Travelers’ Rest State Park is hosting a temporary exhibit, “Pop! Goes the Expedition: Pictures of an Expedition,” from Friday, Nov. 29 through March 25, 2025. The display is centered around the theme of how Lewis and Clark's Expedition is represented in art and pop culture.

Celebrate the opening with a special event at the park

LOLO — Travelers’ Rest State Park is hosting a temporary exhibit, “Pop! Goes the Expedition: Pictures of an Expedition,” from Friday, Nov. 29 through March 25, 2025. The display is centered around the theme of how Lewis and Clark's Expedition is represented in art and pop culture.

Visitors to Travelers’ Rest State Park can view the free exhibit during regular winter visitor center hours, Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Celebrate the exhibit opening with a special family-friendly activity available any time on Nov. 29 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

“Pop! Goes the Expedition” includes reproductions of some of the most famous paintings of the expedition by artists like Charles M. Russell, Frederic Remington, and NC Wyeth. Additional works by contemporary Montana artists, including Robert Morgan and Courtney Blazon, offer different viewpoints. Display cases contain a carefully curated selection of objects from pop culture including movie posters, novels, toys, and collectibles. More than 50 books and objects, as well as 17 original and reproduction works of art, will be on display from Nov. 29, 2024- March 25, 2025.

The special exhibit was made possible by Travelers’ Rest Connection, the nonprofit partner of Travelers’ Rest State Park, and local collectors Lee Silliman and Ramona Holt who donated or loaned artwork.

The park includes the only archaeologically verified campsite of the Lewis & Clark Expedition and was an important cultural site for the Séliš and Ql?ispé people. Call the state park at (406) 273–4253 or visit fwp.mt.gov/stateparks/travelers-rest for more information.