The Women Who Shaped Bonner County
Often, when we think about the early days of Bonner County, images of men come to mind: men who ran the first ferries, built railroads, carved farms out of stump land, sawed lumber, and maintained law and order. But who were the women who labored, laughed, loved, lost, and muddled through right alongside them?
The Women Who Shaped Bonner County celebrates the lives of some the extraordinary women who came to the rough-and-tumble Inland Northwest and planted farms, built businesses, raised families, and often quietly defied convention to improve life in North Idaho. Not only did these women influence the immediate region, but some also participated in important changes taking place throughout the nation. Without each one of their contributions, Bonner County would be a different place today.
Through their curiosity, courage and ingenuity these women had a strong influence on education, politics, civic leadership, arts, culture, and business. While space prevents us from discussing each and every woman who helped build Bonner County, we hope you will enjoy meeting a few of the trailblazers who shaped the place we love to call home.
The Women Who Shaped Bonner County celebrates the lives of some the extraordinary women who came to the rough-and-tumble Inland Northwest and planted farms, built businesses, raised families, and often quietly defied convention to improve life in North Idaho. Not only did these women influence the immediate region, but some also participated in important changes taking place throughout the nation. Without each one of their contributions, Bonner County would be a different place today.
Through their curiosity, courage and ingenuity these women had a strong influence on education, politics, civic leadership, arts, culture, and business. While space prevents us from discussing each and every woman who helped build Bonner County, we hope you will enjoy meeting a few of the trailblazers who shaped the place we love to call home.
Past temporary Exhibits include:
Wunderkammer
Wunderkammer, the German term for cabinet of curiosity, is the inspiration behind our newest exhibit. Precursors to the modern museum, wunderkammer arose in mid-sixteenth-century Europe as repositories for all manner of wondrous and exotic objects. Wunderkammer presents a contemporary interpretation of the traditional cabinets of curiosities, organizing objects and stories from the museum’s collection in categories which include artem (art), innovatus (innovation), naturalis historia (natural history), ethnograhiam (ethnography), tradere (tradition). Items on loan from a local private collector which demonstrate the inquisitiveness behind collecting, round out the exhibit with the category curiosus (curiosity).
“Being a part of the Wunderkammer exhibit at the Bonner County Museum is truly an honor,” states local collector and Curator of the Strange, Josh Bladzik. “As a long time collector of the Strange and Unusual the topic is right up my alley. I have searched all over the globe, just like Robert Ripley, to obtain some extremely fascinating attractions that will entertain people of all ages. So step right up and step right in to the beautiful world of Wunderkammer.”
Many of the objects on display in Wunderkammer have never been exhibited before and museum staff is once again excited to bring the Bonner County community an engaging new exhibit to delight audiences. Curator Heather Upton commented, “Since I first set on eyes on the etchings of the cabinets of curiosity from the Musei Worniani Historia, I have been fascinated with the theory behind the wunderkammer. I am thrilled to get a chance to showcase the museum in this fun fashion, revealing the curiosities that reside in the dark depth of our vault.”
“Being a part of the Wunderkammer exhibit at the Bonner County Museum is truly an honor,” states local collector and Curator of the Strange, Josh Bladzik. “As a long time collector of the Strange and Unusual the topic is right up my alley. I have searched all over the globe, just like Robert Ripley, to obtain some extremely fascinating attractions that will entertain people of all ages. So step right up and step right in to the beautiful world of Wunderkammer.”
Many of the objects on display in Wunderkammer have never been exhibited before and museum staff is once again excited to bring the Bonner County community an engaging new exhibit to delight audiences. Curator Heather Upton commented, “Since I first set on eyes on the etchings of the cabinets of curiosity from the Musei Worniani Historia, I have been fascinated with the theory behind the wunderkammer. I am thrilled to get a chance to showcase the museum in this fun fashion, revealing the curiosities that reside in the dark depth of our vault.”
Darkside of Bonner County
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Once Upon a Time in Bonner County
Tales From the Wardrobe
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