List of museums in Utah

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This list of museums in Utah encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries. (Websites are listed for museums with no existing articles.) Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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NameImageTown/cityCountyArea of studySummary
Alf Engen Ski Museum Utah Olympic Park museum.jpg Park City Summit Sports website, ski equipment and memorabilia, 2002 Winter Olympics
Alice Gallery Salt Lake City Salt Lake Art website, works by Utah artists, operated by the Utah Arts Council at the Glendinning Mansion
American Fork DUP Museum American Fork Utah HistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history and historic cabin [1] [2]
American West Heritage Center Wellsville Cache Open air website, four themed areas: Shoshone encampment, Mountain man camp, pioneer family settlement, 1917 farm, summer living history programs, Cache Valley Cultural History Museum
Anasazi State Park Museum Anasazi Indian State Park.jpg Boulder Garfield Native AmericanAncient Native American village and museum with excavated artifacts
Arches National Park Arches NP, Utah 8-25-12 (7993182221).jpg Moab Grand Natural historyVisitor center exhibits about the geology, prehistory and natural history of the park
Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum BYU MLBM.jpg ProvoUtahNatural historyPart of Brigham Young University, dioramas and displays of animals, birds, butterflies, shells
Bear River City DUP Museum Bear River City Box Elder HistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, historic log cabin, open by appointment [1]
Beaver DUP Court House Museum Old Beaver County Ut courthouse.jpg Beaver Beaver HistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, historic courthouse with pioneer relics [1]
Beehive House Beehive House - Salt Lake City, Utah - 2 May 2020.jpg Salt Lake CitySalt LakeHistoric houseOfficial residence of Brigham Young and family
Benson Grist Mill Benson Grist Mill Utah.jpeg Stansbury Park Tooele Open airLate 19th-century grist mill, blacksmith shop and pioneer cabin
Bicknell DUP Museum Bicknell Utah DUP Museum.jpeg Bicknell Wayne HistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts, open by appointment [1]
Big Water Visitor Center Big Water Visitor Center.JPG Big Water Kane Natural historyInterprets the fossils and geology of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument area, operated by the Bureau of Land Management [3]
Bingham Canyon Mine Visitors Center Bingham Canyon Salt LakeMiningOverlook and exhibits about the Bingham Canyon Mine, a copper mine
Bluff Fort Bluff San Juan Open air website, original and replica buildings of the town's first settlement
Bountiful Davis Art Center Bountiful Davis Art website, regional community art center
Bountiful Historical MuseumBountifulDavisHistory website, local history, operated by the Bountiful Historical Preservation Foundation
Box Elder County DUP Cabin Brigham City Box ElderHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts in a restored log cabin [1]
Box Elder Museum Brigham CityBox ElderNatural History website, fossils and minerals from Box Elder County and around the world
Brathwaite Fine Arts Gallery Cedar City Iron Art website, part of Southern Utah University, located on the ground floor in the Braithwaite Liberal Arts Center building
Brigham City Museum-Gallery Brigham City Museum.jpeg Brigham CityBox ElderMultipleHistoric period room displays, changing exhibits of art, photography and culture
Brigham Young University Museum of Art MOA North entrance.JPG Provo UtahArtCollections emphasis on American art from the late 18th century to the present, including painting, photography, prints and sculpture
Brigham Young Winter Home and Office Brigham Young's winter home St George.jpg St. George Washington Historic houseMid-19th-century period home of Brigham Young
Browning-Kimball Classic Car Museum Ogden Weber Automotive website, located in Union Station, auto examples of the Golden Age of motorcar history, antique gas station pumps, model cars, Utah license plates
Bryce Canyon National Park Bryce Canyon visitors center.jpg Bryce GarfieldNatural historyVisitor center exhibits about the geology, plants and wildlife of the park
Bryce Museum BryceGarfieldNatural history website, wildlife dioramas of animals from around the world
BYU Legacy Hall ProvoUtahSports website, Brigham Young University athletes, trophies, uniforms, memorabilia
BYU Museum of Paleontology ProvoUtahNatural historyPart of Brigham Young University, dinosaurs, fossils, rocks, minerals
Cache County DUP Museum Logan CacheHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, mountain man and early pioneer relics [1]
CAF Utah Wing Air Museum Heber CAF Museum Open House.jpg Heber City Wasatch Aviation website, WW II and other historic aircraft and WW II artifacts and displays, formerly the Heber Valley Aero Museum, operated by the Commemorative Air Force Utah Wing
Camp Belknap DUP Museum White Rock Schoolhouse Elsinore Utah.jpeg Elsinore Sevier Historic houseOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment [1]
Camp Christine DUP Cabin Redmond SevierHistoric houseOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, pioneer log cabin [1]
Camp Clear Creek DUP Museum Joseph SevierHistoric houseOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, pioneer log cabin [1]
Camp Floyd / Stagecoach Inn State Park and Museum Stagecoach Inn, Fairfield, Utah - 23 Jun 2015.jpg Fairfield UtahMilitaryMid-19th-century U.S. Army post
Cannonville Visitor Center Cannonville GarfieldHistoryOperated by the Bureau of Land Management, natural and cultural history of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument area [4]
Capitol Reef National Park Fruita Schoolhouse.jpeg Torrey Wayne MultipleIncludes visitor center exhibits about the park's natural and cultural history, Fruita Schoolhouse and Gifford Homestead
Cedar City DUP MuseumCedar CityIronHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts [1]
Centerville Cabin DUP Museum Centerville DavisHistoric houseOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, log cabin, open twice a year and by appointment [1]
CUACSalt Lake CitySalt LakeArt website, artist-run contemporary art center
Charles Penrose Cabin DUP Museum Farmington DavisHistoric houseOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, historic cabin, open by appointment [1]
Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts Chase Home Salt Lake City Utah.jpeg Salt Lake CitySalt LakeArtNative American, ethnic, rural folk art from Utah
Chieftain Museum Chieftain Museum Santaquin Utah.jpeg Santaquin UtahHistory website, local history, period room and business displays, located in a former high school
Church History Museum Church History Museum - Salt Lake City, Utah - 2 May 2020.jpg Salt Lake CitySalt LakeReligiousFormerly the Museum of Church History and Art, history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Clark Planetarium Clark Planetarium Exterior Composited.JPG Salt Lake CitySalt LakeScienceScience and astronomy exhibits, planetarium and IMAX theater
Classic Cars International Salt Lake CitySalt LakeAutomotive website, automobile showroom and museum
Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry entrance.jpg Cleveland Emery Natural historyWorking dinosaur quarry and visitor center
Corrine Historical Society Museum Corinne Box ElderHistory information, local history, open by appointment
Cove Fort Cove Fort (Utah) east side panorama 3 June 2010.jpg Cove Fort Millard HistoryRestored mid-19th-century fort, stagecoach stop and cabin
Covey Center for the Arts ProvoUtahArt website, performing arts center with art gallery
Crandall Historical Printing Museum ProvoUtahMedia website, different methods of printing and its impact on society, founded by Louis E. Crandall
Dan O'Laurie Museum of Moab Dan O'Laurie Museum Moab Utah.jpeg MoabGrandMultiple website, local history, prehistoric artifacts, fossils, uranium mining and minerals
Daughters of Utah Pioneers MuseumProvoUtahHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history [1]
Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum and Log Cabin Tooele Utah Courthouse.jpeg Tooele TooeleHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history, pioneer artifacts, log cabin, adjacent to the Tooele Pioneer Museum
David O. McKay Home Huntsville WeberHistoric house [5]
Delta DUP Museum Delta MillardHistoric houseOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, McCullough Log Cabin, open by appointment [1]
The Dinosaur Museum Tarbosaurus.jpeg Blanding San JuanNatural history website, dinosaur sculptures, fossils, skeletons, eggs, footprints
Dinosaur National Monument Dinosaur National Monument-inside the Dinosaur Quarry building.jpeg Vernal Uintah Natural historyDinosaur fossils
Discovery Gateway Discovery Gateway - The Garden.jpg Salt Lake CitySalt LakeChildren'sFormerly the Children's Museum of Utah
Donner-Reed Pioneer Museum Donner-Reed Museum Grantsville Utah.jpeg Grantsville TooeleHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, artifacts of the Donner Party
Draper Historical Society Museum Draper Salt LakeHistory website, local history
Eccles Dinosaur Park OgdenWeberNatural history website, dinosaur museum, life-sized sculptures and working laboratory
Echo Church & Museum EchoUtahChurch.jpg Echo SummitHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers [6] [1]
Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum BlandingSan JuanNative AmericansIncludes Anasazi pottery and artifacts, ruins of an authentic Puebloan village, changing exhibits of art, photography and culture
Emery County Pioneer Museum CastleDaleUtah.jpeg Castle Dale EmeryHistoryPeriod room displays, pioneer artifacts [7]
Escalante DUP Camp Museum Escalante GarfieldHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment [1]
Escalante Interagency Visitor Center EscalanteGarfieldNatural historyOperated by the Bureau of Land Management, natural and cultural history of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument area [8]
Fairview Museum of History and Art Fairview Sanpete Multiple website, local history, natural history, art, fossils, antique collections
Fanny Powell Cropper DUP MuseumDeltaMillardHistoric houseOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1]
Farmington Historical Museum Farmington Tithing Office Farmington Utah.jpeg FarmingtonDavisHistoryLocal history, operated by the Farmington Historical Society [9]
Fielding Garr Ranch Antelope Island State Park Ranch.jpg Syracuse DavisHistoric housePart of Antelope Island State Park, historic ranch and outbuildings
Finch Lane GallerySalt Lake CitySalt LakeArt website, operated by the Salt Lake City Arts Council in the Art Barn
Fine Arts CenterBrigham CityBox ElderPuppetry website, includes The World of Puppetry Museum
Fort Buenaventura Fort Buenaventura replica - 17 April 2021.jpg OgdenWeberMilitaryReplicas of the 19th-century stockade and cabins
Fort Douglas Military Museum Fort Douglas Military Museum - Salt Lake City, Utah - 15 May 2022.jpg Salt Lake CitySalt LakeMilitaryHistory of the mid-19th-century military garrison and Utah military history
Fountain Green DUP Museum & Old Tithing House Fountain Green SanpeteHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] open by appointment
Francis DUP Museum Francis SummitHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1]
Fremont DUP Museum Fremont Wayne HistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] pioneer artifacts, open by appointment
Fremont Indian State Park and Museum Fremont Indian State Park museum Utah.jpeg SevierNative AmericanArtifacts, petroglyphs, and pictographs of the Fremont culture
Frontier Homestead State Park Museum Cedar CityIronOpen airFormerly Iron Mission State Park Museum, pioneer iron mining and industry, farming equipment, pioneer household, historic cabins
Gale Center of History & Culture South Jordan Salt LakeMultiple website, includes period home and business displays, household items, quilts, dugout, granary, farm machinery
Gallery East Price Carbon Art website, part of the Utah State University Eastern
George F. Freestone Boy Scout MuseumProvoUtahScoutingMay no longer exist [10]
Glenwood DUP Museum Glenwood SevierHistoric houseOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] open by appointment, pioneer log cabin
Golden Spike National Historic Site GoldenSpike UP119.JPG Promontory Box ElderRailroadCommemorates the completion of the first transcontinental railroad
Goulding's Lodge Goulding's Lodge 01.jpg Oljato-Monument Valley San JuanHistoryHistoric lodge, restaurant and gift shop, with museum in the original trading post about the area and its history
Grantsville DUP Museum Anderson-Clark Farmstead Grantsville Utah.jpeg GrantsvilleTooeleHistory website, located in the J. Reuben Clark Home, local history and pioneer artifacts
Great Basin Museum DeltaMillardMultiple website, local history, geology, fossils, prehistory, Topaz War Relocation Center exhibit
Hatch DUP Museum Hatch GarfieldHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] open by appointment
Hellenic Cultural Museum Salt Lake CitySalt LakeEthnicGreek culture and immigration in Utah, operated by the Hellenic Cultural Association in Holy Trinity Cathedral
Henefer DUP Museum Henefer SummitHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] pioneer cabin with historic artifacts
Heritage Museum of Layton Layton Utah Heritage Museum.jpeg Layton DavisHistory website, local history
Highland DUP Museum Highland UtahHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] pioneer cabin and artifacts, open by appointment
Hill Aerospace Museum B-1B at Hill AFB Museum.jpg Hill Air Force Base WeberAerospaceU.S. Air Force museum with historic aircraft, munitions, equipment, vehicles
Historic Pioneer Relic Hall DUP Museum Alpine UtahHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] local history [11]
Historic Wendover Airfield Historic Wendover Airfield Museum.jpg Wendover TooeleAviation website, history of Wendover Air Force Base
Hogan Cabin DUP Museum Woods Cross DavisHistoric houseOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] open by appointment, log cabin with pioneer furnishings
Huck's Museum and Trading PostBlandingSan JuanNative AmericanIncludes arrowheads, beads, pendants, and pottery of the Anasazi culture [12] [13]
