Dark Sky Events

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 9 p.m.

TBA

Free Admission

TBA

(Co-hosted with Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks)

THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2025 AT 10 P.M.

Dinosaurs & Dark Skies

Free Admission

Medicine Rocks State Park, 1141 MT-7 Ekalaka MT 59324

As part of the festivities leading up to the Carter County Museum's 13th Annual Dino Shindig, Dinosaurs & Dark Skies invites visitors to Medicine Rocks State Park (Montana's first International Dark Sky Sanctuary) for a night of stargazing and fossil phosphorescence. Join us at the Sunset Loop and bring a folding chair and warm clothing. We will provide telescopes and red-light flashlights for wayfinding. 

There will be a Bat Walk preceding the event at 9 p.m. 

(Co-hosted with Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2024 AT 7 P.M.

Stargazing with Montana Learning Center

Free Admission

LOCATION CHANGE: CARTER COUNTY MUSEUM AT 7 P.M. DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS

Join the Carter County Museum and the Montana Learning Center (Helena) at the museum for a program on astronomy brought to you by Ryan Hannahoe.

Ryan first became involved with the Montana Learning Center in 2013 as a member of the summer camp staff. Eventually he joined the board of directors. Ryan has been Montana Learning Center’s executive director since the fall of 2016. Ryan worked as a science teacher in Clancy, Montana until 2019 went he went full time with the Center. Teaching science has been his profession for the past seven years.

Getting students and teachers excited about science is something Ryan enjoys. He feels lucky to have had several mentors throughout his career and now wants to share the knowledge and expertise he has with others. According to Ryan, “it is vitally important to inspire and mentor the next generation to become critical thinkers and learn about the natural world around them.”

(Co-hosted with the Montana Learning Center and Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks)