Montana Historical Society: What I did for my summer vacation: What did you do for your summer vacation?
What did you do for your summer vacation?

Hop a plane to see Grandma in Florida? Drive all the way to the Grand Canyon with your family? Chat online with your friends all over the world?

Travel back in time and across the Treasure State to experience a summer vacation before you could do any of those things. Going by train was the fastest way to get there, driving was a grueling adventure, and the telephone was high-tech.

You'll experience the past through artifacts from the Montana Historical Society's collections. We'll tell you about their past, but we won't tell you what to think about them — that's your story to tell us!

Visit a Family
Imagine you've been visiting friends or relatives in Montana all summer and you're ready to go home. It's time to pack your luggage with all of the souveniers you've collected during the summer. What will you take to show folks back home? But before you can pack, you'll pick a family to visit.

Show & Tell
The story of an object is really the story of the people who made it and used it in their own lives. Explore the stories other visitors to this Web site have told with these objects. You might be surprised how different they are from your own ideas.

 

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