Canyon County Historical Society's Nampa Train Depot Museum — Attraction in Nampa

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...

The palatial Nampa Depot is a preserved former passenger station, built in 1903 on the Oregon Short Line Railroad.

It’s a fine Eclectic building, combining Romanesque and Renaissance details, but predominantly neo-Baroque.

This served as a station until 1927, becoming offices for railroad employees, and then headquarters for the Canyon County Historical Society in 1973 after the organization campaigned against the depot’s demolition.

The society is staffed 100% by volunteers, and the museum, open mainly on weekends, is a treasure trove, filled with railroad artifacts and absorbing details about many aspects of Nampa’s past, from local businesses to Native...

As a society member and a member of the public, I went in to do research for a book on the Dewey's. I was denied access to the PUBLIC research room. Which was constructed and opened to the public via county funds in 2019-2020.

Ridiculous. Using public funds for a public project but never allowing the public access. Its not just me, I have heard from other researchers who have contacted the Society for research access and they never hear back. CCHS needs to be accountable to the...