Senate bill can preserve our individual and collective history

Passage of Senate Bill 338, the Montana Museums Act of 2020, is very important to all of Montana by providing a thoughtful and financially responsible way for us to preserve our history from the local to the state level.

History is important. To understand our present, we must understand our past. And that understanding can shape our future. As Winston Churchill said: “The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.”

We are all history. We all have a story to be told. How did our ancestors come to Montana? What did they do? How did they become part of the fabric o...