Tooele Valley Museum and Historical Park

August 15, 2025 | 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm | 35 N Broadway St, Tooele, UT 84074

Join the staff of the Tooele Valley Museum and Historical Park for a tour and conversation about the impact of the Utah Collections Preservation grant on our 100-year-old archival collection. Gain insights into the process, plus explore the century-old foreman house and railroad depot. Continue networking at a pay-your-own-way dinner at the Bonneville Brewery [1641 N Main St, Tooele, UT 84074] at 5:30 pm.

Territorial Statehood State Park Museum

June 23, 2025 | 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm | 50 West Capitol Ave, Fillmore, UT 84631

Join us for a tour of the Fillmore Territorial Statehouse and get a taste of their robust summer camp experience. Learn some of the skills needed to have a safer and more comfortable trip on the trail as you move west. Then join your colleagues for a pay-your-own-way networking dinner at Costa Vida [1060 So. Highway 99, Fillmore, UT 84631] at 5:00 pm.

Topaz Museum

May 9, 2025 | 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm | 55 W Main, Delta, UT 84624

Join Museum Director Jane Beckwith for a tour of the Topaz Museum and the site of the Topaz War Relocation Center. The tour of the site is outdoors without any facilities, so be prepared for weather, wear good walking shoes, and bring water and snacks. Following the museum and site tour, join your colleagues for a pay-your-own-way dinner at Mi Rancherito [540 Topaz Blvd, Delta, UT 84624] at 5:00 pm.

Curiosity Farms at Thanksgiving Point

April 7, 2025 | 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm | 2502 W Wildflower Lane, Lehi, UT 84043

In 2024, Thanksgiving Point's Farm Country completely transformed into Curiosity Farms. Guests can now explore science and technology at a real working farm in the heart of Silicon Slopes showcasing the newest and coolest advancements in agriculture. While taking us through the venue, Stephen Ashton, Senior Director of Butterfly Biosphere & Curiosity Farms, will discuss value engineering, adjusting plans during projects to accommodate funding, and how to approach remodels and updating existing spaces. Continue networking next door at a pay-your-own-way dinner at The Tower Deli.

Silver Reef Museum

March 5, 2025 | 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm | 1903 Wells Fargo Rd, Leeds, UT 84746

The Silver Reef Museum's volunteer board has just hired their first full-time, paid director, joining them in May, and will share their experience in preparing for that transition. Continue networking at a pay-your-own-way dinner at Mad Pita Express [2376 Red Cliffs Dr #316, St. George, UT 84790].

Brigham City Museum

February 28, 2025 | 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm | 24 N 300 W, Brigham City, UT 84302

Join the staff of the Brigham City Museum for an in-depth conversation about their latest exhibition, “Uncovering the Journey: Japanese American Pioneers in Box Elder County”. We will explore this original exhibition and discuss the processes they used to build and foster ongoing trust with an underrepresented local community. Continue networking at a pay-your-own-way dinner at Laan Thai [70 N Main St, Brigham City].

UVU Museum of Art at Lakemount

January 24, 2025 | 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm | 260 W 1800 S, Orem, UT 84058

Join Executive Director Courtney Davis and Director Emily Johnsen for a tour through the Utah Valley University Museum of Art at Lakemount. Explore more than 100 artworks and archival objects as part of the Utah Division of Arts & Museums’ 125th Anniversary Exhibition and hear Navajo artist Eugene Tapahe speak about his current exhibition, Between the Worlds. Continue networking at a pay-your-own-way dinner at El Molcajete Mexican Restaurant.

Granary Arts
November 22, 2024 | 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm | 86 N Main St, Ephraim, UT 84627

Join us for a tour of Granary Arts with Executive Director and Chief Curator, Amy Jorgensen. Learn more about the history, organization, and community building practices that make up our innovative programming.

