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Fishing Bridge Museum

About Fishing Bridge Museum

The distinctive stone-and-log architecture of this old building—known as "parkitecture"—was one of several prototypes for park buildings around the country. Today, the visitor center and museum highlight the ecology of Yellowstone Lake, focusing on birds. Also stop by to visit with a ranger and find out when ranger programs are scheduled, buy a fishing permit (payable by debit or credit card), pick up a souvenir, or take in some truly stunning views of Yellowstone Lake and the surrounding mountains.

Park Passport stamps are available here.

Adapted from National Park Service.

The Fishing Bridge Museum is one of a series of "trailside museums" in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States, designed by architect Herbert Maier in a style that has become known as National Park Service Rustic. It is one of three parts of a 1987-declared National Historic Landmark, the Norris, Madison, and Fishing Bridge Museums. It was not listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places as the other two were. Built in 1931, the Fishing Bridge Museum is the largest in the series, and is used as a small visitor center. The museum displays stuffed mounts of birds and animals found in Yellowstone Park.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Trailside museumNational Park Service visitor center
Founded
1931
Architect
Herbert Maier

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Photos of Fishing Bridge Museum

  1. Fishing Bridge Museum, Park County01Park CountyYellowstone National Park from Yellowstone NP, USA · Public domain
  2. Inside Fishing Bridge Museum02Inside Fishing Bridge MuseumAcroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. Fishing Bridge Museum Interior03InteriorAcroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. Fishing Bridge Museum Interior Yellowstone04Interior YellowstoneLarry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0
  5. Fishing Bridge Visitor Center05Fishing Bridge Visitor CenterYellowstone National Park from Yellowstone NP, USA · Public domain
  6. Fishing Bridge Visitor Center06Fishing Bridge Visitor CenterYellowstone National Park from Yellowstone NP, USA · Public domain

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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 20 miles of Fishing Bridge Museum; the closest, Canyon Visitor Education Center, is about 13 miles away.