Missoula Audio Tour: Public Art, Murals, and Community Stories

Missoula has been building its public art scene for decades, and the results are everywhere you look. On this self-guided audio tour, you'll trace how railroad history, Indigenous heritage, and community-driven creativity shaped a city that treats its streets and alleys as galleries. The tour starts outside the parking garage on Main Street, beside Cattin' Around, a ferrous cement alley cat that's survived football rivalries and become one of downtown's most beloved sculptures. You'll step into a commissioned alley mural project where four artists from underserved communities responded to the theme of Feeling Welcome, with work rooted in Filipino, Indigenous, Romanian, and Shoshone-Bannock traditions. The tour ends at Radius Gallery on Higgins Avenue, voted Montana's Best Art Gallery two years running and known for its ceramics and contemporary Indigenous art.