Museum of Rexburg

The Rexburg Tabernacle. The Museum is in the basement of this building.

It is a huge blessing that I was able to find a job at the Museum of Rexburg. I've been working there since June, and it's always interesting, and I have wonderful coworkers. A large focus of the museum is the Teton Dam Flood, an event that happened in 1976, when a brand new dam, nearly filled for the first time, broke and a large area was flooded and severely damaged. During the summer we ran a mini escape room related to that disaster, and we are always working on photos, slides, newspapers etc. relating to it. 

My favorite part of the job is being able to work on the clothing collection held by the museum. I've been impressed by the clothing that people have worn in Rexburg since it was settled in 1883. It's a pretty rural spot, so it proves that people (especially women) have always found it important to be fashionable and beautiful. 

A beautiful early 1900s dress that got donated last year. I had a guimpe (a dicky-type thing) that I'm loaning to the museum while this piece is on display, so that it has that proper undershirt. This is the display at Christmas time. 

Another exciting project we were able to all work on for this past Veteran's Day was to catalog all the military uniforms that we had in our collection. Again, I was surprised by how many uniforms - especially from the 1st World War - we have in the museum. 

Studying a tunic from the early 1900s (pre-WWI)

The mini display with uniforms & a slideshow highlighting some of the Rexburg citizens who have fought in wars through the years. 

For winter this year, we all worked on a new display on winter sports & winter wear etc. in Rexburg through the years. It was a really fun project to work on. 

Vintage coats, skis, mittens, snow shoes & other winter delights.

For more information on the museum and the Tabernacle, check out this link.