Jack's Urban Meeting Place, Community venue in Boise, Idaho, United States.
Jack's Urban Meeting Place is a venue in Boise with an outdoor amphitheater and multiple indoor spaces spread across a large property. The facility includes studio rooms for audio production, kitchen areas, craft workshops, dance studios, and meeting spaces available for visitors to use.
Planning began in 1999 as an agriculture museum for J. R. "Jack" Simplot, to show part of the 150 farm-equipment pieces he bought in 1998 from Oscar O. Cooke's collection. After Simplot died in 2008, the family foundation proposed a $100 million park and museum, which city planners rejected, as they did a combined museum and library plan. In 2012 the city approved a $70 million facility with a 57,000-square-foot building and the tractor exhibit, and JUMP opened in December 2015.
The place offers space for local artists, filmmakers, and performers who regularly hold events, workshops, and creative programs here. These gatherings bring together people from different parts of the community.
The place is equipped with free high-speed internet and offers various classes and activities including music, cooking, and dance classes along with craft programs. Visitors should check ahead to see which programs or classes are running during their visit.
The place incorporates vintage tractors from a private collection as display pieces and decorative elements that show how farm equipment changed over time. These machines are not housed in a separate museum but are scattered throughout the grounds, telling stories about innovation and craftsmanship.
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