Founded in 1957 as part of Montana State College the Museum of the Rockies was named Workstation of the Year at Bozeman’s Volunteer Recognition Dinner in April.  Volunteer Manager Susan Dickerson accepted the award on behalf of the Museum.

The Museum of the Rockies was chartered to encourage the study and interpretation of our extraordinary region.  Today, according to their website, the Museum “stewards nearly 300,000 objects and 500,000,000 years of history,” including “one of the finest paleontology collections in North America, strong core collections in western history, textiles, Native American artifacts, and photography.”  The museum also features a fully operational, on-site 19th century farm that “helps preserve the state’s agricultural traditions.” RSVP is crucial to the Museum’s operations.  In 2008, 31 RSVP volunteers contributed 3,100 hours to this workstation, while the Museum very generously offered a free Holiday planetarium show to our volunteers and a discount at their gift shop this past December in recognition of RSVP’s contribution to the community. Find out more about The Museum of the Rockies by visiting their website, http://www.museumoftherockies.org.