List of museums in Utah

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

Name Image Town/city County Area of study Summary
Alf Engen Ski Museum 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 History Operated 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 Boulder Garfield Native American Ancient Native American village and museum with excavated artifacts
Arches National Park Moab Grand Natural history Visitor center exhibits about the geology, prehistory and natural history of the park
Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum 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[1]
Beaver DUP Court House Museum Beaver Beaver History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, historic courthouse with pioneer relics[1]
Beehive House Salt Lake City Salt Lake Historic house Official residence of Brigham Young and family
Benson Grist Mill Stansbury Park Tooele Open air Late 19th-century grist mill, blacksmith shop and pioneer cabin
Bicknell DUP Museum Bicknell Wayne History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts, open by appointment[1]
Big Water Visitor Center 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[3]
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 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 Museum Bountiful Davis History 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[1]
Box Elder Museum Brigham City Box Elder Natural 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 Box Elder Multiple Historic period room displays, changing exhibits of art, photography and culture
Brigham Young University Museum of Art 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 St. George Washington Historic house Mid-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 Garfield Natural history Visitor center exhibits about the geology, plants and wildlife of the park
Bryce Museum Bryce Garfield Natural history website, wildlife dioramas of animals from around the world
BYU Legacy Hall Provo Utah Sports 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[1]
CAF Utah Wing Air Museum 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 Elsinore Sevier Historic house Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment[1]
Camp Christine DUP Cabin Redmond Sevier Historic house Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, pioneer log cabin[1]
Camp Clear Creek DUP Museum Joseph Sevier Historic house Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, pioneer log cabin[1]
Camp Floyd / Stagecoach Inn State Park and Museum 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[4]
Capitol Reef National Park 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[1]
Centerville Cabin DUP Museum Centerville Davis Historic house Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, log cabin, open twice a year and by appointment[1]
CUAC Salt Lake City Salt Lake Art 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[1]
Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts Salt Lake City Salt Lake Art Native American, ethnic, rural folk art from Utah
Chieftain Museum Santaquin Utah History website, local history, period room and business displays, located in a former high school
Church History Museum 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 Salt Lake City Salt Lake Science Science and astronomy exhibits, planetarium and IMAX theater
Classic Cars International Salt Lake City Salt Lake Automotive website, automobile showroom and museum
Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry Cleveland Emery Natural history Working dinosaur quarry and visitor center
Corrine Historical Society Museum Corinne Box Elder History information, local history, open by appointment
Cove Fort Cove Fort Millard History Restored mid-19th-century fort, stagecoach stop and cabin
Covey Center for the Arts Provo Utah Art website, performing arts center with art gallery
Crandall Historical Printing Museum Provo Utah Media website, different methods of printing and its impact on society, founded by Louis E. Crandall
Dan O'Laurie Museum of Moab Moab Grand Multiple 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[1]
Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum and Log Cabin 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 [5]
Delta DUP Museum Delta Millard Historic house Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, McCullough Log Cabin, open by appointment[1]
The Dinosaur Museum Blanding San Juan Natural history website, dinosaur sculptures, fossils, skeletons, eggs, footprints
Dinosaur National Monument Vernal Uintah Natural history Dinosaur fossils
Discovery Gateway Salt Lake City Salt Lake Children's Formerly the Children's Museum of Utah
Donner-Reed Pioneer Museum 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 website, local history
Eccles Dinosaur Park Ogden Weber Natural history website, dinosaur museum, life-sized sculptures and working laboratory
Echo Church & Museum Echo Summit History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers[6][1]
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 Castle Dale Emery History Period room displays, pioneer artifacts[7]
Escalante DUP Camp Museum Escalante Garfield History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment[1]
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[8]
Fairview Museum of History and Art Fairview Sanpete Multiple 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,[1]
Farmington Historical Museum Farmington Davis History Local history, operated by the Farmington Historical Society[9]
Fielding Garr Ranch Syracuse Davis Historic house Part of Antelope Island State Park, historic ranch and outbuildings
Finch Lane Gallery Salt Lake City Salt Lake Art website, operated by the Salt Lake City Arts Council in the Art Barn
Fine Arts Center Brigham City Box Elder Puppetry website, includes The World of Puppetry Museum
Fort Buenaventura Ogden Weber Military Replicas of the 19th-century stockade and cabins
Fort Douglas Military Museum 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,[1] open by appointment
Francis DUP Museum Francis Summit History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1]
Fremont DUP Museum Fremont Wayne History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1] pioneer artifacts, open by appointment
Fremont Indian State Park and Museum 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 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 Museum Provo Utah Scouting May no longer exist[10]
Glenwood DUP Museum Glenwood Sevier Historic house Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1] open by appointment, pioneer log cabin