Hurricane Valley Pioneer Heritage Park and Museum Hurricane Utah Pioneer Museum.jpeg Hurricane WashingtonHistoryLocal history [14] [15]
Hutchings Museum of Natural and Cultural History Old Lehi Utah City Hall.jpeg Lehi UtahMultiple website, includes Western history, rocks, minerals, fossils, shells, stuffed birds, eggs, Native American artifacts, pioneer items, and Wild West guns and memorabilia
Hyrum City Museum Hyrum CacheHistory website, local history
International Model Car Builders' MuseumSalt Lake CitySalt LakeSports website, information, open by appointment, displays model cars tracing the development of craftsmanship and history of the hobby
Jacob Hamblin House Jacob Hamblin Home.jpg Santa Clara WashingtonHistoric houseEarly 19th-century period home of Mormon pioneer Jacob Hamblin
John Carver Cabin/Plain City DUP Museum Plain City WeberHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] open by appointment, pioneer artifacts
John Jarvie Ranch Browns Park Daggett Historic house website, information, late 19th-century ranch and outbuildings, operated by the Bureau of Land Management in Browns Park [16]
John M. Browning Firearms Museum OgdenWeberMilitary website, weapons, located in Union Station, features original models of firearms designed by John M. Browning including rifles, shotguns, pistols, machine guns and cannons
John Patten DUP Museum Manti SanpeteHistoric house website, operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] open by appointment
John Wesley Powell River History Museum Green River EmeryMultiple website, early Indians, mountain men, explorers, river rafter's hall of fame, art gallery
Juab County DUP Museum Juab County DUP Museum Nephi Utah.jpeg Nephi Juab HistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers [1]
Island in the Sky Visitor Center MoabGrandNatural historyGeology, natural history of Canyonlands National Park
Kamas DUP Museum Kamas SummitHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] open by appointment
Kanab Heritage Museum Kanab KaneLocal history website, includes late 19th-century Heritage House, museum with pioneer and Native American artifacts, household items, photos, kitchen items, quilts, clothing, textiles, toys and dolls, military uniforms and artifacts
Kanab Visitor Center KanabKaneHistoryOperated by the Bureau of Land Management, archaeology and geology of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument area [17]
Kimball Art Center Park CitySummitArt website
Laketown DUP Relic Hall Laketown Rich HistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] open by appointment
Lehi DUP Museum Lehi UtahHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] open by appointment
The Leonardo Leonardo Exterior.jpg Salt Lake CitySalt LakeMultipleScience, art and culture
Levan DUP Museum Levan JuabHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers [1]
Lewiston-Wheeler Log Cabin Lewiston CacheHistoric houseOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] open by appointment
Loa DUP Museum Loa Tithing Office Loa Utah.jpeg Loa Wayne HistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] pioneer artifacts, open by appointment
Magna Ethnic & Mining Museum Magna Salt LakeEthnic website, minority stories of Utah's mine workers and European transplants, located in a restored JCPenney building
Mapleton Heritage Museum Mapleton UtahHistoryLocal history, open by appointment [18]
Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw GalleryOgdenWeberArt website, part of Weber State University, located in the Kimball Visual Arts Building, contemporary art of local, regional, and nationally recognized artists, including new work
Maynard Dixon Summer Home and Studio Maynard Dixon Home in Mount Carmel.jpg Mount Carmel KaneHistoric houseHome and studio of artist Maynard Dixon
McQuarrie Pioneer Museum St. GeorgeWashingtonHistory website, operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history
Midvale Museum Midvale Salt LakeHistoryLocal history, operated by the Midvale Historical Society [19] [20]
Midway DUP Museum Heber City Wasatch HistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] open by appointment
Miller Motorsports Park Erda TooeleAutomotiveIncludes the Larry H. Miller Total Performance Museum with classic cars and vintage racing cars, posters, memorabilia
Moab DUP Museum Moab LDS Church Moab Utah.jpeg MoabGrandHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] local history
Moab Museum of Film and Western Heritage Moab Grand Media website, located at the Red Cliffs Lodge where many movies were shot, features early cowboy ranching and local movie memorabilia
Monticello DUP Museum Monticello San JuanHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers [1]
