Norris Geyser Basin Museum

Park County, United States

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Phone: +1 307 344 2109

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Designed by Herbert Maier and completed in 1929–1930, the Norris Museum is a trailside museum in Yellowstone National Park exemplifying the National Park Service Rustic style. Sited on a hill between the Porcelain and Back Basins of Norris Geyser Basin, the 94-by-20-foot structure comprises two rectangular pavilions flanking a central breezeway—framed in massive logs and crowned by a prominent jerkinhead gable—that frames views of the Porcelain Basin for arriving visitors. The pavilions feature shingle-covered frame construction on massive stone bases, with a surrounding stone and concrete terrace. Built with funding from Laura Spelman Rockefeller's $118,000 grant (shared with the Madison and Fishing Bridge Museums), the Norris Museum exhibits geothermal geology, geyser features, and thermal-area fauna and flora. A companion log comfort station, likely built in the 1930s and now operated as a bookstore by the Yellowstone Association, is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.