Castle
Dale
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Emery County Pioneer
Museum.
A fully stocked mercantile
has been recreated
with items that early
settlers might have
purchased. A lawyers
office, schoolroom,
and typical pioneer
home are authentically
recreated. Another
room displays tools
of farmers, ranchers,
and coal miners who
helped settle the
area. An art gallery
features local artists.
(435-381-5154)
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Museum of the San
Rafael
features a Paleontology
Room with life-size
dinosaurs which rotate
on a central platform.
All are dinosaurs
that have been discovered
in Emery County. Exhibits
also consist of Indian
culture of the San
Rafael area and many
valuable Indian artifacts.
(435-381-5252)
Green
River
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John Wesley Powell
River History Museum.
River Runners Hall
of Fame commemorating
men and women who
have matched their
wits against Utah
rivers; includes fascinating
replicas of the different
kinds of boats used
to explore the west's
waterways including
a unique round hull
boat used by the Indians,
the primitive rafts
used by early day
river runners, and
the boats and equipment
used by present-day
explorers and adventures.
(435-564-3427)
Helper
•
Western Mining
and Railroad Museum.
Gift shop, indoor
displays and two outdoor
locations that contain
a 1917 railroad caboose
and mining equipment
that dates from early
to modern times. (435-472-3009)
Jensen
•
Dinosaur National
Monument Quarry Visitor
Center.
In-situ exhibit of
1,600 dinosaur bones
as they were deposited
in a river 145,000,000
years ago; primarily
self-guiding tours,
and occasional talks
given during summer
season.
Price
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The College of
Eastern Utah Prehistoric
Museum
is filled with dinosaur
exhibits, and displays
relating to ancient
Puebloan cultures.
Impossible to miss
is a reconstruction
of a huge Colombian
mammoth.
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The
Mural in the Price
Municipal Building
depicts the history
and industry of Carbon
County. It was painted
between 1938 and 1941
by Utah artist Lynn
Fausett.
Vernal
•
Utah Field House
of Natural History
State Park and Museum.
Fifteen life-size
replicas of prehistoric
creatures line the
paths of the dinosaur
garden. The indoor
museum has a large
assortment of specimens
in anthropology, natural
history, geology and
paleontology. The
collection also features
relics of prehistoric
and recent Indian
residents of the region,
fine mineral exhibits,
plants and wildlife,
fossils, models and
reconstructed skeletons
of long-vanished species.
(435-789-3799)
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Western Heritage
Museum.
Western artifacts;
turn-of-the-century
displays, including
blacksmith shop, drug
store, barber shop,
country store, and
machinery shop; Leo
C. Thorne prehistoric
and historic and Indian
collection; gift shop;
art exhibits; outdoor
exhibit of horse-drawn
vehicles from the
1800s to early 1900s.
For
additional information
on Utah Museums,
or a complete museum
listing contact:
Utah Office of Museum
Services
2 South 400 West
Salt Lake City, UT
84101
801-533-3247
