Huntley Project Museum of Irrigated Agriculture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            

                The Huntley Project Museum of Irrigated Agriculture tells the unique story of the homesteaders who transformed this valley from prairie desert to lush farmland.  From an early homestead, complete with barn and outbuildings, to the Museum Center's exhibits, visitors can immerse themselves in the history of the homesteading era and life on the Project.

                         See a typical small-town Main Street, walk through a restored 1908 homestead cabin, explore a 1920’s farm, and watch the harvesting of traditional crops, The Huntley Project Museum is a fun, educational, and dynamic museum dedicated to sharing the voices of past generations through the artifacts they left behind.

             The Museum Center houses the everyday items of the homesteader families as well as records and photographs of the Huntley Project Communities.  You will find quilts, dresses, dishes and cookbooks of the women; hand tools, saddles and farm machinery of the men, and the precious handmade toys of the children.  These items tell the story of the families striving to better their lives and the lives of the generations to come.

 The HPMIA, situated on 10.4 acres of the old Osborn town site, includes 18 homestead buildings from the early 1900’s era.  The site also has southern Montana’s largest collection of horse drawn machinery, early sugar beet equipment, corn, grain, and hay mowers. 

 

The over 7,000 sq. ft. Museum Center is surrounded by 2 school houses, a doctor’s office, bank, homestead houses, woodshop, granaries, barn, and a railroad “Sound House” from the early 1890’s. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the Huntley Project Museum Of Irrigated Agriculture

History of the Huntley Project

Huntley Project Museum of Irrigated Agriculture

 

PO Box 353

Huntley, MT 59037

 

Phone:  406-348-2533

 

E-mail: hpmia@huntleyprojectmuseum.org