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Salt Lake City Museums
(Salt Lake City, Utah - UT, USA)



With some excellent museums tracing Salt Lake City's historic past and documenting the early pioneer settlers, anyone interested in American History will have a field day in the city's museums. Covering all aspects from military and religious to transport and social development, Salt Lake City's history museums are among the city's best museums.

Those visitors who are keen to trace different interests should head to the Classic Cars International Antique Auto Museum or the Utah Museum of Natural History, where some hidden treasures can be found. Families with children might like to pay a visit to Salt Lake City's Children's Museum, where kids can interact with numerous hands-on features. Here are the main museums in Salt Lake City.




Salt Lake City Museums: Pioneer Memorial Museum - 300 North Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah (UT), USA
Tel: +1 801 538 1050
Documenting the age of the pioneers, this museum contains some interesting memorabilia and artifacts, including displays on the lives of Brigham Young and Heber Kimball. The Carriage House exhibit features a range of interesting forms of transport from a pioneer wagon to a mule powered streetcar.
Salt Lake City museum open: Monday to Saturday - 09:00 to 17:00, Sunday 13:00 to 17:00
Salt Lake City museum admission: free, donations welcome

Salt Lake City Museums: Children's Museum - 840 North 300 West, Salt Lake City, Utah (UT), 84112, USA
Tel: +1 801 322 5268
An excellent place to take the kids in Salt Lake City; here they can enjoy a range of hands-on features and interactive exhibits that cover the arts, sciences and humanities. Displaying a range of educational exhibits and artifacts, the Children's Museum is suitable for kids of all ages. Highlights at the museum include the grocery store, where kids can load up their trolleys, the transportation gallery that affords kids the opportunity to sit in the driving seat of various forms of transport, and the children's playground.
Salt Lake City museum open: Monday to Saturday - 10:00 to 17:00, Friday open until 20:00
Salt Lake City museum admission: charge, children under one year old are free

Salt Lake City Museums: Classic Cars International Antique Auto Museum - 355 West 700 South, Salt Lake City, Utah (UT), USA
Tel: +1 801 322 5509, +1 801 582 6883
Salt Lake City's Classic Cars International Antique Auto Museum features more than 200 classic automobiles that have been carefully restored back to fully operational order. Visitors to the museum are also able to place an offer on any of the vehicles seen here, should they desire to make a purchase.
Salt Lake City museum open: Monday to Saturday - 08:30 to 16:30
Salt Lake City museum admission: free

Salt Lake City Museums: Fort Douglas Military Museum - 32 Potter Street, Salt Lake City, Utah (UT), 84113, USA
Tel: +1 801 581 1710
Set in a Victorian-style building dating from the 1870s, the Fort Douglas Military Museum traces military history in Utah and Salt Lake City, from the arrival of Johnston's army in 1857 to the Vietnam War. Featuring exhibits on the history of Utah's military, the museum covers the founding of Fort Douglas in 1862 and documents Mormon military endeavors.
Salt Lake City museum open: Tuesday to Saturday - 10:00 to 12:00, 13:00 to 16:00
Salt Lake City museum admission: charge

Salt Lake City Museums: Utah Museum of Natural History - 1390 Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, Utah (UT), USA
Tel: +1 801 581 4303
With exhibits on anthropology, geology, mineralogy, paleontology and vertebrates, as well as frequently rotating exhibitions, Salt Lake City's Natural History museum is one of the most popular museums in Salt Lake City. With many educational features and a gift shop, the museum is great for taking a journey into the natural world and an excellent place to while away a rainy afternoon.
Salt Lake City museum open: Monday to Saturday - 09:30 to 17:30, Sunday - 12:00 to 17:00
Salt Lake City museum admission: charge, discounts for seniors and children under 12, children under three years old are free

Salt Lake City Museums: Museum of Church History and Art - 45 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah (UT), USA
Tel: +1 801 240 3310
This fascinating museum chronicles the history of the Church of Latter Day Saints through a series of fascinating exhibits that range from displays such as a wagon like those used by the pioneers and an immigrant's ship bunk to treasured artifacts and recreated frontier living quarters. Through these exhibits and documents, visitors to Salt Lake City's Museum of Church History and Art can learn about migration, pioneer settlements and the Church's history.
Salt Lake City museum open: Monday to Friday - 09:00 to 21:00, Saturday and Sunday - 10:00 to 19:00
Salt Lake City museum admission: free

Salt Lake City Museums: Utah State Historical Society - 300 South Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City, Utah (UT), 84101, USA
Tel: +1 801 533 3500
This museum traces the history of Salt Lake City through photographs and artifacts. Located in the Renaissance revival depot, the society appropriately exhibits displays on Utah's industrial, cultural and social development, while the Utah Information Center within is a research facility for writers, historians and genealogists.
Salt Lake City museum open: Monday to Friday - 08:00 to 17:00, Saturday 10:00 to 15:00
Salt Lake City museum admission: free

 
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