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Happy Halloween

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

WELCOME TO ‘THE MAX’!
After the success of last weekends ‘Old Montana Prison Haunted House‘, we are pleased to announce that this Friday’s events will be bigger and better than ever! ‘Maximum Security‘ will become part of our Halloween experience. This section of the Old Prison building, once home to the ‘Womens Prison‘ before it was [...]

Terror in the Cell House

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

NIGHT OF INSANITY!
Join in the frightful fun this Halloween for our 4th Annual “Old Montana Prison Haunted House”
The spooks come out to play from 8pm to 11pm on the following nights;

Friday 24th October
Saturday 25th October
Friday 31st October

Admission is $5.00 per person
Be scared or be square!
Halloween Kids Festival
Parents, before you have the living daylights scared out [...]

Hollywood Behind Bars

Friday, October 10th, 2008

When The Movies Came To The Old Montana Prison
What do the films ‘Fast Walking’, ‘Diggstown’, ‘The Last Ride’ and ‘Loves Comes to the Executioner’ have in common?
All were partly filmed behind the walls of the Old Montana Prison.
The 1982 film ‘Fast Walking‘ starred James Wood as a dope-smoking Prison Guard called ‘Fast-Walking’ Miniver. Written, directed [...]

Big Sky Draft Horse Expo

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Draft Horse Expo in Deer Lodge this weekened
Deer Lodge is THE place to be this weekend, as the local fairgrounds is host to the 13th Annual Big Sky Draft Horse Expo. Have a wagonload of fun on the 13th and 14th September.
Expo is a fun, family show with a small town atmosphere. Showing many breeds [...]

Montana Acadamy of Living History

Friday, September 5th, 2008

Register NOW for Workshops and Historic Talks
Next week sees the start of our annual Academy of Living History. Running from September 8th to 12th, the Montana Academy of Living History is dedicated to the understanding and preservation of how people lived and worked during the draft horse period of 1860s to 1930s.
The Academy provides hands-on [...]

1886 Benz Motorwagen Replica now on display

Friday, August 15th, 2008

See the Worlds first automobile at the
Montana Auto Museum

Now on display in the Visitors Center, this replica of the 1886 Benz Motorwagen is a working model recreated for the 100th Anniversary of the Daimler Benz Motor Company in 1989. Constructed from the original 1886 schematics, this vehicle is widely regarded as the first automobile, a [...]

Free Shakepeare Performance in Deer Lodge

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Paroles, played by Michael Perez with Helena, played by Abbey Siegworth
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Joel Jahnke, Designed by Claudia Boddy

August 13th at 6pm in the Old Montana Prison Yard
FREE Admission
CAST
MARK KUNTZ- Company manager- ninth tour
TONYA ANDREWS- fourth tour
EDDIE BENNETT
LEAH DUTCHIN- third tour
JOE GARLOCK- second tour
SARAH LOVELAND
DANNY LUWE
MICHAEL PEREZ
CHISTOPHER PRENTICE
ABBEY SIEGWORTH- Asst. [...]

Dear, Deer Lodge

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Playing this week at the Old Montana Prison
PCMAF and Peoples Bank of Deer Lodge
present
Dear, Deer Lodge
plus ‘Main Street’ Vaudeville Production
Performed by the Deer Lodge Players
Written & Directed by Scott and Anita Safford
August 8, 9, 10 at the Gunport Theater inside the Old Montana Prison
Curtain up 7:30pm
Admission $10
For more information, or to make reservations, please call [...]

Museum Appreciation Day

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Fun, Food and Music
Saturday, July 26th
Admission to all museums is free, 8am to 8pm
Poker run (no buy-in) starting at 11:00 a.m. with winners being announced at 3:30 p.m. at Cottonwood City
Door prizes will be given away at the Visitor Center, Yesterday’s Playthings and Frontier Montana, with winners announced at 3:30 p.m.
Book signing by John Fitzpatrick, [...]

6th Annual Antiques Show in Deer Lodge

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Antique Show at the Pen Convention Center

We are gearing up for our annual Antique Show here in Deer Lodge, Montana. To be held over three days, this popular event is held in our Pen Convention Center, opposite the Old Montana Prison on Main Street. Come along to see what interesting items are available for sale. [...]

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