Museum · East Boise
Old Idaho Penitentiary
2445 Old Penitentiary Rd, Boise 83712
The Old Idaho Penitentiary is a state historic site east of downtown Boise, a sandstone territorial prison that operated until 1973. Besides daytime tours it hosts a season of autumn evening events, from behind-the-scenes tours to its Halloween haunted-house nights.
Permanent exhibitions
- Cell houses of the territorial and state prison, in use from 1872 to 1973
- Solitary confinement block known as Siberia and the gallows area
- Women's Ward, built in 1920
- J. Curtis Earl Memorial Exhibit of Arms and Armor
- Prison life, escapes and notorious inmates
