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1964
The former Yellowstone Art Center opened in October in a building that once housed the historic Yellowstone County Jail. In the earliest years, there were just three staff and an operating budget around $70,000.
1982
Under the leadership of director Donna Forbes, the Yellowstone Art Center achieved accreditation from the American Association of Museums.
1995
The YAC received the Governor's Award for Service to the Arts, leading to recognition of its statewide importance and the successful completion of a $6.2-million expansion campaign.
1998
The new, state-of-the-art Yellowstone Art Museum opened to the public.
2000
Monet came to Montana, along with other international artists, through a landmark exhibition of masterpieces on loan from the private collection of billionaire William I. Koch.
2002
The YAM mounted the exhibition The Most Difficult Journey: The Poindexter Collections of Modernist Paintings. This exhibition, drawn substantially from the permanent collection, and from the holdings of the Montana Historical Society in Helena, traveled nationally. The year finished with an exhibition of Ansel Adams's photographs, which was one of the best attended of exhibitions in the Museum's history.
2003
The YAM began a four-year series commemorating the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial. A retrospective exhibition of works by preeminent Montana-based sculptor Deborah Butterfield traveled nationwide. Educational programming was honored with a three-year grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to expand educational outreach.
2004
The Yellowstone Art Museum celebrated its 40th year of bringing historic and regional contemporary art to the people of Montana and tourists from across the country and around the world.
2005
Former Senior Curator Gordon McConnell and former Executive Director Terry Melton were honored with solo exhibitions.
2006
The YAM launched a matching gift campaign to secure a generous $2.15 million grant from the Charles M. Bair Family Trust, exceeding the goal before the 2007 deadline. By the end of the year, a well-developed capital and endowment campaign were under way to sustainably expand the YAM and its programs.
2007
The YAM received a second three-year grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to enhance and continue its stellar art education outreach program.
2009
The YAM was the Montana recipient of a generous gift of 50 Minimalist and Conceptualist works of art from the private collections of Herb and Dorothy Vogel. The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, administered a program that distributed 50 works to each of the 50 states from the Vogels' unprecedented collection.
2010
In August, the YAM opened its innovative Visible Vault, a space where we store our permanent collections in a publicly accessible way. The Visible Vault also includes an artist-in-residence studio. The YAM was awarded a $600,000 grant from the Michigan-based Kresge Foundation to complete this project as well as assist with a new permanent collection gallery.
2011
The YAM was again awarded a three-year grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for its education outreach program. In June, we completed the $6-million Phase I of our Expansion Campaign, capping a five-year effort.
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