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Location
Best time
Arrive early to secure parking, as multiple visitors noted parking limitations. Consider visiting on weekday mornings when the museum is less crowded and you'll have better access to interactive exhibits without long waits.
Visitor tip
The museum's interactive exhibits across all five floors engage both children and adults. Start with dinosaur exhibits (the most-mentioned attraction) on lower floors, then work up through interactive geology and biology displays to maintain engagement throughout your visit.
Visitor tip
Prebooking tickets is recommended, and explore Summer Camp registration which offers scholarships. The museum's special exhibitions like Bug World and upcoming 2026 programs (Dinos & Dice, Traveling Treasures) provide fresh reasons to return and justify a membership.
About Natural History Museum of Utah
Modern facility with 10 unique galleries. Modern venue with 10 galleries exploring earth science & Utah’s native cultures in a scenic locale.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Natural History Museum
- Collection Size
- Nearly 2 million objects
- Current Highlight
- Bug World special exhibition included with admission
- Membership
- Yes — includes free admission for a year
What visitors say
This is one of the largest and interactive Natural History Museums ibe ever been to! So many displays and interactive displays that are fun for adults and kids! Also some of the best veiws of the valley 👌 they have stationary…
Can not praise enough! Absolutely wonderful and sometimes whimsical experience with all interacting levels or learning and knowledge!!! Starting from environmental impacts and importance thru dinosaurs and pas histories all along with…
We enjoyed our visit to the museum. We had only two hours on a Friday but yet managed to see all. The museum has five stories and each story dedicated to different themes. The dinosaurs, the cultural display, the geological displays…
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Did You Know?
- Houses nearly 30,000 paleontology specimens, making it one of the largest natural history collections in the region
- Features 10 unique galleries across 5 stories covering diverse disciplines including paleontology, mineralogy, zoology, botany, archaeology, ethnography, and mycology
- Offers free guided Foothill Nature Walks led by expert naturalists as part of its community engagement programming
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