Rocks, Minerals, Fossils, Maps, Stories,
Photographs, Historical Artifacts,
and more!

 

Visit the Mysterious Deep Time Room (not shown) to explore:

• Rock types and the rock cycle
• An amazing 2005 Geology of North America Map
• The story of 4.6 billion years of Earth history
• Plate tectonics processes
• Rocks from space specimens and stories
• The role of fossils in geology
• A huge map of the West and the really big regional geology stories

 

 

Visit the Earth Minerals Room to explore:

• Stories about the makings of Earth minerals
• Examples of minerals in our lives
• Samples of every class of beautiful and strange minerals

Visit the Mining History Room to explore:

• Stories and artifacts from Idaho’s Lode & Placer mining history
• Our historic mining camp complete with mine tunnel
• Mineral and ore samples from Idaho’s historic mining districts

Visit the Idaho Geology Room to explore:

• Idaho igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks and their stories
• Idaho’s headline geologic stories about the Batholith, the Snake River Plain, Ancient Lake Idaho, and many more
• Fossils from Idaho and the West

Visit the Special Exhibit Areas to explore:

• What it is that makes Idaho the Gem State
• Rocks that glow in the dark
• The minerals & stories of the Ancient Miners