Museum of Rexburg — Attraction in Rexburg

One of Rexburg’s finest landmarks is the Rexburg Stake Tabernacle, a Romanesque Revival building from 1911.

This was the tabernacle for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before being sold off to the city in 1980.

In the basement is a museum for the Upper Snake River Historical Society, with a major exhibit about the devastating Teton Dam collapse of 1976, which left Rexburg underwater and resulted in the deaths of 11 people and the loss of 13,000 cattle.

The total damage estimates are $2 billion and the dam has never been reconstructed. You’ll see a line on the wall marking the high water mark as well as interesting artifacts from the event and the remarkable reconstruction of the city.

Also here is an old-fashioned one-room schoolhouse, home to the Rexburg Children’s Museum, which has lots of interactive displays and...

I attended a wonderful concert there by the Rexburg Tabernacle Orchestra last night. The concert was splendid. As a regular visitor to ID, I told my daughter the problem with her town is location, location, location. There are so many opportunities for cultural events as well as the bus service throughout the region, great services [Fybercom in IF] great tourism [Fort Hall to Yellowstone] etc. THAT is why so much growth is continuing! The concert was great, the Tabernacle is beautiful and extremely interesting to visit. Hence...

We went to the Quilt Show put on by the Museum of Rexburg. The quilts on display were not only beautiful but had almost every stitch exquisitely done by hand. The exhibit showcased both very old quilts, newer quilts, and hand irons through the ages. We had a wonderful adventure and the quilts...