The Montana State Capitol is located at 1301 East 6th Ave, Helena

The Capitol building is open Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. - 6 p.m., and weekends, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. The Capitol building is closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day and may be closed to the general public occasionally on weekends for scheduled routine maintenance.

Tours start at the information desk on the first floor. Self-guiding tour booklets and a scavenger hunt for kids led by Lewis and Clark’s intrepid Newfoundland, Seaman, are also available at the first-floor information desk. You can also download the interactive student guide to the Montana State Capitol, Explore Your Statehouse. Can’t make it to Helena? This forty-three minute video tour or this virtual tour of the Capitol allows you to visit from the comfort of home.

Summer Hours

June 1 - July 8 
Monday - Friday: Tours at 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., and 1:30 p.m.
Closed Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

July 9 - September 13
Monday - Friday: Tours at 9:30 and 11 a.m., and 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.
Saturdays - 9:30 and 11 a.m., and 1:30 p.m.
Sundays - 11 a.m., and 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.
Closed - holidays.

Tours last approximately an hour. No reservation is needed for individuals. 

• Tours are available for groups but must be scheduled in advance with Darby Bramble.
• Tour capacity is 30 people.
• Self-guiding tour booklets and a scavenger hunt for kids led by Lewis and Clark’s intrepid Newfoundland, Seaman, are available at the first-floor information desk.

To learn even more about the Capitol, you can read Montana's State Capitol: The People's House, written by Montana Historical Society staff members and art historian Dr. Patricia M. Burnham. Lavishly illustrated with both historic and modern photographs, this book provides in-depth information on the history, architecture, art, and sculpture of the Capitol building. It is available at the Montana Historical Society Store  and other online stores, or at your local library through interlibrary loan.