A celebration of Montana’s heritage, “The Best Gift: Montana’s Carnegie Libraries” captures the lasting legacy of Carnegie libraries in Montana through essays accompanied by historical and contemporary photographs.
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For wholesale inquiries contact Farcountry Press at 1-800-821-3874.
All proceeds will support Carnegie libraries and historic library preservation in Montana.
Carnegie Libraries Traveling Exhibit Schedule
September 2019 – Big Timber
October 2019 – Fort Benton
November 2019 – Lewistown
December 2019 – Kalispell, at Hockaday Museum of Art
January 2020 – Bozeman Public Library
February 2020 – Great Falls Public Library
March 2020 – Livingston (display interrupted by Covid-19, will be rescheduled in 2021)
April 2020 – Hardin (display interrupted by Covid-19, will be rescheduled in 2021)
May 2020 – Hamilton (display interrupted by Covid-19, will be rescheduled in 2021)
June 15-30, 2020 – Malta
July 1-17, 2020 – Chinook
July 18-31, 2020 – Havre
August 1-21, 2020 – Glasgow
2021 date TBD – Dillon
2021 date TBD – Red Lodge

Graphic design for the
traveling exhibit panels
provided by Graphics by Gigette.
Please take a brief online survey about your experience with the traveling exhibit:
https://forms.gle/3Eu8bGjAGQQ7Jqbm6
Surviving Carnegie Libraries in Montana