcmaf.org Phone 406-846-3111

Overview Service & Activities

About Old Montana Prison is located in the Old Montana Prison Complex, which houses five unique museums inside its historic prison walls. The complex includes the Old Montana Prison, Powell County Museum, Frontier Montana Museum, Yesterday's Playthings and the Montana Auto Museum. One fee covers all museums. Discover yesteryear when you step into the first Territorial Prison in the western United States. The prison was built by convict labor in the late 1800s. The gray sandstone walls of this immense structure are 24 feet high and buried 4 feet deep to prevent escape by tunneling. You can visit the enclosed courtyard where the convicts exercised, and walk through their austere cell blocks and feel the chills of maximum-security cells. The last prisoners were moved in 1979 after which the facility was opened to the public.

Contact

MAILING ADDRESS 1106 Main Street
Deer Lodge, MT 59722

CONTACT 406-846-3111

Details

SEASON All Year except Winter Break from mid-December till mid-February

HOURS Daily: 8:00am - 6:00pm Winter hours 10am-4pm

PAYMENT METHODS American Express, Cash, Discover, Master Card, Personal Check (In State), Travelers Checks, Visa

RESERVATIONS Walk-Ins Welcome

DISCOUNTS AAA Discount, Child Discount, Good Sam, Group Discount, Military, Senior Citizens, U.S. Government

SPECIAL DIRECTIONS Old Montana Prison is located on Main Street in Deer Lodge off I-90 using exits 184 or 187.