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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Museums
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!| Name !| Image !| Town/city !| County !| Area of study !| Summary | |||||
| Alf Engen Ski Museum | 120px | Park City | Summit | Sports | [https://www.engenmuseum.org/ website], ski equipment and memorabilia, 2002 Winter Olympics |
| Alice Gallery | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Art | [http://heritage.utah.gov/dha/dha-special/things-galleries-alice website], works by Utah artists, operated by the Utah Arts Council at the Glendinning Mansion | |
| American Fork DUP Museum | American Fork | Utah | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history and historic cabin{{cite web|title=DUP Satellite Museum Directory|url=http://www.dupinternational.org/dyn_page.php?pageID=99|publisher=Daughters of Utah Pioneers|accessdate=26 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=Historic Preservation|url=http://afcity.org/BoardsCommissions/HistoricPreservation/tabid/188/Default.aspx|publisher=American Fork|accessdate=26 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203113712/http://afcity.org/BoardsCommissions/HistoricPreservation/tabid/188/Default.aspx|archive-date=3 December 2008|url-status=dead}} | |
| American West Heritage Center | Wellsville | Cache | Open air | [http://www.awhc.org/ 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 | 120px | Boulder | Garfield | Native American | Ancient Native American village and museum with excavated artifacts |
| Arches National Park | 120px | Moab | Grand | Natural history | Visitor center exhibits about the geology, prehistory and natural history of the park |
| Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum | 120px | Provo | Utah | Natural history | Part of Brigham Young University, dioramas and displays of animals, birds, butterflies, shells |
| Bear River City DUP Museum | Bear River City | Box Elder | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, historic log cabin, open by appointment | |
| Beaver DUP Court House Museum | 120px | Beaver | Beaver | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, historic courthouse with pioneer relics |
| Beehive House | 120px | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Historic house | Official residence of Brigham Young and family |
| Benson Grist Mill | 120px | Stansbury Park | Tooele | Open air | Late 19th-century grist mill, blacksmith shop and pioneer cabin |
| Bicknell DUP Museum | 120px | Bicknell | Wayne | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts, open by appointment |
| Big Water Visitor Center | 120px | Big Water | Kane | Natural history | Interprets the fossils and geology of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument area, operated by the Bureau of Land Management{{cite web |title=Big Water Visitor Center |url=http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/grand_staircase-escalante/Recreation/visitor_centers/Big_Water_Visitor_Center.html |publisher=Bureau of Land Management |accessdate=2014-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228155728/http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/grand_staircase-escalante/Recreation/visitor_centers/Big_Water_Visitor_Center.html |archive-date=2015-02-28 |url-status=dead }} |
| Bingham Canyon Mine Visitors Center | Bingham Canyon | Salt Lake | Mining | Overlook and exhibits about the Bingham Canyon Mine, a copper mine | |
| Bluff Fort | Bluff | San Juan | Open air | [http://www.hirf.org website], original and replica buildings of the town's first settlement | |
| Bountiful Davis Art Center | Bountiful | Davis | Art | [http://www.bdac.org/ website], regional community art center | |
| Bountiful Historical Museum | Bountiful | Davis | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20090609113141/http://www.bountifulutah.gov/HistoricalCommission/index.html website], local history, operated by the Bountiful Historical Preservation Foundation | |
| Box Elder County DUP Cabin | Brigham City | Box Elder | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts in a restored log cabin | |
| Box Elder Museum | Brigham City | Box Elder | Natural History | [http://www.boxeldermuseum.org/ website], fossils and minerals from Box Elder County and around the world | |
| Brathwaite Fine Arts Gallery | Cedar City | Iron | Art | [http://www.suu.edu/pva/artgallery/ website], part of Southern Utah University, located on the ground floor in the Braithwaite Liberal Arts Center building | |
| Brigham City Museum-Gallery | 120px | Brigham City | Box Elder | Multiple | Historic period room displays, changing exhibits of art, photography and culture |
| Brigham Young University Museum of Art | 120px | Provo | Utah | Art | Collections emphasis on American art from the late 18th century to the present, including painting, photography, prints and sculpture |
| Brigham Young Winter Home and Office | 120px | St. George | Washington | Historic house | Mid-19th-century period home of Brigham Young |
| Browning-Kimball Classic Car Museum | Ogden | Weber | Automotive | [http://theunionstation.org/museums/browning-kimball-classic-car-museum/ 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 | 120px | Bryce | Garfield | Natural history | Visitor center exhibits about the geology, plants and wildlife of the park |
| Bryce Museum | Bryce | Garfield | Natural history | [https://web.archive.org/web/20150418111613/http://www.brycewildlifeadventure.com/museum_home.html website], wildlife dioramas of animals from around the world | |
| BYU Legacy Hall | Provo | Utah | Sports | [http://byucougars.com/athletics/byu-legacy-hall website], Brigham Young University athletes, trophies, uniforms, memorabilia | |
