• Gilgal Sculpture Garden

    Gilgal Sculpture Garden

    749 East 500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 – +1 801 582 0432 – gilgalgarden.org Gilgal was a private sculpture garden carved and curated in the late 1940’s by Thomas Battersby Child Jr on the grounds of his home in downtown Salt Lake.

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  • Trolley Square History Museum

    Trolley Square History Museum

    Salt Lake City was at the forefront of the electrical revolution, initially with good and bad results (like any new life changing innovation). Trolley Square proper was a product of E.H. Harriman, president of the Union Pacific Railroad. He was also well-known for his obsession with capturing Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The Trolley…

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  • Smithfield Museum

    Smithfield Museum

    The Smithfield Museum is located in Smithfield, Utah. It’s currently (February 2022) closed to the public and in a state of transition from a collection of historical artifacts housed in a log cabin on city property. The city and historical society is planning renovations to a building on Smithfield’s main street to serve as home…

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  • Territorial Statehouse State Park Museum

    Territorial Statehouse State Park Museum

    The Utah Territorial Statehouse is located in Fillmore which was the initial short-lived location of Utah’s state capitol. It is open Monday – Saturday 9am – 5pm and located at 50 West Capital Ave Fillmore, UT 84631 – (435) 743-5316. https://www.facebook.com/UtahStatehouse State Parks Website Page

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  • Hyrum City Museum

    Hyrum City Museum

    Hyrum is located in Cache County, Utah. The museum has two paid staff members, a director and a curator, and is guided by a citizen board of directors which is called by the city council. The museum is funded largely by donations. A primary benefactor has been the Miller family of Miller Companies in Hyrum.…

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Local Historical is a passion project of Briyan Frederick Baker. It’s for curators, biographers, museum admins and others interested in preserving and building local and personal history experiences that engage a community that supports it. Read more about it and learn about done for you services to help you achieve this here.

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