Rebuild the Barracks & support sharing the WWII Internment History

During World War II, Fort Missoula was turned over to the Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, for use as an Alien Detention Center (ADC). Between 1941 and 1944, the ADC held 1,200 non-military Italian men, 1,000 Japanese resident aliens, 23 German resident aliens, and 123 Japanese Latin and South Americans. Today, Fort Missoula is the most intact WWII incarceration site in the nation. Thanks to several grants and the support of our community, we are restoring and reconstructing two original barracks buildings. We are currently in the design and permitting phase and hope to begin construction in spring 2023.

The next phase of fundraising is to fund the design and installation of an immersive exhibit in one barracks and a climate-controlled collections storage space in the second.  Your support will help us to tell this important story, and preserve pieces of our history.