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Open today at 13:00-17:00
Address:
118 W 1st S, Rigby, ID 83442, United StatesMap
Phone(208) 745-8423
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  • pat l
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    Nice local museum

    Due to COVID-19, the museum wasn't keeping regular hours, but we called the number on the website and were able to get a tour the same day. Leon met us there and even warmed up the building before we ...

    Reviewed on Jan 9, 2021
  • caseyannhurley
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    Local museum with cool history

    There’s all kinds of cool stuff in this museum about the local history and about the inventor of television. It’s not a museum with a lot of money to make fancy exhibits. Kids won’t last too long, but...

    Reviewed on Aug 30, 2020
  • Ron W
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    Not worth a detour

    This small museum is the normal hodge podge of random items from yesteryear. There is a small room dedicated to Philo Farnsworth; it contains a few old televisions. We saw no history or information ab...

    Reviewed on Aug 3, 2017
  • davedave222
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    Very Special Experience

    A pilgrimage of sorts (we were in the region) to the Philo Farnsworth exhibit in the Jefferson County Historical Museum aka The Farnsworth TV & Pioneer Museum. Mr. Farnsworth was an amazingly talente...

    Reviewed on Jun 8, 2017
  • Vectorizer
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    not open

    Always closed. When I called the number on the website, there was a voice message saying the museum is "open by appointment". Left a message, still not called back over a week later. The state should ...

    Reviewed on Apr 15, 2017