| BYU Museum of Paleontology | Provo | Utah | Natural history | Part of Brigham Young University, dinosaurs, fossils, rocks, minerals | |
| Cache County DUP Museum | Logan | Cache | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, mountain man and early pioneer relics | |
| CAF Utah Wing Air Museum | 120px | Heber City | Wasatch | Aviation | [http://www.cafutahwing.org 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 | 120px | Elsinore | Sevier | Historic house | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment |
| Camp Christine DUP Cabin | Redmond | Sevier | Historic house | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, pioneer log cabin | |
| Camp Clear Creek DUP Museum | Joseph | Sevier | Historic house | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, pioneer log cabin | |
| Camp Floyd / Stagecoach Inn State Park and Museum | 120px | Fairfield | Utah | Military | Mid-19th-century U.S. Army post |
| Cannonville Visitor Center | Cannonville | Garfield | History | Operated by the Bureau of Land Management, natural and cultural history of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument area{{cite web|title=Visitor Centers: Cannonville Visitor Center|url=http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/grand_staircase-escalante/Recreation/visitor_centers/Cannonville_Visitor_Center.html|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|accessdate=27 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505025520/http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/grand_staircase-escalante/Recreation/visitor_centers/Cannonville_Visitor_Center.html|archive-date=5 May 2015|url-status=dead}} | |
| Capitol Reef National Park | 120px | Torrey | Wayne | Multiple | Includes visitor center exhibits about the park's natural and cultural history, Fruita Schoolhouse and Gifford Homestead |
| Cedar City DUP Museum | Cedar City | Iron | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts | |
| Centerville Cabin DUP Museum | Centerville | Davis | Historic house | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, log cabin, open twice a year and by appointment | |
| CUAC | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Art | [http://www.cuartcenter.org/ website], artist-run contemporary art center | |
| Charles Penrose Cabin DUP Museum | Farmington | Davis | Historic house | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, historic cabin, open by appointment | |
| Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts | 120px | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Art | Native American, ethnic, rural folk art from Utah |
| Chieftain Museum | 120px | Santaquin | Utah | History | [http://santaquin.org/museum website], local history, period room and business displays, located in a former high school |
| Church History Museum | 120px | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Religious | Formerly the Museum of Church History and Art, history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Clark Planetarium | 120px | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Science | Science and astronomy exhibits, planetarium and IMAX theater |
| Classic Cars International | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Automotive | [http://www.classiccarsintl.net/ website], automobile showroom and museum | |
| Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry | 120px | Cleveland | Emery | Natural history | Working dinosaur quarry and visitor center |
| Corrine Historical Society Museum | Corinne | Box Elder | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20091112020258/http://arts.utah.gov/things_to_do/around_utah/find_a_museum/detailed_results.php?museumid=238 information], local history, open by appointment | |
| Cove Fort | 120px | Cove Fort | Millard | History | Restored mid-19th-century fort, stagecoach stop and cabin |
| Covey Center for the Arts | Provo | Utah | Art | [http://www.coveycenter.org/ website], performing arts center with art gallery | |
| Crandall Historical Printing Museum | Provo | Utah | Media | [http://crandallmuseum.org/ website], different methods of printing and its impact on society, founded by Louis E. Crandall | |
| Dan O'Laurie Museum of Moab | 120px | Moab | Grand | Multiple | [http://www.moabmuseum.org/ website], local history, prehistoric artifacts, fossils, uranium mining and minerals |
| Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum | Provo | Utah | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history | |
| Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum and Log Cabin | 120px | Tooele | Tooele | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history, pioneer artifacts, log cabin, adjacent to the Tooele Pioneer Museum |
| David O. McKay Home | Huntsville | Weber | Historic house | {{cite web|title=Huntsville History Library|url=http://huntsvilletown.com/huntsville-history-library/|publisher=Huntsville Town|accessdate=28 April 2015}} | |
| Delta DUP Museum | Delta | Millard | Historic house | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, McCullough Log Cabin, open by appointment | |
| The Dinosaur Museum | 120px | Blanding | San Juan | Natural history | [http://www.dinosaur-museum.org/ website], dinosaur sculptures, fossils, skeletons, eggs, footprints |
| Dinosaur National Monument | 120px | Vernal | Uintah | Natural history | Dinosaur fossils |
| Discovery Gateway | 120px | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Children's | Formerly the Children's Museum of Utah |
| Donner-Reed Pioneer Museum | 120px | Grantsville | Tooele | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, artifacts of the Donner Party |
| Draper Historical Society Museum | Draper | Salt Lake | History | [http://www.draperhistoricalsociety.org/ website], local history | |
