After 25 years, the Museum of the Rockies will replace its longstanding Museum Ball with a new benefit event to fill the February time slot–A Night in Pompeii! It will take place on Saturday, February 13th, 2016, from 5:30 to 10:30pm.
The new event is a tribute to the Museum’s upcoming Summer Blockbuster Exhibit, Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero: The Villas of Oplontis Near Pompeii. The exhibit artifacts have never left Italy before, and MOR will be one of only three Museums in the country to host the exhibit. Museum of the Rockies will also be the only venue west of the Mississippi River. A Night in Pompeii! will be the first in MOR’s new February Night at the Museum Benefit Event series.
Tickets are now available to A Night in Pompeii! and are $100 for MOR members, $115 for non-members. Sponsorship opportunities are also still available. Tickets and Sponsorships can be purchased by calling 406-994-1998, e-mailing events@montana.edu or online at museumoftherockies.org. Museum of the Rockies is both a college-level division of Montana State University and an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit institution. Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, MOR is one of just 776 museums to hold this distinction from the more than 17,500 museums nationwide. The Museum is also a Smithsonian Institution affiliate and a federal repository for fossils. Using the past and present, Museum of the Rockies inspires life-long learning in science, history, culture, and art; advances knowledge through collections, research and discovery; and presents engaging, vibrant exhibits and programming. MOR brings the world to Montana and Montana to the world.
For more information visit museumoftherockies.org or call 406.994.2652. •
