Boise, ID 83712 (Next to the Old Pen)
Closed for the season. Museum will reopen this spring. Check back later for details.
Tours and other programs available.
Need help identifying rocks you’ve found or purchased? Coyote Short, Professional Geologist, can identify rocks, minerals, fossils and Native American artifacts. Bring in your specimens and she will help you identify them. Plus, you’ll learn steps to identifying rocks and minerals. 1pm, Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary Rd, $5-General, Free for […]
Need help identifying rocks you’ve found or purchased? Coyote Short, Professional Geologist, can identify rocks, minerals, fossils and Native American artifacts. Bring in your specimens and she will help you identify them. Plus, you’ll learn steps to identifying rocks and minerals. 1pm, Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary Rd, $5-General, Free for […]
This Museum field trip meets at 7:45am for an 8am departure to a privately owned Jasper Mine in your own backyard. If you love adventure, a rough road, and discovering jasper in thunder eggs, this trip is for you. The trip is limited to 25. Members of the Museum receive free admission. Non-member fee is […]
This Museum field trip meets at 7:45am for an 8am departure to a privately owned Jasper Mine in your own backyard. Last Willow Creek trip of the season! If you love adventure, a rough road, and discovering jasper in thunder eggs, this trip is for you. The trip is limited to 25. Members of the […]
Join us for a driving tour of some of the most spectacular scenery and geology in our area. We make a loop across the Anderson Ranch Dam, down the South Fork of the Boise River, and up onto Smith Prairie. Meetup is at 8:45 AM in the Albertson’s Shopping Center parking lot near McDonald's Restaurant, […]
Need help identifying rocks you’ve found or purchased? Coyote Short, Professional Geologist, can identify rocks, minerals, fossils and Native American artifacts. Bring in your specimens and she will help you identify them. Plus, you’ll learn steps to identifying rocks and minerals. 1pm, Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary Rd, $5-General, Free for […]
Join in us in panning for gold! The Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology (IMMG) 2455 Old Penitentiary Rd. will set up this event in the courtyard of the Women's Ward at the Old Pen. This Panning experience is provided by the outstanding Nampa Gold Prospectors. $5 for Adult nonmembers of the IMMG, $5 Kids, […]
This geologic field trip will be to a new area of Bruneau Petrified Wood. You can collect petrified wood and other fossils without any digging! We'll be meeting to carpool from the Albertsons Parking Lot (near McDonalds but not at McDonalds) at 6574 S Federal Way and Hwy 21 at 9:45 AM, departing at 10 […]
Santa's Rock Shop is a rockin' event happening at the Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary Rd. Boise! You’ll see stocking stuffers starting at 50 cents, rocks, minerals, quartzite polished bookends, petrified wood, books on geology, rock hounding and prospecting, jewelry, mood rings, maps, and much more for all ages. All merchandize […]
Investigate the geology of Fossil Reef and Horse Hill with guide Steve Schaps. This area is 80 miles from Boise and has a lot of fossils, petrified wood, and Moqui Balls. We will meet in the Albertson’s Shopping Center parking lot at 9:45am, for a 10am departure, near McDonald’s Restaurant, 6574 S Federal Way. From […]
