Museum will be home base for events including community potlucks and wildflower festival
By Jen Clancey STAFF WRITER
Editor’s note: This location of Historic Crail Ranch was corrected to 2100 Spotted Elk Rd. Historic Crail Ranch is a Big Sky Community Organization program.
Locals and visitors can step into Big Sky’s history as the Historic Crail Ranch opens for the summer season on Saturday, June 20.
The museum, located near Big Sky’s Meadow Village at 2100 Spotted Elk Rd, is free to visit and features one of the oldest homesteads in Big Sky. Three historic cabins on the property are preserved as they may have looked in the early 20th century.
HCR offers free guided tours of the property and will host local events like the Community Potluck Series on the third Sunday of each month. The first potluck is this weekend, Sunday, June 21 where Aaron Young will play live music, Big Sky Community Organization will set up lawn games and cook kebabs for potluck participants. Following potlucks will be on July 19, Aug. 16 and Sept. 20.
In early July, local nonprofit Grow Wild will also have its annual Big Sky Wildflower Festival at the Crail Gardens.The July 7-11 festival features yoga, photography, art, birding, crafting, climate education and guided hikes.
This year, the museum will also host a Big Sky Fiber Arts Fair on July 19, a popular event on the museum grounds before the COVID-19 pandemic. The fair coincides with local arts events throughout the third week of July, including the Big Sky Artisan Festival on July 18.
According to Holly Studt, the HCR coordinator, the week will begin with a display of challenge quilts at the Arts Council of Big Sky building in Town Center. The display will spur Big Sky’s own challenge quilt for the Gallatin Canyon Women’s Club under the theme of “Postcards of the Past,” and the week will end on Sunday, July 19 HRC’s Big Sky Fiber Arts Fair.
Later in the summer, HRC will host a Crail Ranch Bake Sale on August 16 and a Fall Festival on Sept. 20.
