Museums in Utah

Discover 12 unusual museums in Utah.

Silver Reef

A mining camp built around an unexpected occurrence of silver.

Historic Wendover Airfield

This pristine World War II airfield gives a comprehensive look at atomic development and aviation history.

Prehistoric Museum

The natural history of Utah is on full display inside this museum.

Little Hollywood Land Museum

Walk through the sets of old western films at this small museum in Utah.

SR-71C Blackbird

Clearfield, Utah

SR-71C Blackbird

The last SR-71 ever constructed.

Moqui Cave

Moqui Cave

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

Powell Museum.

Green River, Utah

John Wesley Powell River History Museum

Contains a wealth of information about the first exploration and later use of the Green and Colorado Rivers.

Exhibit in the museum.

CCC & POW Camp

Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.

Topaz Museum in Delta, Utah.

Topaz Museum

A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.

Hallway of portraits.

Territorial Statehouse State Park Museum

The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.

Mmmm

Hurricane, Utah

Pioneer Heritage Museum

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

The Pioneer Memorial Museum

Salt Lake City, Utah

The Pioneer Memorial Museum

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

First Lady Dolls at the Uintah County Library

First Lady Dolls

An oddly specific collection of handmade dolls remembers the women of the White House.

Museum of Ancient Life

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

Hutchings Museum Institute

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

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