| Eccles Dinosaur Park | Ogden | Weber | Natural history | [http://www.dinosaurpark.org/ website], dinosaur museum, life-sized sculptures and working laboratory | |
| Echo Church & Museum | 120px | Echo | Summit | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers{{cite web|title=Echo Church And Museum|url=http://www.americanheritage.com/content/echo-church-and-museum|publisher=American Heritage|accessdate=27 April 2015}} |
| Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum | Blanding | San Juan | Native American | Includes Anasazi pottery and artifacts, ruins of an authentic Puebloan village, changing exhibits of art, photography and culture | |
| Emery County Pioneer Museum | 120px | Castle Dale | Emery | History | Period room displays, pioneer artifacts{{cite web|title=Travel: Museums|url=http://www.emerycounty.com/travel/museums.htm|publisher=Emory County|accessdate=27 April 2015}} |
| Escalante DUP Camp Museum | Escalante | Garfield | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment | |
| Escalante Interagency Visitor Center | Escalante | Garfield | Natural history | Operated by the Bureau of Land Management, natural and cultural history of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument area{{cite web|title=Visitor Centers: Escalante Interagency Visitor Center|url=http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/grand_staircase-escalante/Recreation/visitor_centers/Escalante_Interagency_Visitor_Center.html|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|accessdate=27 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506171210/http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/grand_staircase-escalante/Recreation/visitor_centers/Escalante_Interagency_Visitor_Center.html|archive-date=6 May 2015|url-status=dead}} | |
| Fairview Museum of History and Art | Fairview | Sanpete | Multiple | [http://sanpete.com/businesses/show/313-fairview-museum-of-history-and-art website], local history, natural history, art, fossils, antique collections | |
| Fanny Powell Cropper DUP Museum | Delta | Millard | Historic house | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, | |
| Farmington Historical Museum | 120px | Farmington | Davis | History | Local history, operated by the Farmington Historical Society{{cite web|title=Farmington Historical Museum|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMGY1K_Farmington_Historical_Museum|publisher=Waymarking|accessdate=27 April 2015}} |
| Fielding Garr Ranch | 120px | Syracuse | Davis | Historic house | Part of Antelope Island State Park, historic ranch and outbuildings |
| Finch Lane Gallery | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Art | [http://saltlakearts.org/program/finch-lane-galleries/ website], operated by the Salt Lake City Arts Council in the Art Barn | |
| Fine Arts Center | Brigham City | Box Elder | Puppetry | [http://www.bcfineartscenter.org website], includes The World of Puppetry Museum | |
| Fort Buenaventura | 120px | Ogden | Weber | Military | Replicas of the 19th-century stockade and cabins |
| Fort Douglas Military Museum | 120px | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Military | History of the mid-19th-century military garrison and Utah military history |
| Fountain Green DUP Museum & Old Tithing House | Fountain Green | Sanpete | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment | |
| Francis DUP Museum | Francis | Summit | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, | |
| Fremont DUP Museum | Fremont | Wayne | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts, open by appointment | |
| Fremont Indian State Park and Museum | 120px | Sevier | Native American | Artifacts, petroglyphs, and pictographs of the Fremont culture | |
| Frontier Homestead State Park Museum | Cedar City | Iron | Open air | Formerly Iron Mission State Park Museum, pioneer iron mining and industry, farming equipment, pioneer household, historic cabins | |
| Gale Center of History & Culture | South Jordan | Salt Lake | Multiple | [http://www.galecenter.org/ website], includes period home and business displays, household items, quilts, dugout, granary, farm machinery | |
| Gallery East | Price | Carbon | Art | [https://web.archive.org/web/20150926000953/http://usueastern.edu/gallery-east/index.html website], part of the Utah State University Eastern | |
| George F. Freestone Boy Scout Museum | Provo | Utah | Scouting | May no longer exist{{cite web|title=What to Do in Provo: Museums|url=http://www.provolibrary.com/what-to-do-in-provo-museums|publisher=Provo Library|accessdate=27 April 2015}} | |
| Glenwood DUP Museum | Glenwood | Sevier | Historic house | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, pioneer log cabin | |
| Golden Spike National Historic Site | 120px | Promontory | Box Elder | Railroad | Commemorates the completion of the first transcontinental railroad |
| Goulding's Lodge | 120px | Oljato-Monument Valley | San Juan | History | Historic lodge, restaurant and gift shop, with museum in the original trading post about the area and its history |
| Grantsville DUP Museum | 120px | Grantsville | Tooele | History | [http://www.grantsvilledupmuseum.com/ website], located in the J. Reuben Clark Home, local history and pioneer artifacts |
| Great Basin Museum | Delta | Millard | Multiple | [http://greatbasinmuseum.com/ website], local history, geology, fossils, prehistory, Topaz War Relocation Center exhibit | |
| Hatch DUP Museum | Hatch | Garfield | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment | |
| Hellenic Cultural Museum | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Ethnic | Greek culture and immigration in Utah, operated by the Hellenic Cultural Association in Holy Trinity Cathedral | |
| Henefer DUP Museum | Henefer | Summit | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer cabin with historic artifacts | |
