Sacajawea Interpretive, Cultural and Educational Center
History Museum · Salmon, Idaho
Seventy-one acres on the edge of Salmon, in the Lemhi Valley, which is the homeland of the Agai'dika Shoshone-Bannock and the place Sacajawea was born. The centre tells her story from that starting point rather than from the expedition's - a Lemhi Shoshone girl taken from this valley as a child, and the woman the Corps of Discovery met years later and who recognised her own brother when they reached the Shoshone. There are interpretive buildings, a Heritage Community Garden, a children's garden and walking trails through the sagebrush, with the Beaverhead Mountains and the Continental Divide behind.
2700 Main Street, Salmon, Idaho, 83467, United States
⚠ THE INTERPRETIVE CENTRE IS OPEN DAILY FROM MEMORIAL DAY TO LABOR DAY AND CLOSED THE REST OF THE YEAR - this is the fact that decides the visit, and Salmon is four and a half hours from Boise. THE 71-ACRE PARK, THE GARDENS AND THE WALKING TRAILS ARE OPEN ALL YEAR AND ARE FREE, so an out-of-season visit is a good walk with a locked building and no restrooms. A modest admission applies to the centre in season. Shoshone-Bannock cultural demonstrations and staffed interpretation run through the summer on a schedule rather than continuously - check what is on before choosing a day. ⚠ IT IS ABOUT TWO MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN SALMON on Main Street; some mapping services place it west of town, which is wrong.
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