Wine, Eats, & Artifacts

Join us for the year’s Wine, Eats, & Artifacts annual gala hosted by the Foundation for Idaho History. Proceeds from this year’s gala will fund special exhibitions and initiatives for the upcoming year.

The Idaho State Historical Society (ISHS) continues to build on our over 140-year legacy of preserving and promoting Idaho history. We have grown from our original charge of chronicling the state’s story to engaging Idahoans through inspiring educational services that empower their decision making. 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. As the nation honors this landmark moment, the Idaho State Museum is celebrating Idaho’s place in crafting a “more perfect union” through the collections of the ISHS with a new exhibition, Idaho: Turning Points.

Through Idaho: Turning Points, visitors will encounter our state’s founding moment through the original document appointing William H. Wallace governor of the newly created Idaho Territory. Explore a first-person pictorial account of the quest for life liberty and happiness evidenced in a cash book carried through the 1877 Flight of the Nez Perce. Discover Idaho’s role in the story of suffrage through a banner crafted by the women of Eastern Idaho during their landmark campaign for the vote. These objects and more will help tell Idaho’s story, an American tale, and ask visitors how they too fit into the revolutionary narrative of our nation.

Featured artifacts:

• Encounter our state’s founding moment through the original document appointing William H. Wallace, governor of the newly created Idaho Territory. This document symbolizes Idaho’s definition as a geopolitical entity becoming its own territory and establishing the future state that would soon be part of our “more perfect union.”
• Explore a Nez Perce, first-person pictorial account of the quest for life, liberty, and happiness evidenced in a cash book carried through the 1877 Flight of the Nez Perce.
• Discover Idaho’s role in the story of suffrage through a banner crafted in 1897 by the women of Eastern Idaho during their landmark campaign for the vote.
• Experience rock and roll history by examining the guitar from the band Paul Revere and the Raiders. Signed by all members of the band in 2013 and was auctioned off in a benefit for Idaho D.J. “Big Jack” after he suffered a stroke. Started by Paul Revere Dick of Caldwell, Idaho, the rock band Paul Revere and the Raiders topped the charts. Its members never forgot their Gem State origins, and Paul was known as the “Mad Man of Rock and Roll” until he died in 2014.
• Appreciate the loving cup awarded to the state of Idaho in 1903 for “Best Fruit Grown under Irrigation.” This artifact represents the state’s leadership in agriculture and its role in feeding a nation through dryland irrigation.
• Admire Thomas Neibauer’s Medal of Honor and uniform jacket. Neibauer was the first member of the LDS community and the first person from the State of Idaho to receive the Medal of Honor for valiant service in WWI. A physical representation of Idahoan’s heroic military service during the First World War. This serves as a touchpoint for a significant shift in American life as the nation engaged in WWI.

This event would not be possible without support from our generous events sponsors, LKV Architects, Idaho Central Credit Union, and Albertsons.