| Heritage Museum of Layton | 120px | Layton | Davis | History | [http://www.laytoncity.org/public/Museum/default.aspx website], local history |
| Highland DUP Museum | Highland | Utah | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer cabin and artifacts, open by appointment | |
| Hill Aerospace Museum | 120px | Hill Air Force Base | Weber | Aerospace | U.S. Air Force museum with historic aircraft, munitions, equipment, vehicles |
| Historic Pioneer Relic Hall DUP Museum | Alpine | Utah | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history{{cite web|author1=Ashley King|title=Historic Alpine building now museum|url=http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/north/alpine/historic-alpine-building-now-museum/article_e6066803-8cb5-590b-8919-70c177320cf2.html|publisher=Herald Extra|accessdate=27 April 2015|date=July 11, 2009}} | |
| Historic Wendover Airfield | 120px | Wendover | Tooele | Aviation | [http://www.wendoverairbase.com/ website], history of Wendover Air Force Base |
| Hogan Cabin DUP Museum | Woods Cross | Davis | Historic house | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, log cabin with pioneer furnishings | |
| Huck's Museum and Trading Post | Blanding | San Juan | Native American | Includes arrowheads, beads, pendants, and pottery of the Anasazi culture{{cite web|title=Huck’s Museum in Blanding|url=http://utahsadventurefamily.com/hucks-museum-in-blanding/|publisher=Utah's Adventure Family|accessdate=27 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=Huck's Museum and Trading Post|url=http://www.utah.com/thingtodo1928.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150427190011/http://www.utah.com/thingtodo1928.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 27, 2015|publisher=Utah.com|accessdate=27 April 2015}} | |
| Hurricane Valley Pioneer Heritage Park and Museum | 120px | Hurricane | Washington | History | Local history{{cite web|title=Facebook site|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hurricane-Valley-Pioneer-Heritage-Park/111858725544686|publisher=Hurricane Valley Pioneer Heritage Park|accessdate=27 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=Area History and Attractions|url=http://www.cityofhurricane.com/categories/about/|publisher=City of Hurricane|accessdate=27 April 2015}} |
| Hutchings Museum of Natural and Cultural History | 120px | Lehi | Utah | Multiple | [http://www.lehi-ut.gov/discover/hutchings-museum/ 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 | Cache | History | [http://hyrumcity.org/departments/museum website], local history | |
| International Model Car Builders' Museum | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Sports | [http://www.themodelcarmuseum.org website], [http://utahrecreation.blogspot.com/2009/06/national-model-car-builders-museum.html information], open by appointment, displays model cars tracing the development of craftsmanship and history of the hobby | |
| Jacob Hamblin House | 120px | Santa Clara | Washington | Historic house | Early 19th-century period home of Mormon pioneer Jacob Hamblin |
| John Carver Cabin/Plain City DUP Museum | Plain City | Weber | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, pioneer artifacts | |
| John Jarvie Ranch | Browns Park | Daggett | Historic house | [https://web.archive.org/web/20100311220729/http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/vernal/recreation_/browns_park.html website], [http://www.utah.com/playgrounds/jarvie_property.htm information], late 19th-century ranch and outbuildings, operated by the Bureau of Land Management in Browns Park{{cite web|title=John Jarvie Historical Ranch|url=http://utahsadventurefamily.com/john-jarvie-historical-ranch/|publisher=Utah's Adventure Family|accessdate=30 April 2015}} | |
| John M. Browning Firearms Museum | Ogden | Weber | Military | [http://theunionstation.org/museums/john-m-browning-firearms-museum/ 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 | Sanpete | Historic house | [http://sanpete.com/businesses/show/584-john-patten-dup-museum website], operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment | |
| John Wesley Powell River History Museum | Green River | Emery | Multiple | [http://johnwesleypowell.com/ website], early Indians, mountain men, explorers, river rafter's hall of fame, art gallery | |
| Juab County DUP Museum | 120px | Nephi | Juab | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers |
| Island in the Sky Visitor Center | Moab | Grand | Natural history | Geology, natural history of Canyonlands National Park | |
| Kamas DUP Museum | Kamas | Summit | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment | |
| Kanab Heritage Museum | Kanab | Kane | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20060603020914/http://www.kanabheritage.com/ 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 | Kanab | Kane | History | Operated by the Bureau of Land Management, archaeology and geology of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument area{{cite web|title=Visitor Centers: Kanab Visitor Center|url=http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/grand_staircase-escalante/Recreation/visitor_centers/Kanab.html|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|accessdate=27 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508180817/http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/grand_staircase-escalante/Recreation/visitor_centers/Kanab.html|archive-date=8 May 2015|url-status=dead}} | |
| Kimball Art Center | Park City | Summit | Art | [http://www.kimballartcenter.org/ website] | |
| Laketown DUP Relic Hall | Laketown | Rich | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment | |
| Lehi DUP Museum | Lehi | Utah | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment | |
| The Leonardo | 120px | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Multiple | Science, art and culture |
| Levan DUP Museum | Levan | Juab | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers | |
| Lewiston-Wheeler Log Cabin | Lewiston | Cache | Historic house | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment | |
| Loa DUP Museum | 120px | Loa | Wayne | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts, open by appointment |
| Magna Ethnic & Mining Museum | Magna | Salt Lake | Ethnic | [http://utahethnicandminingmuseumofmagna.com/ website], minority stories of Utah's mine workers and European transplants, located in a restored JCPenney building | |
| Mapleton Heritage Museum | Mapleton | Utah | History | Local history, open by appointment{{cite web|title=Mapleton Heritage Museum|url=http://www.utahvalley.com/listings/Mapleton-Heritage-Museum/93/|publisher=Utah Valley CVB|accessdate=27 April 2015}} | |
| Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery | Ogden | Weber | Art | [http://weber-edu-dova.org/shawgallery/ 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 | 120px | Mount Carmel | Kane | Historic house | Home and studio of artist Maynard Dixon |
| McQuarrie Pioneer Museum | St. George | Washington | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20150522150030/http://dupstgeorge.org/DUP_Museum.html website], operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history | |
| Midvale Museum | Midvale | Salt Lake | History | Local history, operated by the Midvale Historical Society{{cite web|title=Midvale Museum|url=http://www.midvalecity.org/mp.aspx?p=28|publisher=City of Midvale|accessdate=27 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425202939/http://www.midvalecity.org/mp.aspx?p=28|archive-date=25 April 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Facebook site|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/Midvale-Historical-Society-Museum/211594048865404|publisher=Midvale Historical Society & Museum|accessdate=27 April 2015}} | |
| Midway DUP Museum | Heber City | Wasatch | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment | |
| Miller Motorsports Park | Erda | Tooele | Automotive | Includes the Larry H. Miller Total Performance Museum with classic cars and vintage racing cars, posters, memorabilia | |
| Moab DUP Museum | 120px | Moab | Grand | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history |
| Moab Museum of Film and Western Heritage | Moab | Grand | Media | [https://web.archive.org/web/20091126004700/http://www.redcliffslodge.com/museum/ 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 Juan | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers | |
| Monticello Frontier Museum | Monticello | San Juan | History | Local history{{cite web|title=Frontier Museum|url=http://www.fourcornersgeotourism.com/content/frontier-museum-monticello-utah/fcaF0BD81D28731B0C2A|publisher=National Geographic|accessdate=28 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=Farebook site|url=https://www.facebook.com/TheFrontierMuseum|publisher=The Monticello Frontier Museum/Welcome Center|accessdate=28 April 2015}} | |
| Monroe DUP Museum | Monroe | Sevier | Historic house | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, 1886 William Cordingley Cabin | |
| Moqui Cave | Kanab | Kane | Natural history | Cave and museum with fluorescent minerals, Native American artifacts and dinosaur tracks, gift shop | |
| Morgan County DUP Museum | Morgan | Morgan | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment | |
| Mt. Nebo Pioneer Memorial Relic Home | Mona | Juab | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, historic log cabin, open by appointment | |
| Mt. Pleasant Pioneer Museum & Relic Home | 120px | Mount Pleasant | Sanpete | Historic house | [http://mtpleasantpioneer.blogspot.com/ website] |
| Murray City Museum | Murray | Salt Lake | History | [http://www.murray.utah.gov/index.aspx?NID=290 website], local history | |
| Museum of Mormon History of the Americas | Provo | Utah | Religious | [http://www.latinmormonhistory.com website], history of Mormonism in Mexico | |
| Museum of Ancient Life, Thanksgiving Point | 120px | Lehi | Utah | Natural history | Dinosaur skeletons, fossils, rocks and minerals; part of Thanksgiving Point |
| Museum of Natural Curiosity, Thanksgiving Point | Lehi | Utah | Children's | Five exhibit areas: Rainforest, Waterworks, Kidopolis, Children's Discovery Garden, and Traveling Exhibits; part of Thanksgiving Point | |
| Museum of Peoples and Cultures | 120px | Provo | Utah | Multiple | Brigham Young University's primary museum of anthropology, archaeology and ethnology |
| Museum of the San Rafael Swell | 120px | Castle Dale | Emery | Natural history | [http://www.emerycounty.com/sanrafaelmuseum/index.html website], dinosaurs, wild animals, early humans |
| Myton Memories Museum | Myton | Duchesne | History | Local history, open by appointment{{cite web|author1=Todd Tanner|title=Uniquely Utah: Myton Memories Museum|url=http://fox13now.com/2014/06/22/uniquely-utah-myton-memory-musuem/|publisher=Fox 13|accessdate=28 April 2015|date=June 22, 2014}}{{cite web|title=Sidney the Saloon Dog|url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/3634|publisher=Roadside America|accessdate=28 April 2015}} | |
| Natural History Museum of Utah | 120px | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Natural history | Part 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 | Utah | Historic house | [https://web.archive.org/web/20130312145149/http://www.orem.org/index.php/education/nielsens-grove-museum website], replica Danish pioneer home and park | |
| Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art | Logan | Cache | Art | Part of Utah State University, focus is modern and contemporary art of the American West | |
