Last updated: 3/10/2012
Medora, North Dakota
Street Address
3448 Chateau Road
Medora, ND 58645
Mailing Address
PO Box 106
Medora, ND 58645

Hours

Seasonal Hours MDT
Daily
8:30 AM - 6 PM
The last tickets sold at 5:30 p.m. Allow one hour per visit. It is suggested that visitors enter the Chateau no later than 5:30 p.m. so as not to be rushed.
Winter hours start September 16 MT
Sunday, Wednesday - Saturday
9 AM - 5 PM
Winter rates are 1/2 price which includes interpretive center galleries; if a tour of the house is arranged admission is full price.

Admissions

Tour Bus $2 per person for groups of 20 or more.

School Bus Tours $1.00 per student, school chaperones get free admission.

Adults: $7
Children (6-15): $3
Preschool: Free

Staff

Dee Linn, Site Supervisor Chateau de Mores
phone: 701-623-4355
e-mail: dlinn@nd.gov
Description

cated southwest of Medora, this site memorializes the life and activities in North Dakota of Antoine de Vallombrosa, the Marquis de Mores, who arrived in 1883. Among his enterprises were a beef packing plant, a stagecoach line, a freighting company, refrigerated railway cars, cattle and sheep raising, land ownership, and a new town which he called Medora, in honor of his wife

Chateau De Mores - This 26-room, two-story frame building was built in 1883 as the summer residence of the Marquis's family. The Chateau is now a historic house museum and contains many of the original furnishings and personal effects of the de Mores family. Visits through the house are available during the summer months, and there is an admission charge. School and commercial bus tour group rates. Allow one hour for visit.

Educational Programs

History Alive Programs every weekend from June 1st through Labor Day on the porch of the Chateau

Library
Access: General Public, Students, Scholars, Members
Appointment required: No
Services

Event Rental Available

Meeting rooms, Outdoor facilities such as Chimney Park, Chateau Porch, Interpretive Center patio available.

Gift Shop
Special Event Rental
Group Tours
ADA

Restrooms

Wheelchair Accessible
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