The Jackson Hole Historical Society, tucked away in a rustic cabin just off the Town Square is home to the organization’s permanent collection, an extensive Western Americana Library, and a small exhibit gallery.  The organizations offices also hold the Jackson Hole area’s extensive photographic history, an oral history collection as well as family archival data, a local map collection and manuscript archives.  Visitors are encouraged to stop by.

The Jackson Hole Museum, located just two blocks from the Town Square on Broadway, began in 1958 as a private history museum to house the lifetime collection of Jackson local W. C. “Slim” Lawrence. The extensive collection contains upwards of 12,000 artifacts, ranging from local Native American artifacts to fur trade era and early pioneer settlement tools, firearms and material culture.   Since that time the collection has continued to grow.  Permanent and changing exhibits at the Museum highlight the history of Jackson Hole as well as the surrounding areas including Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks.

For more information visit:

http://www.jacksonholehistory.org