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Farnsworth TV & Pioneer Museum

Mailing Address
Box 284
Rigby, ID 83442

Street Address
118 W. 1st S.
Rigby, ID 83442

  • Phone: (208) 745-8423
Nearest City: Rigby
Location: Eastern Idaho, N. of Idaho Falls
Directions: 118 W. 1st South in Rigby
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The Jefferson County Historical Museum features 14,000 square feet of exhibitions from the pre-electric and early electric era, the history of Jefferson County, and early photography. Local inventors including Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of television, are also profiled. The first television tube, Indian artifacts and animal trophies are on display. It also features local writers such as Vardis Fisher, who wrote Mountain Man, which was made into a movie with Robert Redford called "Jerimiah Johnson."

Season: All Year
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 1pm-5pm

Fees: Adults $2; Students $1; Children under 6 free

Facilities

Handicap Access , Parking , Restrooms

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