Plan Your Visit
Explore artifacts and natural history, learn with hands-on activities, delve into active research and astronomy, or enjoy a show in Idaho's largest planetarium.
Upcoming Events
Herrett Forum
📅 Tuesday, April 14th | ⏰ 6:30 p.m. | Free admission
"Growth and Identity: How Migration is Reshaping Idaho" by Dr. Jaap Vos, University of Idaho
Dr. Vos details Idaho’s dramatic demographic shifts driven by an influx of newcomers and a steady outflow of longtime residents. A decade of vehicle registration and driver’s license data demonstrates that more than a quarter of Idaho’s population have relocated from places like California, Washington, and Utah, while many Idahoans also leave each year, reshaping communities' economies, political views, and planning needs. Vos further urges local officials and residents to focus on understanding and managing demographic change to guide the state’s future.
Reptile Revue
1st & 3rd Tuesdays | 6 PM – 7 PM | FREE
Get up close and personal with some of the coolest cold-blooded residents of the Herrett Center! Reptile Revue happens twice a month and gives you the chance to meet our fascinating reptiles, learn fun facts, and even interact with them in a safe and educational setting.
Upcoming Reptile Revue Events:
April 21st
May 5th and 19th
Student Art Show
Tuesday, April 21st
🕐 7 p.m. | 💵 Free to the Public
Check out the opening of the annual Student Art Show! College of Southern Idaho students spend the year creating a variety of pieces - then select their favorites to display.
Stories Under the Stars with the Twin Falls Public Library
Wednesday, April 22nd
🕐 6 p.m. | 💵 Free (Limited to 144 participants)
Join the Twin Falls Public Library and the Herrett Center for a special storytime under the stars. Stories will be projected across the Planetarium screen.
The stories will be followed by a live sky tour.
Orton will also be here with information about their gardens.
Astronomy Day
📅 Saturday, April 25th | ⏰ 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. & 9:00 to 11:00 p.m.
Join us for an annual celebration of all things "space."
- 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Space and astronomy make-and-take activities (including water bottle rockets) in the Rick Allen Room, and solar viewing in the Centennial Observatory
- 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. - Telescope viewing in the Centennial Observatory
Monthly Free Star Party
📅 Saturday, May 9th | ⏰ 9:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
📍 Centennial Observatory
Join us under the stars for our Monthly Free Star Party at the Centennial Observatory!
You can view:
- Venus (before 9:45 PM)
- Jupiter
- Deep-sky targets (star clusters, nebulae, galaxies)
- Moonless sky
Field Trips and Group Tours
Field trips and educational group events are welcome! Choose from our tour options or request a custom theme when you book a field trip.
Accessibility
The Herrett Center for Arts & Science is committed to making our collections, building, programing, and services accessible to all audiences.
Open Caption is available for most Faulkner Planetarium Shows. To request this service, please let the cashier at the front desk know when purchasing tickets.
The Centennial Observatory features one of the world’s largest fully wheelchair-accessible public telescopes. An elevator takes visitors up to the observatory space, once there, a wheelchair elevator is available to take visitors with limited mobility to the observatory deck. The ARE-125, an optical “periscope” designed by DFM, allows unprecedented access to the telescope for wheelchair-bound or limited-mobility visitors.
For questions concerning accessibility prior to your visit, please call the Herrett Center front desk at 208-732-6655.
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