Golden Spike National Historic Site Promontory Box Elder Railroad Commemorates the completion of the first transcontinental railroad
Goulding's Lodge 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 Grantsville Tooele History website, located in the J. Reuben Clark Home, local history and pioneer artifacts
Great Basin Museum Delta Millard Multiple website, local history, geology, fossils, prehistory, Topaz War Relocation Center exhibit
Hatch DUP Museum Hatch Garfield History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1] 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,[1] pioneer cabin with historic artifacts
Heritage Museum of Layton Layton Davis History website, local history
Highland DUP Museum Highland Utah History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1] pioneer cabin and artifacts, open by appointment
Hill Aerospace Museum 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,[1] local history[11]
Historic Wendover Airfield Wendover Tooele Aviation website, history of Wendover Air Force Base
Hogan Cabin DUP Museum Woods Cross Davis Historic house Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1] 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[12][13]
Hurricane Valley Pioneer Heritage Park and Museum Hurricane Washington History Local history[14][15]
Hutchings Museum of Natural and Cultural History Lehi Utah Multiple 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 website, local history
International Model Car Builders' Museum Salt Lake City Salt Lake Sports website, information, open by appointment, displays model cars tracing the development of craftsmanship and history of the hobby
Jacob Hamblin House 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,[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 Ogden Weber Military 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 website, operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1] open by appointment
John Wesley Powell River History Museum Green River Emery Multiple website, early Indians, mountain men, explorers, river rafter's hall of fame, art gallery
Juab County DUP Museum Nephi Juab History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers[1]
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,[1] open by appointment
Kanab Heritage Museum Kanab Kane 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 Kanab Kane History Operated by the Bureau of Land Management, archaeology and geology of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument area[17]
Kimball Art Center Park City Summit Art website
Laketown DUP Relic Hall Laketown Rich History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1] open by appointment
Lehi DUP Museum Lehi Utah History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1] open by appointment
The Leonardo Salt Lake City Salt Lake Multiple Science, art and culture
Levan DUP Museum Levan Juab History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers[1]
Lewiston-Wheeler Log Cabin Lewiston Cache Historic house Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1] open by appointment
Loa DUP Museum Loa Wayne History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1] pioneer artifacts, open by appointment
Magna Ethnic & Mining Museum Magna Salt Lake Ethnic 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[18]
Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery Ogden Weber Art 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 Mount Carmel Kane Historic house Home and studio of artist Maynard Dixon
McQuarrie Pioneer Museum St. George Washington History website, operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history
Midvale Museum Midvale Salt Lake History Local history, operated by the Midvale Historical Society[19][20]
Midway DUP Museum Heber City Wasatch History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1] 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 Moab Grand History Operated 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 Juan History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers[1]
Monticello Frontier Museum Monticello San Juan History Local history[21][22]
Monroe DUP Museum Monroe Sevier Historic house Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1] 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,[1] open by appointment
Mt. Nebo Pioneer Memorial Relic Home Mona Juab History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1] historic log cabin, open by appointment
Mt. Pleasant Pioneer Museum & Relic Home Mount Pleasant Sanpete Historic house website
Murray City Museum Murray Salt Lake History website, local history
Museum of Mormon History of the Americas Provo Utah Religious website, history of Mormonism in Mexico
Museum of Ancient Life, Thanksgiving Point 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 Provo Utah Multiple Brigham Young University's primary museum of anthropology, archaeology and ethnology
Museum of the San Rafael Swell Castle Dale Emery Natural history website, dinosaurs, wild animals, early humans
Myton Memories Museum Myton Duchesne History Local history, open by appointment[23][24]
Natural History Museum of Utah 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 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 Pleasant Grove Utah History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1] 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[25][26]
Oquirrh Mountain Mining Museum Tooele Tooele Mining 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 Kane History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1][28]
Orem Heritage Museum Orem Utah History 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[1]
Park City Museum Park City Summit History website, local history
Parowan Old Rock Church Museum Parowan Iron History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers[1]
Peteetneet Museum and Cultural Arts Center 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[29][30]
Pilot Peak DUP Museum Enterprise Washington History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1] open by appointment
Pioneer Memorial Museum Salt Lake City Salt Lake History website, also known as the DUP Museum, main museum of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Pioneer Relic Hall DUP Museum Richmond Cache History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer and Native American artifacts[1]
Pioneer Village Farmington Davis Open air Part 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 History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers,[1] Leander and Grimes log cabins with historic artifacts, open by appointment
Provo Pioneers Village Provo Utah Open air 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[1]
