C ULTURE OLD IDAHO PENITENTIARY
IDAHO STATE HISTORICAL MUSEUM
OLD IDAHO PENITENTIARY
610 N. Julia Davis Drive, 208-334-2120, 2445 Old Penitentiary Road, 208-334-2844, history.idaho.gov history.idaho.gov For more than a century, the museum has Who needs Scared Straight when you’ve got been preserving and displaying the history of class field trips to a penitentiary built more Idaho, from the prehistoric animals that once than 140 years ago? The sandstone structure ranged across the area, through the fur trapwas built at the base of Tablerock in 1870 and pers, gold miners, pioneers and current day. served as an active prison for 101 years. Now, For decades, the highlight of any trip to the visitors can leave on their own accord after museum has been touring cell blocks, the two-headed calf, solitary confinement Deja Moo, which and the gallows. The MUSEUM BARGAIN has a place of honor prison is also home in the Western sato the J. Curtis Earl Want to go on a cultural binge? The loon. Visitors can Memorial Exhibit, Boise Museum Association has put totake a plush version showcasing the nagether a deal for those who want to OD of the oddity home tion’s largest collecon educational enrichment. Buy a pass from the gift shop— tion of historic arms for $19 for adults or $9 for children, and because doesn’t and military memoget into up to seven participating culevery child want to rabilia, including tural attractions. The list includes nearly cuddle up with a spears, swords and two-headed, mutatheavy artillery spanevery location featured here, but check ed cow plush toy at ning the Bronze Age boisemuseums.org for details. the end of the day? to modern times. The public will get its first view of the newly renovated pioneer village outside the WARHAWK AIR MUSEUM main entrance beginning in the fall of 2010. 201 Municipal Drive, Nampa, 208-465-6446, Watch for rotating exhibits, as well as handswarhawkairmuseum.org on history events, classes and public lectures Housed near the airport in Nampa, the nonthroughout the year. profit museum honors the ser vice of militar y veterans, while highlighting the development of militar y aviation. Visitors can check out MK NATURE CENTER the impressive collection of militar y planes, 600 S. Walnut St., 208-334-2225, including a Curtis P-40N, a Curtis P-40E, a fishandgame.idaho.gov Dr-1 Fokker Tri Plane replica and an F86. Filling a 4.6-acre site in the middle of Boise Militar y uniforms and artifacts are also on is an oasis that teaches visitors about the display, and the museum hosts many educadiversity of Idaho’s water-based wildlife. tional programs. From cutthroat and rainbow trout to chinook salmon and sturgeon, as well as an array of water fowl, songbirds and even mule deer, ZOO BOISE mink and beaver, this is a living museum. 355 Julia Davis Drive, 208-384-4260, zooboise.org Visitors are encouraged to take a walk along Wildlife in Idaho is about more than elk and the streamside trail, which ser ves double bear ... well, at least at the zoo in Julia Davis duty as both an educational exhibit and a Park. The zoo has been expanding and improvwelcome escape in downtown Boise, only ing, and the latest African Plains exhibit has feet from the Greenbelt and Boise River. Just been a major hit with visitors, who can also leave the fishing pole at home. check out the new Zoo Farm.
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