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50 Year Anniversary
Author: Broadwater County Museum

50 Year Anniversary

Broadwater County Museum

This year, 2026, is the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Broadwater County Museum in 1976. I remember the opening and thinking how really good the museum was for a small museum in a small town.

Fast forward 50 years and a couple of additions, and the Broadwater County Museum is truly a gem of Townsend and Broadwater County. Our current curator, Linda Huth, has done a spectacular job of maintaining and growing the museum over the last 16 years.

The museum season is from May 15 to September 15. Every year, we start the season with an Open House and a presentation by various speakers over the years. This year, the Museum Open House will be on Sunday, May 17, at 2:00 pm. Linda Huth, a great presenter, will talk about the history of the museum.

In preparation for the 2026 Season, the museum is getting a major spring cleaning, including cleaning the carpets. Linda, with help from the Museum Board, has been planning for this year and creating new exhibits as well as sprucing up existing exhibits.

Join us for a great visit to your county museum; learn about the history of the museum AND have some great 50-year anniversary cake!

Curator Linda Huth is also working on a new book she plans to have published this year that contains the various historical presentations made by herself and various other people. The book will feature Linda’s very popular presentations on the history of the buildings on Broadway.

In addition to the Museum Open House, the Broadwater County Museum will have a new sign. While we love our existing wood sign, the sign has never held up to the weather and has required more and more maintenance.

This year, the Board made the decision to replace the existing wood sign with a metal sign. In conjunction with Montana Hydraulics, which fabricated and installed the sign and aided with a Store Front Grant from BCDC (Broadwater County Development Corp.), the museum authorized the creation of the new sign.

Watch for our new sign in the next couple of weeks.