POCATELLO — The Idaho Museum of Natural History will be opening a new exhibit — called “Going Fishing” on Friday, Aug 21.
The exhibit is designed to educate visitors about Idaho’s many types of fish, but also about fishermen.
“This exhibit presents Idaho’s fish in a way you’ve never seen before” said museum interim director Leif Tapanila in a press release. “Museum guests will experience a beautiful and interactive exhibit, while learning something new about Idaho’s native fish.”
The exhibit will feature Lonnie Hudso’s 38 Minus: The Idaho Fish Project. The project contains 38 variants of Idaho’s native fish done using life size 3D paper reliefs. The paper is hand made using natural Idaho materials like volcanic ash and plants. The project took Hudson over three years to complete.
Interactive touchscreens will also be placed in the exhibit to highlight features about the fish, Idaho’s waterways and historical fishing camps. “Even if you aren’t into fishing it still affects you”, said Becky Hansis-O’Neill, museum education specialist. “Fishing is a huge part of Idaho’s history.”
Museum employees have been working hard to finish the exhibit and make it exciting to visitors. Some employees even went as far as putting a camera in an empty fish tank so they could film fish swimming underwater, Hansis-O’Neill said.
The Museum will hold a party from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug 21, to celebrate the opening of the exhibit, that will include dinner, drinks, insights from exhibit creators, and Japanese Gyotaku fish prints.
Dinner party tickets, available at the door, are $10 for ages 12 and up, $5 for 11 and under and free for kids 3 and under.
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