History
Celebrating our 50th Anniversary in 2010!
1960 - 2010
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The Montana House Regional Gift Shop opened in Apgar Village on Mother's Day 1960. This is what it looked like brand new. |
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Later it was stained its current dark
brown color and the sign was moved |
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October 2009 The trim is now a goldenrod color, the sign has changed again and the carport has been added. The parking spaces have been replaced by a deck and public seating. After the Apgar fire in 2003, the wood shingles were replaced with a new metal roof. |
| THEN | NOW |
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Hans & Toni Jungster established the Montana
House Regional Craft Shop in 1960 at Apgar Village, Glacier National
Park.
Hans Jungster left Germany in 1936, and served in
the U.S. ski troops, 10th Mountain Division, in World War II. Hans
met Toni at the University of Washington, in Seattle, and together
they came to Montana in 1947 on a botany field trip. Hans became a
Park Service Ranger in the early 1950's and the Jungsters moved
to Glacier Park, drawn by its similarity to Switzerland. The Montana
House was built in a "Swiss Chalet" style in 1959.
Their daughter, Monica continues to carry on
their mission: "To celebrate and promote the creativity of
Montana and Native American Artists and craftsmen for our mutual
benefit."
The Montana House has hosted over 500 Montana
artists since 1960.