BONNER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM
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​The Museum is located at 611 S Ella Ave, in view of Lake Pend Oreille in beautiful Lakeview Park. The park has many amenities including picnic areas, a playground, tennis courts, and the Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society arboretum. Adjacent to Lakeview Park is War Memorial Field which has a boat launch and is home to the Festival at Sandpoint every August.

Museum exhibits give an historical snapshot dating back to the ice age floods, the early days of the Kalispel and Kootenai people, the fur trade, steamboat era, log drives, and stump ranches. Visitors will learn how Sandpoint grew from a few shacks along the railroad to the resort town we know today, and the early beginnings of the small logging, mining, agriculture, and railroad communities that dot the roadways in Bonner County.
Bonner County History Museum
611 S. Ella Ave
Sandpoint, ID 83864
(208) 263-2344
info@bonnercountyhistory.org

Museum Hours
Tuesday through Friday
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
1st Saturday of each month
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (FREE admission)
Admission
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$4.00 – Adults
$3.00 – Seniors
$1.00 – 6-18 years
Free – Members & children under 6
Free for everyone on the 1st Saturday of each month

We request that large groups and bus tours please call ahead of your visit. We are happy to arrange guided tours for school classes. There is no admission charge for public schools on a scheduled visit. Please call (208) 263-2344 to set up a tour.

While you are in the area, check out a few of Bonner County’s other great attractions:
A Few of Our Favorite Restaurants
  • Trinity at City Beach
  • Joel's
  • MickDuff's
  • Hoot Owl Café
  • Sweet Lou's​
  • The Pie Hut
  • Pack River General Store
Museums
  • ​Boundary County Museum
  • Museum of North Idaho
  • Priest River Museum
  • Priest Lake Museum​
Entertainment
  • The Panida Theater
Outdoors
  • Schweitzer Mountain Resort
For current events and other things to do in and around Bonner County, visit www.sandpointonline.com, or contact the Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce.
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  • Home
  • About
    • Mission
    • Donors & Sponsors
    • Board & Staff
  • Support
    • Shop Museum Guild
    • Membership
    • Sponsorship
    • Volunteer
    • Donate an Artifact
  • Exhibits
  • Education
    • At Home with BCHS >
      • Connecting the Past to the Present
      • Publications
      • Young Explorers (0-10)
      • At Home Historians (11 and up)
      • Covid-19 Archive Submission Form
      • Podcast: North Idaho Nuggets
      • Historic Walking Tour
      • Historic Driving Tour
    • School Tours
    • Traveling Trunks
    • Collection Based Research
    • Project-Based Learning
    • Bonner County Story Collectors
  • Events
  • Research
    • Preservation
    • Object Identification
    • Newspapers of Bonner County
    • Railroad Collection
  • Visit