Museum of the Plains Indian

Museum has plenty of fascinating objects, art, clothing and information. Well worth the admission free. Staff were friendly and informative. Good washrooms (only accessible with the entry fee).

The museum is an important cultural and educational institution on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, helping preserve tribal heritage and serving as a resource for both local communities and visitors. Its exhibits often include traditional arts as well as contemporary works, and have featured contributions from Native artists and historians. Highly recommend a visit. Often they have artists/craftspersons in residence. Friendly staff. Dedicated parking. Small but excellent craft and book shop. Small admission fee.

We loved this museum!! The exhibits were amazing - providing excellent information on some ways of life, tools, and excellent craftsmanship. We were there when there were some Black Fleet artists demonstrating their art - drawing and beading. It was lovely to watch them and talk to them. (We visited at the end of September. It was nicely attended but not crowded. We don’t know what it would be like in the summer.)

Lovely display, enjoyable chats with your resident artists. They are so talented. It's a shame your gift shop doesn't have more crafts from local crafters.

This is well worth a visit! We spent two hours there and could have stayed much longer if we’d had time. We bought some beautiful hand-made jewellery made by one of the Blackfeet women who worked at the museum.

Such a cool little museum! The works they have are so interesting and many are several centuries old. What’s even cooler is the room for local Blackfeet artists. Many of them work out of there and we had some lovely conversations with members of the tribe. Highly recommend.

Very small museum but interesting if you want to learn more about the Plains Indians. Definitely worth a stop if you are driving through East Glacier and you will be driving by.

The museum itself is very good - I don’t think I’ve seen a more complete and well preserved collection of plains Indian artifacts anywhere else. The museum was informative and small enough that it’s not too much of a commitment to do the whole thing. The highlight of the entire tour was the native artist area where we got to speak with and watch local artists creating their wares. I unfortunately have to knock off a star for the gift shop. There’s a sign by the counter advertising locally made items, but you need to check them yourself - it doesn’t apply to everything in the shop, so double check tags before buying if you’re going with the intention of supporting local artisans.

Best museum ever. Heard it was haunted and built on an Indian burial ground. Definitely worth a stop. *All reviews are based on a best ever to worst ever scale. There is no in between.

I was expecting more than what was presented since this was at the Blackfeet reservation. There was a large amount of American Indian outfits, tools and the like. There were some dioramas, maybe 1/25 scale, of camp life, caravan, and ceremonies. The only real issue I had was that all of the items were displayed together with Nez-perce, crow, Blackfoot, and other tribes all together. Well, I take that back, the gift shop is way overpriced! For any perceived faults, the low entrance fee and the staff made this a good stop to make.

I have to admit that I was not very familiar with the culture of blackfeet. The most surprising thing was their beads work. I did some beads work when I was at elementary, so I know how long it takes. It was stunning beads work! So pricise and meticulously made bags, clothes, shoes. Although my friend said this museum was okay, I personally really liked this place.

Not really an end destination in and of itself, this is a MUST SEE if you are going to Glacier National Park- espech if you are arriving/leaving from the eastern side of the state (from great falls as supposed to kalispell). You basically drive past it on the way from the east, so it's hard to miss. Keeps normal business hours, costs $3 to get in. Not particularly impressive compared to the Native American Museum in Phoenix, but fairly mind blowing just from a conceptual stand point. Particularly when you observe the diorama of the ghost dance, and take a moment to consider that practioniers of this partic religious ceremony were MURDERED by the United States government in the late 19th century. Has a decent collection of Plains Indian art. Has a KILLER book section in the gift shop. I picked up The Blackfeet: Raiders on the Northwertern Plains by John C. Ewers, who was also the first curator of the Museum (way back in 1941).

Inexpensive museum with great stuff. No pics allowed. Only $5 to enter. Wish it was more extensive. Shame it's so small. The town is lacking in Native art or shops. Hardly anything was open. Too bad....

This museum was one of our last stops in Browning besides the Subway across the way. We walked in around late afternoon, I'd say 4 PM or so. There were no other individuals in the museum besides the older gentleman manning the front. I don't believe we were charged to browse the museum but it was the end of a long week, so I could be wrong. The inside of the museum was beautifully painted, there were many different Blackfeet depictions and imagery on the upper walls of the lobby. Soon after we walked in, we were brought into a small theater to view a short film regarding mostly the Blackfeet history in the Americas which was revealing and intriguing. We explored different parts of the museum post watching the film. The displays and descriptions were nothing out of the ordinary compared to any other museums I've frequented. Only complaint is that the giftshop/bookstore was closed by the time we got there. It was definitely one part of the museum I was really looking forward to but I suppose there's always next time!

Unfortunately I had to give this 3 stars due to the fact that it is surrounded by unfortunately many begging reservation Indians. The staff and security do a really good job of removing these people when they are annoying. The display brought tears to my eyes and seemed a bit small yes very comprehensive for a museum of such a magnificent geographic area of Native Americans. Admission was $5 and worth it unfortunately I was more nervous about my vehicle being left unattended then enjoying the museum. If you're in the area it's worth the stop

A must see. One of a kind artifacts that can only be found here. Staff is helpful and very reasonable prices for entry. Should have a better gift shop though.

Wonderful museum, helpful people, artists at work, nice little gift shop, everyone awesome!!! I will be back and if I lived in Browning I'd be a regular visitor.