New Museum in Missoula, MT, Showcases Wood Design and US Forest Service History
In Missoula, a Museum Grows from Timber and Memory
The National Conservation Legacy Center of the National Museum of Forest Service History is scheduled to open later this summer in Missoula, Montana, Metropolis reported (7-6-26).
Designed by Leers Weinzapfel Associates, the cultural venue will use donated and discounted wood materials to tell the US Forest Service’s century-plus-old story.
“The clients were personally vested; this is their passion project,” said Tom Chung, principal at Leers Weinzapfel Associates. Chung said the board’s close involvement and supplier network shifted the firm’s role toward “coordinating different players.”
The center showcases a range of wood products and technologies, including CLT, mass plywood panel flooring, LVL, and western red cedar siding. At least 13 tree species are used in the project, including sugar maple, bald cypress, Alaskan yellow cedar, Douglas fir, and American chestnut.
“It was important that it serves as an encyclopedia of wood products and technologies,” Chung said.
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