The tour will include an introduction to our current exhibitions including, "Connected to the Land," a group exhibition exploring women’s narratives rooted in the land and rural places, by artists Odette England, Ray Farmer, Carly Jakins, Jane Roberts DeGroff, Elizabeth Stone, and Elpitha Tsoutsounakis. Come prepared to engage with our collaborative exhibition, "What’s Your Story?", an interactive experience inviting participants to respond to the question, “What is Your Connection to the Land?” Your drawn or written responses will become part of the exhibition, displayed on a common wall. Then continue to network with attendees at an optional pay-your-own-way dinner at Charlee's Comfort Kitchen (155 North Main St, Manti) following the event.

UMFA Community Meet-Up at Spiral Jetty 
September 28, 2024 | 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Join UMFA's biennial visit to the Spiral Jetty! Enjoy art-making activities, discussions, and music to engage with this unique art piece. See details about what to expect, driving directions, and schedule of events here. This event is run by UMFA and is free and open to the public. By registering for this Sites & Insight, your attendance will be more fun by going with other UMA members! Meet at the Brigham City Museum 24 N 300 W, Brigham City, UT 84302 at 12:00 noon to carpool. Attendees can continue networking at a pay-your-own-way dinner at Idle Isle Cafe 24 S Main St, Brigham City following the event at 5:30 pm.

Museum of Utah 
August 29, 2024 | 10:00 am - 1:30 pm | 350 N State St, Salt Lake City, UT 84103

Join Museum of Utah director Tim Glenn on a hard hat tour of the Museum of Utah, slated to open spring 2026. This walking tour will take participants through the bones of the new building and feature discussions about building a multi-use building that serves both legislators and the general public. Following the tour, continue to network with attendees at an optional pay-your-own-way lunch at the Gallivan Center Food Trucks (239 South Main Street, SLC) following the event.

John Wesley Powell River History Museum 
July 26, 2024 | 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm | 1765 East Main Street, Green River, UT 84525

How do you attract an audience core to your mission? How do you provide consistent offerings with a small staff? How do you fund presenters/experiences with limited education budgets? Join staff from the JWP River History Museum, Museum of the San Rafael, Moab Museum, and the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum to discuss strategy and lessons learned regarding audience development and programming challenges. Then continue to network with attendees at an optional pay-your-own-way dinner at Tamarisk (1710 E Main Street) following the event.

May 17, 2024 | 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm | 65 West Main Street Court, Alpine, UT 84004

Join the Crandall Printing Museum on a behind the scenes tour. We will be going through the whole museum and discussing the different tours we give. Learn how our tours are personalized for each attendee, and the difficulties that small museums run into. See delights such as a working Linotype machine, and the pressing of a reprint of the original Declaration of Independence! The Crandall Printing Museum was moved to Alpine and reopened under new management in January of 2023. We seek to inspire others to be like printers of old who innovate solutions to the problems of life. Then continue to network with attendees at an optional pay-your-own-way dinner at Sabaidee Thai Cuisine (250 W State Street, Lehi) following the event.

Mignon Barker Richmond Park "Lifting As We Climb" Murals
April 26, 2024 | 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm | 444 E 600 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Join Sema Hadithi Foundation's (SHF) Tour Committee - Archaeologist & Historian Rachel Quist and Director of Special Events Alice Faulkner Burch - to learn more about Mignon Barker Richmond Park, hear stories about individuals who have lived in the surrounding Black American park neighborhood, and learn about the new park mural that SHF helped create: "Lifting As We Climb", which celebrates and features four of the area's Black American women. Then continue to network with attendees at an optional pay-your-own-way dinner at Hire's Big H (425 South 700 East) following the event.

Utah Tech University Natural Science Museum
March 8, 2024 | 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm | Snow Building Room 207, 225 S 700 E, St George, UT 84770

Integrated Pest Management is an integrated multi-prong approach to controlling pests. Understanding the "what" and "why" of a pest creates the path to management. Come explore the Utah Tech University Natural Science Museum to see how they incorporate IPM Think Like a Bug and see YOUR museum through an IPM lens. Then continue to network with attendees at an optional pay-your-own-way dinner at Viva Chicken (1183 East 100 South) following the event.

Loveland Living Planet Aquarium
February 16, 2024 | 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm | 12033 S Lone Peak Parkway, Draper, UT 84020

Explore EVERYTHING that's living at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium (LLPA). The aquarium is locally well-known for its sharks, fish, leopards, and penguins but did you know they have a collection of over 500 species of plants?

