Straight answers to questions people ask about old Montana places. Each guide starts with the answer and a table, then a little about every place on it. Sources are at the bottom, and the date up top says when we last checked.
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Yes, but only two. As of the 2026 season, Montana has two drive-in theaters still showing movies: the Silver Bow Drive-In near Butte, open since 1977 with two screens, and The Pasture Drive-In in Amsterdam, which started in 2020. Both are seasonal, so plan on summer nights, not January.
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Montana's oldest working bars go back to the 1800s. The Bale of Hay in Virginia City dates its saloon to the 1860s, the Oxford in Missoula claims 1883, and the Missoula Club and Butte's M&M both go back to 1890. Nobody agrees on a single oldest, and a few took long breaks along the way.