Madison Museum
About Madison Museum
Located about halfway between Old Faithful and West Yellowstone, you can stop here for park information as visitors have been doing since 1930. The structure is an example of "parkitecture" or designing a building in a way that reflects the surrounding ecosystem. You can also shop for souvenirs in the park store or use the restrooms.
Park Passport stamps are available here.
Adapted from National Park Service.
The Madison Museum is one of a series of "trailside museums" in Yellowstone National Park designed by architect Herbert Maier in a style that has become known as National Park Service Rustic. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and is one of three parts of a 1987-declared National Historic Landmark, the Norris, Madison, and Fishing Bridge Museums. Built in 1929, the Madison Museum is the smallest of the three. It is sited on a small rise that overlooks the meadows and canyon of the Madison River, and still fulfills its function as an informal interpretive center.
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- Founded
- 1929
- Architect
- Herbert Maier
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 13 miles of Madison Museum; the closest, Norris Geyser Basin Museum, is about 9.7 miles away.