| Old Bell School DUP Museum & Log Cabin | 120px | Pleasant Grove | Utah | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history |
| Ophir Historic District | Ophir | Tooele | Open air | Restored historic buildings, including homes, a post office, a train with period antiques, a shoe shop and an ore wagon{{cite web|title=Ophir Historic District|url=http://www.exploretooele.com/ophirhistoricdistrict.html|publisher=Explore Utah's Tooele County|accessdate=30 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=Ophir Historical Site|url=http://utahsadventurefamily.com/ophir-historical-site/|publisher=Utah's Adventure Family|accessdate=30 April 2015}} | |
| Oquirrh Mountain Mining Museum | Tooele | Tooele | Mining | [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428055335/http://www.deseretpeakcomplex.com/venues/barrick.htm website], part of the Deseret Peak Complex, open by appointment, old mines, current mines, and reclamation practices of area gold and copper mines{{cite web|title=Oquirrh Mountain Mining Museum|url=http://www.exploretooele.com/oquirrhminingmuseum.html|publisher=Explore Utah's Tooele County|accessdate=28 April 2015}} | |
| Orderville Kane County DUP Museum | 120px | Orderville | Kane | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,{{cite web|title=History of Mt. Carmel Jct.|url=http://www.zionnational-park.com/hist.htm|publisher=Zion National Park.com|accessdate=28 April 2015}} |
| Orem Heritage Museum | Orem | Utah | History | [https://www.scera.org/orem-heritage-museum/ website], local history, located in the SCERA Center for the Arts | |
| Ott Planetarium | Ogden | Weber | Science | Part of Weber State University | |
| Panguitch DUP Camp Museum | Panguitch | Garfield | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers | |
| Park City Museum | 120px | Park City | Summit | History | [http://www.parkcityhistory.org/ website], local history |
| Parowan Old Rock Church Museum | 120px | Parowan | Iron | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers |
| Peteetneet Museum and Cultural Arts Center | 120px | Payson | Utah | Multiple | Local history, Victorian room displays, art, Western sculpture, clothing |
| Petrolania Museum | Provo | Utah | Automotive | Located at AAA Lakeside Storage, includes antique gas pumps, an antique Texaco Gas station, gas station signs, antique cars, automotive memorabilia{{cite web|title=Free Petrolania Museum|url=http://www.aaalakesidestorage.com/7q40l2im17z2ogcsh6onojlim0y2lu/free-petrolania-museum|publisher=AAA Lakeside Storage|accessdate=27 April 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150427190010/http://www.aaalakesidestorage.com/7q40l2im17z2ogcsh6onojlim0y2lu/free-petrolania-museum|archive-date=27 April 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Petrolania Museum|url=http://www.utahvalley.com/listings/Petrolania-Museum/1124/|publisher=Utah Valley CVB|accessdate=27 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423055450/http://www.utahvalley.com/listings/Petrolania-Museum/1124/|archive-date=23 April 2015|url-status=dead}} | |
| Pilot Peak DUP Museum | Enterprise | Washington | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment | |
| Pioneer Memorial Museum | 120px | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | History | [http://www.dupinternational.org/dyn_page.php?pageID=11 website], also known as the DUP Museum, main museum of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers |
| Pioneer Relic Hall DUP Museum | 120px | Richmond | Cache | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer and Native American artifacts |
| Pioneer Village | 120px | Farmington | Davis | Open air | Part of Lagoon Amusement Park, reconstruction of a typical late 1800s frontier community |
| Pope House Museum | Duchesne | Duchesne | Historic house | {{cite web|title=Enchanted Forest tree auction helps preserve Pope House|url=http://m.ubmedia.biz/mobile/ubstandard/news/article_7e73e786-5b91-11e3-ab84-001a4bcf887a.html|publisher=UBMedia.biz|accessdate=28 April 2015|date=December 2, 2013}} | |
| Price DUP Museum | Price | Carbon | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Leander and Grimes log cabins with historic artifacts, open by appointment | |
| Provo Pioneers Village | 120px | Provo | Utah | Open air | [http://www.provopioneervillage.org/ website], pioneer buildings and furnishings, wagons, tools, farm implements, blacksmith shop and ox shoer |
| Randolph DUP Relic Hall | Randolph | Rich | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, log home with historic artifacts | |
| Richfield Pioneer Relic Hall | Richfield | Sevier | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, log cabin with pioneer artifacts | |
| Rio Gallery | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Art | Art, photography and crafts by Utah artists, operated by the Utah Arts Council in the lobby of the Rio Grande Station | |
| Robert F. Aldous Cabin | 120px | Huntsville | Weber | Historic house | 19th-century log cabin |
| Rosenbruch Wildlife Museum | St. George | Washington | Natural history | [http://www.rosenbruch.org website], wildlife dioramas, insect collection, wildlife art gallery | |
| Round Valley Camp DUP Museum | 120px | Scipio | Millard | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment |
| S&S Shortline Railroad Park & Museum | Farmington | Davis | Railroad | Features over 90 engines and rail cars, museum, two different gauge railroads to ride | |
| Sagwich Camp Paradise DUP Museum | 120px | Paradise | Cache | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment |
| Salem DUP Museum | Salem | Utah | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, log cabin, open by appointment | |
