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Contact: Annette Rousseau, 208-825-4169
JEROME, Ida. – Starting Labor Day Weekend (September 4, 2020), the Minidoka National Historic Site’s Visitor Center will be open for Fall hours: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 10am to 5pm. Please follow CDC COVID-19 guidance to keep you and others safe.
Guided tours will be available on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 11 a.m. (when weather and staffing permits) and will be limited to 15 visitors on a first-come-first-serve basis. Please make sure to bring water, sunscreen, a hat, and to have good walking shoes when touring the site. The visitor center is located at 1428 Hunt Road, Jerome, Idaho 83338.
Visitors can walk along the 1.6 mile trail and around historical buildings, such as the barrack and mess hall in Block 22 on a self-guided-tour from sunrise to sunset. There are outdoor exhibits on the trail allowing visitors to learn more about life at Minidoka and the history of why Americans were imprisoned by their own country during WWII. Please be aware of safety issues at the site regarding the wildlife as there are bees, snakes, and other animals.
Minidoka National Historic Site is located at 1428 Hunt Road in Jerome, Idaho— twenty miles northeast of Twin Falls, Idaho. Admission is free. For more information, please call (208) 825-4169, or visit the website at www.nps.gov/miin, or explore our Facebook page “Minidoka National Historic Site.”
The purpose of Minidoka National Historic Site is to provide opportunities for public education and interpretation of the exclusion and unjust incarceration of Nikkei—Japanese American citizens and legal residents of Japanese ancestry—in the United States during World War II. Minidoka National Historic Site protects and collaboratively manages resources related to the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Idaho and the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial in Washington State.
Last updated: August 18, 2020