Reviews of Canyon County Historical Nampa Train Depot Museum (Museum)

sun shine

Unfortunately the museum was closed the day I took my 4 yr old friend. We still enjoyed our day watching the trains from the well-maintained , albeit tiny , grounds near the tracks. The highlight of our afternoon was the conductor waving at my friend from the engine as he was hooking up cars. Nothing could have been more joyful to experience than the sheer delight I saw in his eyes , he felt so special . One simple gesture ..... Who'd a thought could mean so much??

Joe Shipley

Great place with a good collection of artifacts. Very knowledgeable employees/volunteers too!

Marianne Chandler

Great little county museum. Lots of interesting local tidbits. Kind of overwhelming to kids who are not familiar with the area, but they tried the best they could to explain what they had. Definitely a nostalgic trip for older folks!!!

Janice Tsai

There is so much history to learn here, about Nampa, about train, about native Americans, and people’s life in general. The museum staff, all volunteers, are so friendly and knowledgeable. It is touching and humbling to know that so many people devote their time, make tremendous efforts, and donate artifacts, to make this little-town museum possible and preserve its rich history.

Patrick Benson

Knowledgeable volunteers, nice collection. Would be nice for the community if it were county/city funded. They could do so much more.

nico pike

My son and I hang here, so he can checkout teains.

Charlotte McGuire

Great!

Danielle Raichel

Very nice staff, neat history, if you like history GO!

Debbie Lester

Good

Dakota Furrow

Love going back

Diane Barone

It was closed when we were there but it was beautiful from the outside

The VALLE Brothers and Co.

okayy

Becky Lee

Fun historical place

Angela Leas

Good place to take your kids

Kimberly Badigian

Historical Train Depot and museum very well kept . Wish Amtrak ran through here and they would open the train depot up here . Southern Pacific still runs through these tracks . I would think it would be possible for Amtrak to do the same.

Sheila Harris

Nicely done! A lot of kids but not much interactive things.

Jim C

Friendly konlageable staff.old.steem crane and caboose that can be gone inside of.

Mike Haines

Nice trains enjoyed it

Dora Carr

Great visit

Rich Morris

Awesome!

Risa Roe

Polar Express was so fun.

John Clemans

What a fantastic historical treasure, right in our own backyard. Great care has been taken to preserve what made our town into what we know our to be today. If you haven't been there, I highly recommend it.

Vickigeorge Stevens

$4 to get in and we had a private tour. All volunteers. They were great!

Cody Rayl

Worth a quick visit to checkout the historical museum and trains. The city has done a great job to preserve this building!

Lee Scott

They hosted an intimate Polar Express event complete with trains, Santa and elves.

Luna Knight

I am a history nerd so when I entered I was immediately entered into the past just by the entryway. The guides were really kind and knowladgable in the history of every object they have on display and even went and told some stories of their pasts of when they actually used to wait for the trains themselves and even some of the kitchen sets and how they used to actually have particular furniture in their childhood homes. I was even more interested when they went into the backstory of every item and how they came into the musium and how every object they have obtained all links back to when the train station used to not only have passengers in the form of people but also how it was a poular shipping yard just acrossed the tracks on the other side. Overall, the tour itself is unique in a way. I would recommend that anyone who wants to have a chance to have fun as well as learn that this would be great to go through and experience. With all they stories though just make sure you have at least 3 hours so you can experience everything there is to offer and at the end you actually get to sit in an old passenger car and see how it used to operate. I can't sing enough prase for this place and the people who run it.

Stewart Hyndman

Local history local charm

Chris Ocker

I was sceptical at first, but the tour was informative, fun, has great picture opportunities, and the restored caboose is awesome. Way worth the 3 dollar entry.

Kimberly Weese

This is a neat museum, especially if you have children who love trains. It doesn't take much time and had a couple of hands on activities.

Tony W

A great place to let the four legged kids run

bob weideman

Lots of history and things to look at

Daryn K

It's a neat building

Curtis Childers

Love local history thank you for upkeeping our history in idaho !!!

Elizabeth Lanier

The volunteers are very knowledgeable and it's great to see old artifacts and learn about the history of old Nampa

Lesnsid68@gmail.com Wright

the history and the helpful volunteers who were happy to show us the exhibition

Antonio Robles

its amazing

Lisa LeVangie-McClellan

Historic museum about trains and local Nampa history

Rick Wiley

Very interesting. Good tour.

Shellie

Beautiful

Jonathan Fischer

Nicely preserved

Josh Mercure

Learned a lot and from experience of historical experiences of Nampa and the trains

Anonymous -_-

Awsome

Grace Larson

Super awesome and insightful thing to do! I thoroughly enjoyed my full tour for only $2 with three of my friends. Definitely not a waste of time and a fun thing to do with friends and family