List of museums in Idaho

This list of museums in Idaho contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Museums

Defunct museums

• Hess Heritage Museum, Ashton
• Ketchum Sun Valley Historical Society Heritage & Ski Museum, Ketchum, collections now part of the Wood River Museum of History and Culture
• Sacajawea Museum at Spalding, former museum near the site of the Spalding Mission whose contents were sold off after a flood in 1963; featured a buckskin dress from Sacajawea, various Nez Perce Chief headdresses including two from the young Chief Joseph, and a dugout canoe from the Lewis and Clark expedition

Regions

The Idaho Department of Commerce tourism division has divided the state into these seven regions which are used in the table above:

• Northern - Counties: Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, and Shoshone,
• North Central - Counties: Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis, and Nez Perce
• Southwest - Counties: Ada, Adams, Boise, Canyon, Elmore, Gem, Owyhee, Payette, Valley, and Washington
• Central - Counties: Blaine, Butte, Camas, Custer, and Lemhi
• South Central - Counties: Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, and Twin Falls
• East - Counties: Bingham, Bonneville, Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, and Teton
• Southeastern - Counties: Bannock, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida, and Power

See also

• List of nature centers in Idaho

References

• Idaho Association of Museums

External links

• Visit Idaho - Museums

1. List of museums in the United States
2. Museum of Idaho
3. Idaho
4. List of submarine museums
5. List of museum ships in North America
6. List of aviation museums
7. List of potato museums
8. Idaho Falls, Idaho
9. Idaho Military History Museum
10. Idaho City, Idaho
11. Index of Idaho-related articles
12. List of Idaho state parks
13. Outline of Idaho
14. List of railway museums
15. Wallace, Idaho
16. Boise, Idaho
17. Pocatello, Idaho
18. List of companies based in Idaho
19. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
20. Julia Davis Park