Community Calendar

Join us for the opening reception of DREAM HOUSE, a solo exhibition by Boise-based artist Stephanie Inman.

This immersive installation and sculptural works show explores Inman's enduring fascination with houses as symbols of memory, aspiration, and place.
Drawing from her background in architecture and a period of quiet reflection during the pandemic, this body of work features over 25 miniature buildings that hold echoes of childhood forts, private spaces, and personal ideas of shelter.

Join us for art, conversation, and community in the heart of downtown Boise.
Drinks, food and art provided.

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Idaho's original, largest and oldest outdoor Farmer's Market! Every Saturday, April - December. Shop local, eat local, and experience Idaho at the Capital City Public Market! Every Saturday, you can meet the producers themselves and feel confident you are buying from someone who actually knows the product they sell. We are open from mid-April to mid-December, and are proud to provide locals and tourists alike the chance to eat fresh, shop small, and experience dynamic Downtown Boise

This is a new field trip to a sand pit near Shoofly that contains small fossils and petrified wood from ancient Lake Idaho.

Join Steve Schaps for a brand-new geologic field trip to the Shoofly Sand Pit, located about 70 miles from Boise. The sand pit contains abundant small fossils from Lake Idaho deposits, petrified wood and odd sandstone sculptures that you collect off the surface just by walking around. The sand pit is a public site located 4 miles west of the Shoofly Oolites, and you could visit the Oolites after the trip if you wanted to go on your own. The IMMG also has an archeologist shaker table that people can use as a group to sift sand for fossils (kids love doing this).

MEETING LOCATION: We will meet at the Albertsons Parking Lot on Hwy 21 and Federal Wayat 9:45 am (near McDonalds). Steve will arrange carpools at this location; the roads are paved except for the last 1.7 miles which is a good-quality dirt road suitable for most (but not all) vehicles. We will return to the carpool location at ~3 pm. This is a new trip, so even if you have done the Shoofly Oolite trip before, this new trip offers a different opportunity to find fossils and petrified wood and visit a new geologic site.

No dogs please. Bring lunch and beverages and dress for the weather. We will never be more than 500 feet away from the vehicles.

This trip and all of our 5-6 different field trips are FREE for museum members and children so please join or renew your membership for 2026. www.idahomuseum.org/membership

Pre-registration required for this event.

Contact: operations@idahomuseum.org with any questions.

We seldom cancel in winter, but if we do, we need a functioning email from you. The one you used to register on Eventbrite will be used. A full refund is given if the Museum cancels the field trip.

"Hidden Idaho Day History: How Idaho Gold Saved the Union" is an entertaining, two-hour multimedia program being presented in support of AMERICA 250th in IDAHO Initiative.

Helping to set the mood will be the first speaker, Skip Critell, of Idaho and a 27 year member of the Association of Lincoln Presenters. More info and reviews are located at his website Lincoln remembered.org

The second speaker is Frank Krone, a Lincoln Bicentennial Commissioner who moved to Idaho from Lincoln, Nebraska to volunteer on the Idaho Day and Lincoln Birthday events held at the archives. Frank's expertise covers the facts and lore about the Gem State's gold and silver mines and the history of CSA filed claims.

"Hidden Idaho Day History..." is family friendly, free and open to the public. Bring your cell phones and take "selfies" with "President Lincoln" to commemorate America250 in Idaho!

Join us for the artist reception of Scenic Route, a Western Group Exhibition featuring over 15 local and national artists.
This full-gallery exhibition brings together paintings, ceramics, sculpture, photography, accessories, and more-each offering a distinct perspective on the American West.
From sweeping landscapes and wildlife to contemporary reinterpretations of Western identity, Scenic Route celebrates the tradition, lifestyle, and beauty of the American West.

Artist Reception is March 13 from 5 to 8 pm at our Meridian location
Drinks, food and art provided
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Wildly entertaining, profoundly important, and unlike anything audiences have seen before, the film follows Patrick McCollum — an unlikely peace advocate drawn into an Indigenous prophecy that could impact the fate of the Amazon and our planet. It is part comedy, part spiritual journey, and entirely human. Viewers leave laughing, questioning, and seeing the world a little differently.
Backed by trailblazers in conservation and entertainment including Jane Goodall, Peter Farrelly, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, and Jody Hill, this documentary transcends categories. It is as entertaining as it is transformative. It was recently named one of the Top 6 documentaries of the year by The Hollywood Reporter and currently holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Idaho's original, largest and oldest outdoor Farmer's Market! Every Saturday, April - December. Shop local, eat local, and experience Idaho at the Capital City Public Market! Every Saturday, you can meet the producers themselves and feel confident you are buying from someone who actually knows the product they sell. We are open from mid-April to mid-December, and are proud to provide locals and tourists alike the chance to eat fresh, shop small, and experience dynamic Downtown Boise

Over twenty local authors will be on site signing their work.

Free crafts, amazing food, and prizes! Come support your local community!

A program to lift our spirits and spur us on to actions that show our love for the rule of law, democracy and freedom for all our people. Lots of music! Resist with us.

Idaho's original, largest and oldest outdoor Farmer's Market! Every Saturday, April - December. Shop local, eat local, and experience Idaho at the Capital City Public Market! Every Saturday, you can meet the producers themselves and feel confident you are buying from someone who actually knows the product they sell. We are open from mid-April to mid-December, and are proud to provide locals and tourists alike the chance to eat fresh, shop small, and experience dynamic Downtown Boise