| Salina Historical Museum | 120px | Salina | Sevier | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20091112022421/http://arts.utah.gov/things_to_do/around_utah/find_a_museum/detailed_results.php?museumid=178 information], local history |
| Salina Pioneer Relic Hall | Salina | Sevier | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, pioneer artifacts | |
| Sandy Museum | 120px | Sandy | Salt Lake | History | Local history, a look at life in the late 1800s. Admission is free. |
| Sears Art Museum Gallery | St. George | Washington | Art | [http://dixieculturalarts.com/sears-museum-2/ 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 | Provo | Utah | Art | [http://www.segoarts.org/ website] | |
| Silver Reef Museum | 120px | Silver Reef | Washington | History | Museum and tours of the late 19th-century ghost town |
| Snook's Dream Cars | Hanna | Duchesne | Automotive | [http://www.snooksdreamcars.com/ 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 | Sanpete | Art | [http://www.snow.edu/art/gallery/index.html website] | |
| Sorensen Home Museum | Draper | Salt Lake | Historic house | [http://www.draper.ut.us/index.aspx?nid=690 website], 1890s period house | |
| South County DUP Museum | Payson | Utah | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers | |
| Spanish Fork DUP Museum | Spanish Fork | Utah | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history | |
| Spring City-Canal Creek DUP | Spring City | Sanpete | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers | |
| Springville Museum of Art | 120px | Springville | Utah | Art | Focus is Utah art |
| Springville-Mapleton Pioneer Museum | 120px | Springville | Utah | History | [http://www.springvillepioneermuseum.org website], operated by volunteers and the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history |
| Sterling DUP Museum | Sterling | Sanpete | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment | |
| St. George Art Museum | St. George | Washington | Art | [http://www.sgcity.org/artmuseum/ website], art from Utah and the Southwest | |
| St. George Children's Museum | 120px | St. George, Utah | Washington | Children's | |
| St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm | St. George | Washington | Natural history | [https://utahdinosaurs.org/ website], dinosaur tracks, fossil fish, plants, rare dinosaur remains, invertebrates traces and sedimentary structures | |
| Summit County Historical Museum | 120px | Coalville | Summit | History | [http://www.co.summit.ut.us/191/Summit-County-Historical-Museum website], local history |
| Syracuse DUP Museum | 120px | Syracuse | Davis | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment |
| Syracuse Museum & Cultural Center | 120px | Syracuse | Davis | History | [http://www.syracuseut.com/Community/DiscoverSyracuse/SyracuseMuseum.aspx website], local history, period room and farm displays, household items |
| Taylorsville Bennion Heritage Center | Taylorsville | Salt Lake | Historic house | [http://www.taylorsvilleut.gov/index.php?module=ibcms&fxn=visitors.heritagecenter website], 19th-century period house | |
| Teasdale DUP Museum | Teasdale | Wayne | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts, open by appointment | |
| Temple Square Visitor Centers | 120px | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Religious | Two 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{{cite web|title=Temple Square Visitor Centers|url=http://utahsadventurefamily.com/temple-square-visitor-centers/|publisher=Utah's Adventure Family|accessdate=30 April 2015}} |
| Territorial Statehouse State Park Museum | 120px | Fillmore | Millard | History | State history, pioneer artifacts, two restored cabins and a schoolhouse |
| This Is the Place Heritage Park | 120px | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Open air | Includes heritage village and Native American village, living history demonstrations |
| Tintic Mining Museum | 120px | Eureka | Juab | Mining | Historic mining tools, mining relics, minerals, and other historical artifacts{{cite web|title=Tintic Mining Museum Eureka Utah|url=http://www.utahoutdooractivities.com/eurekamuseum.html|publisher=Utah Outdoor Activities|accessdate=28 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=Tintic Mining Museum|url=http://artwifeneedsalife.blogspot.com/2011/09/tintic-mining-museum-eureka-utah.html|publisher=Artwife Needs a Life|accessdate=28 April 2015|date=September 22, 2011}} |
| Tooele Pioneer Museum | 120px | Tooele | Tooele | History | Local history, pioneer artifacts, adjacent to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum and Log Cabin |
| Tooele Valley Railroad Museum | 120px | Tooele | Tooele | Railroad | Locomotives and equipment from the Tooele Valley Railway, other local railroads, smelting and mining artifacts |
| Topaz Museum | 120px | Delta | Millard | History | [http://www.topazmuseum.org/ website], planned museum about the Topaz War Relocation Center |
| Treehouse Museum | Ogden | Weber | Children's | [http://www.treehousemuseum.org website] | |
| Tremonton Firefighting Museum | Tremonton | Box Elder | Firefighting | [http://www.tremontoncity.com/photos.htm website] | |
| Uintah County DUP Museum | 120px | Vernal | Uintah | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts |
| Uintah County Heritage Museum | Vernal | Uintah | History | [http://www.westernheritagemuseum-uc-ut.org/ website], local history | |
| USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum | 120px | Price | Carbon | Natural history | Dinosaurs, Fremont culture, Utah’s Ice Age ecology and Paleoindian presence |
| USU Galleries | Logan | Cache | Art | [http://art.usu.edu/index.php?page=gallery-2 website], galleries of the Caine School of the Arts of Utah State University | |