Monticello Frontier MuseumMonticelloSan JuanHistoryLocal history [21] [22]
Monroe DUP Museum Monroe SevierHistoric houseOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] open by appointment, 1886 William Cordingley Cabin
Moqui Cave KanabKaneNatural historyCave and museum with fluorescent minerals, Native American artifacts and dinosaur tracks, gift shop
Morgan County DUP Museum Morgan Morgan HistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] open by appointment
Mt. Nebo Pioneer Memorial Relic Home Mona JuabHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] historic log cabin, open by appointment
Mt. Pleasant Pioneer Museum & Relic Home Seeley House Mt Pleasant Utah.jpeg Mount Pleasant SanpeteHistoric house website
Murray City Museum Murray Salt LakeHistory website, local history
Museum of Mormon History of the AmericasProvoUtahReligious website, history of Mormonism in Mexico
Museum of Ancient Life, Thanksgiving Point Museum AL dinosaur.jpg LehiUtahNatural historyDinosaur skeletons, fossils, rocks and minerals; part of Thanksgiving Point
Museum of Natural Curiosity, Thanksgiving Point LehiUtahChildren'sFive exhibit areas: Rainforest, Waterworks, Kidopolis, Children's Discovery Garden, and Traveling Exhibits; part of Thanksgiving Point
Museum of Peoples and Cultures 1986.18.1.1(5) human effigy jar from Casas Grandes..JPG Provo Utah MultipleBrigham Young University's primary museum of anthropology, archaeology and ethnology
Museum of the San Rafael Swell MuseumOfTheSanRafael.jpg Castle Dale EmeryNatural history website, dinosaurs, wild animals, early humans
Myton Memories Museum Myton Duchesne HistoryLocal history, open by appointment [23] [24]
Natural History Museum of Utah Natural History Museum of Utah.jpg Salt Lake CitySalt LakeNatural historyPart of the University of Utah, Utah's natural history and anthropology, including dinosaurs and fossils, gems and minerals, Utah's five First Nations, weather, climate, astronomy, geology
Nielsen's Grove Museum Orem UtahHistoric house website, replica Danish pioneer home and park
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art LoganCacheArtPart of Utah State University, focus is modern and contemporary art of the American West
Old Bell School DUP Museum & Log Cabin Pleasant Grove UtahHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] local history
Ophir Historic District Ophir TooeleOpen airRestored historic buildings, including homes, a post office, a train with period antiques, a shoe shop and an ore wagon [25] [26]
Oquirrh Mountain Mining MuseumTooeleTooeleMining website, part of the Deseret Peak Complex, open by appointment, old mines, current mines, and reclamation practices of area gold and copper mines [27]
Orderville Kane County DUP Museum Orderville Utah DUP museum.jpg Orderville KaneHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] [28]
Orem Heritage Museum OremUtahHistory website, local history, located in the SCERA Center for the Arts
Ott Planetarium OgdenWeberSciencePart of Weber State University
Panguitch DUP Camp Museum Panguitch GarfieldHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers [1]
Park City Museum Park City Museum in Park City Utah.JPG Park CitySummitHistory website, local history
Parowan Old Rock Church Museum Parowan Utah Church.jpg Parowan IronHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers [1]
Peteetneet Museum and Cultural Arts Center Peteetneet School.jpg Payson UtahMultipleLocal history, Victorian room displays, art, Western sculpture, clothing
Petrolania MuseumProvoUtahAutomobileLocated at AAA Lakeside Storage, includes antique gas pumps, an antique Texaco Gas station, gas station signs, antique cars, automotive memorabilia [29] [30]
Pilot Peak DUP Museum Enterprise WashingtonHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] open by appointment
Pioneer Memorial Museum Pioneer Memorial Museum Salt Lake City Utah.jpg Salt Lake CitySalt LakeHistory website, also known as the DUP Museum, main museum of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Pioneer Relic Hall DUP Museum Richmond Utah Tithing Office.jpeg Richmond CacheHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer and Native American artifacts [1]
Pioneer Village Pioneer Village Blacksmith.jpg FarmingtonDavisOpen airPart of Lagoon Amusement Park, reconstruction of a typical late 1800s frontier community
Pope House Museum Duchesne Duchesne Historic house [31]
Price DUP Museum Price Carbon HistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, [1] Leander and Grimes log cabins with historic artifacts, open by appointment
Provo Pioneers Village Provo Pioneer Museum.JPG ProvoUtahOpen air website, pioneer buildings and furnishings, wagons, tools, farm implements, blacksmith shop and ox shoer
