Free guided tours return to Montana State Capitol

Free guided tours have returned to the state Capitol after a nearly seven-year absence prompted by budget cuts, offering visitors a more detailed look at the art, architecture and history of a building often called “the people’s house.”

From now through Sept. 13, the Montana Historical Society will provide tours weekdays at 9:30 and 11 a.m. and 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. On Saturdays, tours will be at 9:30 and 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. On Sundays, tours are at 11 a.m. and 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.

The Montana State Capitol in Helena

THOM BRIDGE, Independent Record

Darby Bramble, museum education officer for the historical society, said in a news release more than 600 people have participated in the guided tours since early June.

The Montana State Capitol has stood since 1902. 

Montana’s first governor, Joseph K. Toole, said “(The Capitol) will be to the state what the homestead is to the citizen, what the fireside is to the family … Here should repose the honor and conscience of the state by which its citizenship shall be judged and measured and its glory achieved

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