| USU Museum of Anthropology | Logan | Cache | Anthropology | Part of Utah State University, includes Native American, Meso-American, Egyptian, and ancient Near Eastern artifacts | |
| Utah Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum | Ogden | Weber | History | [http://www.utahcowboymuseum.org/ 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 | Vernal | Uintah | Natural history | Dinosaurs, fossils, geology, natural history, Utah's Fremont culture and Ute tribe artifacts | |
| Utah State Firefighters Museum | Tooele | Tooele | Firefighting | [http://www.utahfiremuseum.com/ website], part of the Deseret Peak Complex, vintage fire vehicles and equipment{{cite web|title=Firefighter's Museum|url=http://www.exploretooele.com/firefightersmuseum.html|publisher=Explore Utah's Tooele County|accessdate=28 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=Utah Firefighters Museum|url=http://utahsadventurefamily.com/utah-firefighters-museum/|publisher=Utah's Adventure Family|accessdate=30 April 2015}} | |
| Utah Governor's Mansion | 120px | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Historic house | |
| Utah House | Kaysville | Davis | Environment | [http://theutahhouse.org/ website], sustainable building demonstration and education center located at the Utah Botanical Center | |
| Utah Museum of Contemporary Art | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Art | Exhibits 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 | 120px | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | Art | Part 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 | 120px | Lehi | Utah | Railroad | Also known as Lehi Railroad Depot Museum |
| Utah State Capitol | 120px | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | History | |
| Utah State Railroad Museum | 120px | Ogden | Weber | Railroad | Located in Union Station[http://www.le.state.ut.us/~code/TITLE63/htm/63_0B006.htm Utah Code, Title 63, Chapter 13, Section 5.5], "State symbols." Accessed 2008-3-24. |
| Wasatch County DUP Museum | Heber City | Wasatch | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment | |
| Washington City Museum | 120px | Washington | Washington | History | {{cite web|title=Museums|url=http://www.utahstgeorge.com/museums.html|publisher=St. George, Utah|accessdate=29 April 2015}} |
| Weber County Pioneer Museum | 120px | Ogden | Weber | History | {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110430004734/http://www.weberdupmuseum.org/ website]}}, operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, museum and 1841 Miles Goodyear Cabin |
| Weber State University Museum of Natural Science | Ogden | Weber | Natural history | [http://www.weber.edu/portfolio/mns.html website] | |
| Wellsville Tabernacle DUP Museum | 120px | Wellsville | Cache | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts |
| Western Mining and Railroad Museum | 120px | Helper | Carbon | Railroad | Impact of area railroads and coal mining |
| Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum | St. George | Washington | Aviation | [http://www.westernskywarbirds.org/ website], restored aircraft | |
| West Jordan DUP Museum | 120px | West Jordan | Salt Lake | History | Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts, open by appointment |
| West Jordan Historical Museum | West Jordan | Salt Lake | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20101118122527/http://www.wjhistory.org/ website], local history, includes farm homestead and blacksmith shop, operated by the West Jordan Historical Society | |
| The Whitaker | 120px | Centerville | Davis | Historic house | [http://www.centervilleut.net/museum.main.html website] |
| Woodbury Art Museum | Orem | Utah | Art | [http://www.uvu.edu/museum/ website], part of Utah Valley University, focus is modern and contemporary art | |
| Zion Human History Museum | 120px | Springdale | Washington | History | [http://www.nps.gov/zion/historyculture/zion-human-history-museum.htm 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 |
Defunct museums
- Deseret Museum, Salt Lake City
- McCurdy Historical Doll Museum, Provo{{cite web|title=McCurdy Historical Doll Museum|url=https://mccurdydollmuseum.wordpress.com/|publisher=McCurdy Historical Doll Museum|accessdate=27 April 2015|date=April 8, 2009}}
- North Box Elder County Museum, Tremonton{{cite web|title=North Box Elder County Museum - CLOSED|url=http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/8685|publisher=MuseumsUSA|accessdate=14 January 2014}}
- Railroad Village Museum, Corinne
- Riverton Museum at the Crane House, Riverton{{cite web|author1=Amelia Nielson-Stowell|title=Crane House Museum in Riverton sold to developer|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705345493/Crane-House-Museum-in-Riverton-sold-to-developer.html?pg=all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053806/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705345493/Crane-House-Museum-in-Riverton-sold-to-developer.html?pg=all|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|publisher=Deseret News|accessdate=28 April 2015|date=November 19, 2009}}
- Roy Historical Museum, Roy{{cite web|title=Roy Historical Museum - CLOSED|url=http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/8684|publisher=Museums USA|accessdate=14 January 2014}}
- Southern Utah Air Museum, Washington{{cite web|title=Southern Utah Air Museum|url=http://www.yelp.com/biz/southern-utah-air-museum-washington|publisher=Yelp|accessdate=28 April 2015}}
See also
{{commons category|Museums in Utah}}
- Arboreta in Utah (category)
- Botanical gardens in Utah (category)
- Historic landmarks in Utah
- Houses in Utah (category)
- Forts in Utah (category)
- Museums list
- Nature Centers in Utah
- Registered Historic Places in Utah
Notes
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