Idaho Black History Museum

12/06/2025

Tonight at IBHM Doors open 6:30pm

Marshall Toomey’s paintings explore the Black American world through stories and portraits. He wants his colors to add life, not just color to his stories. During his residency, he will work to bring life to a historic event in the black history of Boise. He has chosen Elvina Moulton as his subjec...

08/04/2025

IBHM will be closed Aug.3 - Aug. 12
Reopening 10 AM August 13

06/19/2025

Juneteenth Hours
Open today 10am-2pm

02/08/2025

Join us Feb. 12 at the Idaho Black History Museum for Coffee with a Cop. Boise Police have a long partnership with the Idaho Black History Museum, and we appreciate them facilitating great gatherings with time for quality questions and answers. Our officers will be there from 11:30 to 1:00 and we encourage everyone to join us for a cup of coffee and conversation.

12/03/2024

12/03/2024

2025 marks the 26th year of IBHM. Idaho’s history stands in stark contrast to much of the nation. An absence of slavery, integration of schools in 1871, and Black homesteading afforded Blacks a unique opportunity in the absence of an existential threat. (Idaho never had a lynching of a Black person) Fast forward to today Idaho sits alone atop the topic of economic disparity across races…the only state in America where Blacks on average earn more than other races.

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11/05/2024

Closed for Election Day
“…one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty andjustice for all.”

10/30/2024

https://broncosports.com/news/2024/10/30/football-boises-broncos-have-been-built-different-for-over-eight-decades

Boise State football has always seemed to be ahead of its time. In 1949, Charles Schnagle – a student at then-Boise Junior College – advised Notre Dame head ...

10/19/2024

15th Amendment of The American Constitution

10/19/2024

On display
BSU Legacy of The First Black Student Athletes
BSU - Boise Junior College at the time - integrated college spots in 1945. Without the need for legal action or protest; simply a local kid playing for the local college. Aurelius “Buck” Buckner born, raised, and spending his life in Boise. His grandfather and great grandfather building Idaho’s first Black church, St. Paul , now the Idaho Black History Museum. Cherie Buckner-Webb, his oldest daughter.

02/08/2024

A brief look into the life of one of the most important figures of Black History. Frederick Douglass' little-known love for photography tells an interesting ...

12/05/2023

https://www.aaslh.org/annualconference/2023-small-museums-summit/

small But MIGHTY: the powerful resilience of SMALL museums: Virtual Summit December 5 - 6, 2023 $55 AASLH Members / $75 Nonmembers Register Here Small history organizations across the United States share history with local audiences in ways that are creative, educational, and