Welcome to the Herrett Center for Arts and Science

The Herrett Center for Arts and Science is a non-profit museum on the main campus of the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, Idaho, USA.  Its purpose is primarily educational, offering programs to elementary and secondary school students, CSI students, and the adult community of south-central Idaho.  The Center collects, preserves, interprets, and exhibits anthropological artifacts and natural history specimens with an emphasis on the prehistoric American continents.

Our collections management policy and five-year institutional plan are available for review (Adobe Acrobat documents).

Now showing

in the Faulkner Planetarium

Teachers: Download the new Educators' Guide to plan your 2020-21 Herrett Center field trip.

Herrett Forum Zoom Lecture
“The Milner Dam”

Brian Olmstead
General Director, Twin Falls Canal Co.
Tuesday, February 9^th, 7:30 PM.

Now in the
Jean B. King Gallery:
“String Theory”

Check out our new
Video Vault

Third graders and artists combine science and creativity in the new
Creating Critters Virtual Exhibit

Take a

virtual tour
of the Herrett Center

 

• Six galleries including fossils, ancient stone tools, and Native American cultural items

 

• Faulkner Planetarium
• Centennial Observatory

 

• Jean King Gallery of Contemporary Art
• Art collection

Museum Galleries

Rick Allen Room

Herrett Center Store