Boise, ID 83712 (Next to the Old Pen)
Hours: 12-5 Friday & Saturday; Sundays 12:30-3:30. CLOSED 9/5-9/7 due to an event at the Old Pen which will close off access to the museum.
Tours and other programs available.
Historian Gary Eller will present a lecture about the prospector, prolific writer and poet Clarence Eddy. No other American prospector was better documented from the 1880s to 1920 by self-published writings or by newspaper reports than Clarence E. Eddy, known coast to coast as the Poet Prospector. Gary spent 17 years studying Eddy’s life and […]
This talk will cover this year’s snowpack and projected water supplies or shortages. We’ll look at early seasonal outlooks for this winter and see how analog years are selected and used to help predict what may happen. The lecture is presented by Ron Abramovich. 1:00 PM, Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary […]
Color is a predominate and easily observed feature of minerals. Most minerals can occur with a wide variety of colors. The color of a specific sample may be due to a variety of factors, such as chemical composition, arrangement of elements within the atomic framework, substitution of other chemical elements, and even defects in the […]
This 1pm presentation is designed for folks who enjoy rocks, minerals, fossils and petrified wood. Steve Schaps and mine owner, Larry Ridley, will begin with a discussion of the Willow Creek Jasper mine in Eagle. The Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology (IMMG) is planning field trips to the Willow Creek Jasper mine all summer, […]
This 2:30pm presentation a repeat of the 1pm lecture and is designed for folks who enjoy rocks, minerals, fossils and petrified wood. Steve Schaps and mine owner, Larry Ridley, will begin with a discussion of the Willow Creek Jasper mine in Eagle. The Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology (IMMG) is planning field trips to […]
Idaho is known as the Gem State and the Silver Capital of the World. We'll take a photo tour and discuss Idaho mining history from Bogus claims to Billions made from mineral extraction from the beginning to modern day operations. You'll hear about the people who made history in Idaho's early days of silver mining. […]
Boise, ID 83712 (next to the Old Penitentiary)
Hours: 12-5 Friday & Saturday; Sundays 12:30-3:30. CLOSED 9/5-9/7 due to an event at the Old Pen which will close off access.
Tours, field trips and other programs also available.
