Idaho Potato Museum & Potato Station Cafe

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This is a fairly small but hugely fun museum! It's $12 to enter and has a dedicated parking lot. There's a café on one side and a gift shop on the other. In the middle is the museum. There's so much to learn from the history of the potato, to the importance to Idaho, to cool potato memorabilia. If you like anything potato related from fries to vodka you'll learn and appreciate something inside this museum.

I was visiting friends in Idaho for the first time and was asked what would I like to do. Having never been to Idaho I decided to look up top places to visit/go see and this museum was in the top 10 places to visit. Initially my friends scoffed at the idea of going (they have lived in Idaho Falls for five years and never bothered to stop by or go in) We were all impressed with the facts and figures of the famous Idaho potato presented at this small, quaint, quick museum I loved it Everything you would ever want to know about the potatoes we all love and enjoy (including the highly addictive fries at McDonald's 🍟) are presented at this museum At the end of the museum is a Cafe attached where you can order fresh potatoes in baked, fried, or tot form with all sorts of toppings or choose from their selection of the toppings of the day 😀 The museum was only $6 to visit for adults and well worth a stop Nice gift shop with cute potato inspired items/souvenirs I'm so glad we decided to take a look at this highly informative museum 😊

This is a very special museum to learn about Idaho's most famous products, potatoes. It is a small exhibition room but very informative. We were planning to have baked potatoes after the tour but they were out of it. They also have a great variety of potato souvenirs at the gift store, The ticket was $6 per person.

Nice little museum to stop at if you're in the area or driving thru. We were there over an hour but that's because we got waffle fries and tots to eat. They were out of baked potatoes which was a bummer. Some neat things in the museum, the "talking" potatoes in the basement were creepy! Nice employees. $6 per adult for the museum.

This museum is great. Very informative. They have videos that teach you things like how McDonalds makes their fries. Great collection of Mr Potato head toys and a wall of potato mashers. Definitely visit the cafe while you are there. We had the loaded baked potato, tots, hand cut fries with fry sauce and the best potato soup ever!! Worth a visit if you’re in the area.

We stopped at the potato museum in Blackfoot, Idaho. This is a simple, smaller, low tech museum. It’s small town and charming, not big budget. I’m surprised it’s not larger given the impact of potatoes on the state of Idaho. Here’s what I recommend 1. Take photos of the giant potato in front of the building. There’s a smart phone holder out front so you can take photos without someone holding the phone. 2. Visit the gift shop, pay for your tickets and enjoy the kitzch (spelling?). From potato soap to quirky potato peelers, there are a lot of fun items. The t-shirts could be much more fun than they are. 3. Watch the talking potatoes in the basement that put on a little show. 4. Don’t miss the virtual reality experience. My favorite was the virtual reality ride on a 🥔 harvester. There are just 2 headsets but worth the short ride. 5. Watch the the short film about McDonald’s french fries. And see the large potato chip. 6. Admire the potato masher display that’s artistic. 7. Go to the cafe and order a potato, fries or soup. Notice the potato print curtains. Beast potato ever! You get it within 5 mins and it’s piping hot with the noise divine fluffy soft inside. The potatoes are cooked at 400-500 degrees (there was some debate). Wrapped in foil. Cooked until soft and keep in a warmer at 140 degrees. Russset narcoda is the kind of potato. Don’t poke holes in them. We got a cupcake made with potatoes. Really good. I added sour cream, green onions, butter and tomatoes. So delicious!! And the waffle fries were incredible - fresh and hot. You can get ketchup and/or fry sauce. It’s very affordable too. Both the admission ($6 for adults) and the cafe. Take lots of photos. Overall, this could have a photo backdrop with a large potato inside. Displays of largest record breaking potatos. Am interactive display. Better more recent videos about the process and better games. It could be in a larger space. But it’s affordable and down home. Also there’s a great candy shop across the street with excellent ice cream (bubble gum with gummy bears, for example).

Really enjoyed the museum, gift shop and cafe, best fries ever. Wonderful folks running the business too. Really cute town.