Randolph DUP Relic Hall Randolph Rich HistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, log home with historic artifacts [1]
Richfield Pioneer Relic Hall Richfield SevierHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, log cabin with pioneer artifacts [1]
Rio Gallery Salt Lake CitySalt LakeArtArt, photography and crafts by Utah artists, operated by the Utah Arts Council in the lobby of the Rio Grande Station
Robert F. Aldous Cabin Aldous Cabin Huntsville Utah.jpeg Huntsville WeberHistoric house19th-century log cabin [5]
Rosenbruch Wildlife Museum St. GeorgeWashingtonNatural history website, wildlife dioramas, insect collection, wildlife art gallery
Round Valley Camp DUP Museum Scipio Utah town hall.jpeg Scipio MillardHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment [1]
S&S Shortline Railroad Park & Museum FarmingtonDavisRailroadFeatures over 90 engines and rail cars, museum, two different gauge railroads to ride
Sagwich Camp Paradise DUP Museum Paradise Utah Tithing Office.jpeg Paradise CacheHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment [1]
Salem DUP Museum Salem UtahHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, log cabin, open by appointment [1]
Salina Historical Museum Salina Utah Presbyterian Church.jpeg Salina SevierHistory information, local history
Salina Pioneer Relic HallSalinaSevierHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, pioneer artifacts [1]
Sandy Museum Sandy Co-op.JPG Sandy Salt LakeHistoryLocal history, a look at life in the late 1800s. Admission is free.
Sears Art Museum Gallery St. GeorgeWashingtonArt website, part of Utah Tech University's Eccles Fine Arts Center, features six exhibits each year, offering a variety of art styles from traditional to contemporary
SEGO Art Center ProvoUtahArt website
Silver Reef Museum Wells Fargo Silver Reef HABS UT1pv.jpg Silver Reef WashingtonHistoryMuseum and tours of the late 19th-century ghost town
Snook's Dream Cars Hanna Duchesne Automobile website, recreated 1940s era Texaco gas station, showroom of automobile memorabilia and a car collection presented within period scenes ranging from a 1930s general store to a racetrack from the 1960s
Snow College Art Gallery Ephraim SanpeteArt website
Sorensen Home Museum Draper Salt LakeHistoric house website, 1890s period house
South County DUP Museum Payson UtahHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers [1]
Spanish Fork DUP Museum Spanish Fork UtahHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history [1]
Spring City-Canal Creek DUP Spring City SanpeteHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers [1]
Springville Museum of Art Springville Utah Museum of Art.jpeg Springville UtahArtFocus is Utah art
Springville-Mapleton Pioneer Museum Springville Utah Carnegie Library.jpeg SpringvilleUtahHistory website, operated by volunteers and the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history [1]
Sterling DUP Museum Sterling SanpeteHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment [1]
St. George Art Museum St. GeorgeWashingtonArt website, art from Utah and the Southwest
St. George Children's Museum SGCM.jpg St. George, Utah WashingtonChildren's
St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm St. GeorgeWashingtonNatural history website, dinosaur tracks, fossil fish, plants, rare dinosaur remains, invertebrates traces and sedimentary structures
Summit County Historical Museum Summit County Courthouse Coalville Utah.jpeg Coalville SummitHistory website, local history
Syracuse DUP Museum Syracuse Utah DUP museum.jpeg Syracuse DavisHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment [1]
Syracuse Museum & Cultural Center Syracuse Utah museum.jpeg SyracuseDavisHistory website, local history, period room and farm displays, household items
Taylorsville Bennion Heritage Center Taylorsville Salt LakeHistoric house website, 19th-century period house
Teasdale DUP Museum Teasdale Wayne HistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts, open by appointment [1]
Temple Square Visitor Centers LDS north visitors center exterior.jpg Salt Lake CitySalt LakeReligiousTwo visitor centers that provide tours of the area buildings, exhibits about the LDS church’s humanitarian efforts, prophets, Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, history of the Salt Lake Temple [32]
Territorial Statehouse State Park Museum Territorial Statehouse in Fillmore Utah.jpg Fillmore MillardHistoryState history, pioneer artifacts, two restored cabins and a schoolhouse
This Is the Place Heritage Park This Is The Place Heritage Park.jpg Salt Lake CitySalt LakeOpen airIncludes heritage village and Native American village, living history demonstrations
Tintic Mining Museum Tintic Mining Museum Eureka Utah.jpeg Eureka JuabMiningHistoric mining tools, mining relics, minerals, and other historical artifacts [33] [34]