Richfield Pioneer Relic Hall Richfield Sevier History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, log cabin with pioneer artifacts[1]
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 Huntsville Weber Historic house 19th-century log cabin[5]
Rosenbruch Wildlife Museum St. George Washington Natural history website, wildlife dioramas, insect collection, wildlife art gallery
Round Valley Camp DUP Museum Scipio Millard History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment[1]
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 Paradise Cache History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment[1]
Salem DUP Museum Salem Utah History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, log cabin, open by appointment[1]
Salina Historical Museum Salina Sevier History information, local history
Salina Pioneer Relic Hall Salina Sevier History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment, pioneer artifacts[1]
Sandy Museum 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 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 website
Silver Reef Museum Silver Reef Washington History Museum and tours of the late 19th-century ghost town
Snook's Dream Cars Hanna Duchesne Automotive 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 website
Sorensen Home Museum Draper Salt Lake Historic house website, 1890s period house
South County DUP Museum Payson Utah History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers[1]
Spanish Fork DUP Museum Spanish Fork Utah History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history[1]
Spring City-Canal Creek DUP Spring City Sanpete History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers[1]
Springville Museum of Art Springville Utah Art Focus is Utah art
Springville-Mapleton Pioneer Museum Springville Utah History website, operated by volunteers and the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, local history[1]
Sterling DUP Museum Sterling Sanpete History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment[1]
St. George Art Museum St. George Washington Art website, art from Utah and the Southwest
St. George Children's Museum St. George, Utah Washington Children's
St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm St. George Washington Natural history website, dinosaur tracks, fossil fish, plants, rare dinosaur remains, invertebrates traces and sedimentary structures
Summit County Historical Museum Coalville Summit History website, local history
Syracuse DUP Museum Syracuse Davis History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment[1]
Syracuse Museum & Cultural Center Syracuse Davis History website, local history, period room and farm displays, household items
Taylorsville Bennion Heritage Center Taylorsville Salt Lake Historic house website, 19th-century period house
Teasdale DUP Museum Teasdale Wayne History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts, open by appointment[1]
Temple Square Visitor Centers 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[32]
Territorial Statehouse State Park Museum Fillmore Millard History State history, pioneer artifacts, two restored cabins and a schoolhouse
This Is the Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City Salt Lake Open air Includes heritage village and Native American village, living history demonstrations
Tintic Mining Museum Eureka Juab Mining Historic mining tools, mining relics, minerals, and other historical artifacts[33][34]
Tooele Pioneer Museum Tooele Tooele History Local history, pioneer artifacts, adjacent to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum and Log Cabin
Tooele Valley Railroad Museum Tooele Tooele Railroad Locomotives and equipment from the Tooele Valley Railway, other local railroads, smelting and mining artifacts
Topaz Museum Delta Millard History website, planned museum about the Topaz War Relocation Center
Treehouse Museum Ogden Weber Children's website
Tremonton Firefighting Museum Tremonton Box Elder Firefighting website
Uintah County DUP Museum Vernal Uintah History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts[1]
Uintah County Heritage Museum Vernal Uintah History website, local history
USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum Price Carbon Natural history Dinosaurs, Fremont culture, Utah’s Ice Age ecology and Paleoindian presence
USU Galleries Logan Cache Art 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 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 website, part of the Deseret Peak Complex, vintage fire vehicles and equipment[35][36]
Utah Governor's Mansion Salt Lake City Salt Lake Historic house
Utah House Kaysville Davis Environment 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 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 Lehi Utah Railroad Also known as Lehi Railroad Depot Museum
Utah State Capitol Salt Lake City Salt Lake History
Utah State Railroad Museum Ogden Weber Railroad Located in Union Station[37]
Wasatch County DUP Museum Heber City Wasatch History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, open by appointment[1]
Washington City Museum Washington Washington History [38]
Weber County Pioneer Museum Ogden Weber History website, operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, museum and 1841 Miles Goodyear Cabin[1]
Weber State University Museum of Natural Science Ogden Weber Natural history website
Wellsville Tabernacle DUP Museum Wellsville Cache History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts[1]
Western Mining and Railroad Museum Helper Carbon Railroad Impact of area railroads and coal mining
Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum St. George Washington Aviation website, restored aircraft
West Jordan DUP Museum West Jordan Salt Lake History Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pioneer artifacts, open by appointment[1]
West Jordan Historical Museum West Jordan Salt Lake History website, local history, includes farm homestead and blacksmith shop, operated by the West Jordan Historical Society
The Whitaker Centerville Davis Historic house website
Woodbury Art Museum Orem Utah Art website, part of Utah Valley University, focus is modern and contemporary art
Zion Human History Museum Springdale Washington History 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[39]
  • North Box Elder County Museum, Tremonton[40]
  • Railroad Village Museum, Corinne
  • Riverton Museum at the Crane House, Riverton[41]
  • Roy Historical Museum, Roy[42]
  • Southern Utah Air Museum, Washington[43]

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Notes

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