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Eagle River High students visit Museum of the Rockies, Butte mining museum and Fairmont Hot Springs
Summary
Students from Eagle River High School traveled to Bozeman, Butte and Fairmont for a multi‑day educational trip that included the Museum of the Rockies, Montana Tech's Museum of the Mines and a recreational stop at Fairmont Hot Springs, student reporters said.
Students from Eagle River High School took a multi‑day trip to Bozeman, Butte and Fairmont that included museum visits and a recreational stop, student reporters said.
"Main attractions for us was really to go to the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman," a student reporter said, naming a traveling Native American quilt exhibit on loan from the Smithsonian as one highlight.
The visit included several exhibits tied to regional natural history and culture. Reporters described a Native American quilt show on tour from the Smithsonian and the Museum of the Mines at Montana Tech in Butte, where students toured mining and mineral displays. The Museum of the Rockies segment also featured large dinosaur displays and hands‑on preparation work on fossil material, which one student described as a rib from a long‑necked sauropod that measured about 8.5 feet.
Students also spent time at Fairmont Hot Springs, where the group used indoor and outdoor pools and a water slide for a scheduled relaxation period during the trip. The reporters said the trip combined science education and recreational time.
The trip gave students direct exposure to paleontology, regional mining history and Native American material culture, and participants described the experience as both educational and enjoyable. "It was very educational, but also a lot of fun as education should be," one student reporter said.
No formal school policy changes or funding details were announced during the segments describing the trip.