Tooele Pioneer Museum Tooele Utah Carnegie Library.jpeg Tooele TooeleHistoryLocal history, pioneer artifacts, adjacent to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum and Log Cabin
Tooele Valley Railroad Museum Tooele Utah Railroad Complex.jpeg Tooele TooeleRailroadLocomotives and equipment from the Tooele Valley Railway, other local railroads, smelting and mining artifacts
Topaz Museum Topaz Museum site in Delta, Utah (20494680162).jpg DeltaMillardHistory website, planned museum about the Topaz War Relocation Center
Treehouse Museum OgdenWeberChildren's website
Tremonton Firefighting Museum Tremonton Box ElderFirefighting website
Uintah County DUP Museum Vernal Tithing Office Vernal Utah.jpeg Vernal UintahHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts [1]
Uintah County Heritage Museum VernalUintahHistory website, local history
USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum Raptorfull.jpg Price Carbon Natural historyDinosaurs, Fremont culture, Utah’s Ice Age ecology and Paleoindian presence
USU Galleries Logan CacheArt website, galleries of the Caine School of the Arts of Utah State University
USU Museum of Anthropology LoganCacheAnthropologyPart of Utah State University, includes Native American, Meso-American, Egyptian, and ancient Near Eastern artifacts
Utah Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum OgdenWeberHistory website, includes the Utah Cowboy Hall of Fame, honors artists, champions, entertainers, musicians, ranchers, and writers who have promoted the western life style; located in Union Station
Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum VernalUintahNatural historyDinosaurs, fossils, geology, natural history, Utah's Fremont culture and Ute tribe artifacts
Utah State Firefighters MuseumTooele Tooele Firefighting website, part of the Deseret Peak Complex, vintage fire vehicles and equipment [35] [36]
Utah Governor's Mansion Kearns Mansion Salt Lake City.jpeg Salt Lake CitySalt LakeHistoric house
Utah House Kaysville DavisEnvironment website, sustainable building demonstration and education center located at the Utah Botanical Center
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art Salt Lake CitySalt LakeArtExhibits groundbreaking contemporary artwork by local, national, and international artists in four galleries, formerly known as the Salt Lake Art Center
Utah Museum of Fine Arts Utah Museum of Fine Arts.jpeg Salt Lake CitySalt LakeArtPart of the University of Utah, collections include African, Oceanic and the New World, Asian, European, American, and the Ancient and Classical World
Utah Southern Railroad Depot Museum Lehi, Utah RR Station.jpg LehiUtahRailroadAlso known as Lehi Railroad Depot Museum
Utah State Capitol Utah State Capitol Feb2009.jpg Salt Lake CitySalt LakeHistory
Utah State Railroad Museum UnionStationOgden.jpeg OgdenWeberRailroadLocated in Union Station [37]
Wasatch County DUP Museum Heber City WasatchHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment [1]
Washington City Museum Washington Utah City Museum.jpeg Washington WashingtonHistory [38]
Weber County Pioneer Museum Pioneer Museum Ogden Utah.jpeg OgdenWeberHistory website, operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, museum and 1841 Miles Goodyear Cabin [1]
Weber State University Museum of Natural ScienceOgdenWeberNatural history website
Wellsville Tabernacle DUP Museum Wellsville Tabernacle of the LDS Church.jpg Wellsville CacheHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts [1]
Western Mining and Railroad Museum WesternMiningandRailroadMuseum.jpeg Helper Carbon RailroadImpact of area railroads and coal mining
Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum St. GeorgeWashingtonAviation website, restored aircraft
West Jordan DUP Museum West Jordan Ward Utah.jpeg West Jordan Salt LakeHistoryOperated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts, open by appointment [1]
West Jordan Historical Museum West Jordan Salt LakeHistory website, local history, includes farm homestead and blacksmith shop, operated by the West Jordan Historical Society
The Whitaker Whitaker House Centerville Utah.jpeg Centerville DavisHistoric house website
Woodbury Art Museum OremUtahArt website, part of Utah Valley University, focus is modern and contemporary art
Zion Human History Museum Zion Human History Museum, Zion National Park, Utah (1026270596).jpg Springdale WashingtonHistory website, operated by Zion National Park, includes American Indian culture, historic pioneer settlement, Zion's growth as a national park, the effects of water in Zion

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 "DUP Satellite Museum Directory". Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
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