The Hockaday Museum of Art in downtown Kalispell, Montana, focuses on the art and history of Glacier National Park, the Flathead Valley, and the wider state, with collections and exhibitions rooted in northwestern Montana’s landscape and artistic traditions. Opened to the public on February 10, 1969, as the Hockaday Center and named for commercial artist Hugh Hockaday, it has occupied Kalispell’s restored 1904 Carnegie Library Building since 1998. Its permanent collection emphasizes artists associated with the region and Montana subjects, while its long-term Crown of the Continent exhibition centers on Glacier National Park. The museum also serves as a local cultural repository preserving the area’s visual history.