The museum will open Sunday, May 1, 2022. The museum will open for the season on Sunday, May 1, 2022. It will be open seven days a week from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM until the end of September.
We will have a new exhibit from a new group here in town. They are planning to work closely with the museum to provide some historical artifacts from our region. The organization is Earth Sciences Foundation, Inc. They have access to a building on Main Street for collection, preparation, study, and display of all the specimens. The museum is starting with a display of fossils in a display case. Over the years, it may become much larger displays. Stay tuned for exciting updates.
Another new exhibit is a local café display using elements of several local restaurants.
Serena Cottrell has shared her favorite exhibit at the museum.
In the diorama room of the Musselshell Valley Historical Museum you will see a corner display featuring a 7th Calvary uniform and a flag above it. This swallow-tailed cavalry flag is a replica of General George A. Custer's Headquarters Flag. General Custer led the 7th U.S. Cavalry. This flag was only flown when General Custer was on the field.
Composed of two bars, one red and one blue, two crossed cavalry sabers are in the middle. The flag, known as a guidon, would have been carried into battle by a corporal. It served as a formation point for the company.
The original flag was designed and sewn by General Custer's wife, Elizabeth 'Libbie' Custer. Sewn with silk the flag was 27 1/2" x 33".
Libbie had the flag delivered to the General at the battle of Dinwiddie Courthouse, Virginia. Custer used the flag all the remaining Civil War encounters and then into Texas and west.
At the Battle of the Little Big Horn the flag had fallen. A soldier stuffed the flag into his shirt. It was discovered during recovery of the bodies. Although the flag was tattered and bloodied, it was returned to the Custer family.
Come see this flag replica and the new fossil display at the Musselshell Valley Historical Museum.
What is your favorite exhibit or artifact at the Musselshell Valley Historical Museum? If you want to share one of your favorites, I would be glad to include a photo of the exhibit.
If you want to share, you can email me at [email protected] or share it on our museum Facebook page. This will be a continuing series. I am planning to share the series with both newspapers, The Roundup Record-Tribune and the Roundup Herald, as well as the Musselshell Valley Historical Museum Facebook page.
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