PRESERVE EDUCATE CONNECT
The Montana Heritage Center is now open. The Library & Archives reference room will open in Spring 2026. For more info, call (406) 444-2694.
Forms and Documents: Download Library
RECORDS & RESOURCES
- Montana’s Cultural Resources Database
- National Register Listings in Montana (Map)
- National Register Interpretive Signs (historicmt.org)
- Centennial Farm and Ranch Listings
- African American History
- Chinese American History
- Themes and Place-Based History: Multiple Property Documentation
- Montana Modern
- Directory
- Cultural Resource Management Consultants
- Historic Preservation Architects and Trades
- Federal and State Agencies
- Local Historic Preservation
- Tribal Preservation
- Statewide Preservation Plan
- 2025 Annual Report
- Montana Preservation in Action e-Zine
- Ancient Teachings Curriculum
MTHS Research center acquisitions
MTHS Curatorial office
HISTORIC BUILDING PRESERVATION
Historic Architecture Preservation / Tax Credits
- Preparing a Historic Tax Credit Application
- NPS Instructions for Federal Historic Tax Credit Application
- NPS Form for Federal Historic Tax Credit Application
Certified Local Government
- Montana SHPO’s Manual for CLG Preservation Officers / Commissioners
SHPO Brick-and-Mortar Grant
- Guidelines
- Application Form
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
- NPS Form for National Register Nomination
- Preservation Review Board Portal
- NPS website
- Interpretive sign page
PROJECT REVIEW & COMPLIANCE
Prepare Your Project
- Consulting with Montana SHPO: Comprehensive Guide and Appendices
- Instructions for Requesting File Search and Cultural Data
- Form for Requesting a File Search
- Requesting Access to Download Cultural Data
- Instructions and Form for Requesting Cultural Data
- Data Use Agreement: Required For Data Requests
- Instructions for Requesting e-Consultation and Compliance Review
- Form for submitting Cultural Resource Inventory Reports
Record Your Findings
- Instructions for Requesting Smithsonian Numbers
- Instructions for Creating a Site Record: Form, Photos, Maps, and GIS
- CSR Form: Cultural Site Record Form
- AER Form: Architecture/ Engineering Record Form
- CUR form: update for CSR or AER
- IF-R Form: Isolated Find Record Form
- See STATE ARCHAEOLOGY for additional forms
DATA-PORTAL: User’s Manual for the Montana Cultural Resource Database
- Public Users: Introduction and Instructions for Public Access Search
- Submitting data & tracking the review stage: for projects, applications, nominations, etc.
- Registered Users: Searching site, survey and project data
- Cultural Resource Database Attributes
STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST
Burial Preservation Board website
Cemeteries
