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Billings Attractions

Moss Mansion Historic House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Moss Mansion was the 1903-built home of the Preston Boyd Moss family, and has been preserved to capture the family life of the well-to-do of the era. The house was designed by New York architect, Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, whose best-known work was New York's Waldorf Astoria.

Address: 914 Division Street; E-mail: mossmansion@mossmansion.com; Website: www.mossmansion.com; Telephone: (406) 256 5100; Opening time: Guided tours take place every hour from Monday to Saturday 9am to 4pm, Sunday 1pm to 3pm in summer, and daily 1pm to 3pm in winter; Admission: $7 (adults), $3 (children 6-12). Group rates and other concessions are available

Billings Attractions

Western Heritage Center

The Western Heritage Center in downtown Billings, affiliated to the Smithsonian Institution, has a collection of more than 16,000 artefacts documenting the life, culture and history of the Yellowstone River Valley. The centre's constantly changing gallery exhibitions draw around 22,000 visitors a year.

Address: 2822 Montana Avenue; Website: www.ywhc.org; Telephone: (406) 256 6809; Opening time: Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm; closed on Sundays, Mondays and legal holidays; Admission: $3 (adults), free (children)

Billings Attractions

Yellowstone Art Museum

The popular Yellowstone Art Museum exhibits contemporary and historic art of the Rocky Mountain West region. Established in 1984, the museum now contains more than 3,000 works, including the Virginia Snook Collection, the largest public display of the drawings, paintings, books and memorabilia of cowboy illustrator Will James.

Address: 401 North 27th Street; E-mail: artinfo@artmuseum.org; Website: www.yellowstone.artmuseum.org; Telephone: (406) 256 6804; Opening time: Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm; Sunday 12pm to 5pm. Late opening until 8pm on Thursday; Admission: $7 (adults), $3 (children 6-18); under 6's are free

Billings Attractions

Zoo Montana

Montana's zoological park and botanical garden plays host to around 70,000 visitors a year and is one of the State's most popular tourist attractions, the only zoo within 600 miles (965km) of Billings. The complex covers 70 acres to the west of the city, exhibiting animals and plants native to the northern Rockies and high plains, and similar latitudes in Europe and Asia, in state-of-the-art natural habitats.

Address: 2100 South Shiloh Road; Website: www.zoomontana.org; Telephone: (406) 652 8100; Opening time: Daily 10am to 5pm (1 May to 24 September); 10am to 4pm (24 September to 30 April). No admissions from one hour before closing; Admission: $6 (adults), $3 (children 3-15)