Featured Exhibits

The Rum Rebellion

Prohibition in North Idaho

June 17th to October 29th

From 1920 to 1933, the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol was illegal across the country. In the small towns of North Idaho, bootleggers and smugglers kept the region stocked with booze. The Rum Rebellion tells the story of how the panhandle of Idaho was anything but dry during during the nationwide prohibition.