Join Lucas Proctor, the Horticulture manager, for an exclusive experiential walking tour of the unique plants inside and outside of the aquarium. Lucas has worked with plants for nearly two decades and has a flair for performing. His passions in the green industry focus on the usability and edibility of plants (he calls it yardening) and the ethnobotanical origins of plants, and he has curated the plant collection to that end. LLPA's mission is to teach and inspire people about Earth's diverse ecosystems and Lucas believes in the critical importance of the plants for the success of our planet. Continue to network with attendees at an optional pay-your-own-way dinner at Black Bear Diner (12057 South State Street) following the tour.

Bear River Massacre Memorial & Cache DUP Museum
January 29, 2024 | 9:30 am - 3:30 pm | 160 N Main St, Logan, UT 84321

Join us to learn about the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation and their relationships with the early Mormon pioneers. We will meet at the Cache DUP Museum (park in the lot east of the museum) to carpool to the Bear River Massacre site (just outside of Preston, ID) where we will attend the program commemorating the massacre in 1863. Following the program, attendees will return to the Cache DUP Museum for a tour and discussion. There will be a spot in the museum to sit together and eat lunch (either pack a lunch or stop and grab take-out on the way to the museum).

Great Salt Lake Offering Ceremony

September 30, 2023 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm | Antelope Island State Park Visitors Center | 4528 W 1700 S, Syracuse, UT 84075

This Sites & Insights will be a bit different. Instead of planning it ourselves we are inviting you to join us for the Great Salt Lake Offering Ceremony that was organized by Emily Ostler and Darren Parry.

An offering ceremony to give back to the Great Salt Lake, which gives so much to us.

In this ceremony, we will gather to recognize our shared dependence on Great Salt Lake. Great Salt Lake is the heart of the Salt Lake Valley and surrounding desert regions. The survival of life here depends on the survival of this lake.

Humans have taken too much water from Great Salt Lake. It is time to give back. By providing offerings of music, dance, art, words, and water, we will reestablish and deepen relationships of reciprocity with this life-giving lake, as well as with the animals, plants, ancestors, and others who call this place home.

The ceremony will be led by Darren Parry, the former chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation. Utah's Native American communities have longstanding relationships with Great Salt Lake, and their leadership is crucial to ensuring sustainable, knowledgeable, and just use of these waters.

All are welcome at this ceremony. We acknowledge that diverse migration paths have brought many people to call Utah home. This is a moment in which we must turn towards one another, acknowledge these shrinking waters, and commit to supporting one another through the waters that we share. Great Salt Lake sustains each of us and depends on each of our care to survive.

The ceremony will be held on the morning of September 30, 2023 at 10 am, at the Visitors Center on Antelope Island.

The first part of the ceremony will include dance, and spoken word from performers. After this, Darren Parry will lead the offering ceremony.

Agenda:

- Darren Parry, to speak and lead the blessing ceremony

- Carl Moore, to speak and to dance

- Teri Harman, to speak

- Corrina Bow, to speak and to sing

- Thalia/Star Guerrero, to play the flute

- Emily Ostler, to speak

In preparation for the ceremony, we ask all attendees to go without water in some form for one day -- perhaps you do not shower, perhaps you do not water your lawn. Bring some tap water in a jar or another container to represent the water you gave up that day. We will each offer this water to the lake.

Registration required [as this event is not organized by UMA, registration will go through eventbrite].

Attendees will be required to pay the $15/vehicle state park entrance fee or have a current state parks pass.

When you purchase a ticket, you will be requested to make a donation. This donation will support musical and dance contributions to the ceremony, as well as miscellaneous logistical costs. The remainder will support Native American communities in Utah, beginning with the Urban Indian Center and the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, to use as they see fit.

UMFA Sun Tunnels Community Meet-Up

September 9, 2023 | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Great Basin Desert [approx. 4 hour drive from Salt Lake City]

This Sites & Insights will be a bit different. We will be joining the UMFA's Sun Tunnels Community Meet-Up.

Join the UMFA for a fun day of art and science at Sun Tunnels, the iconic land art by Nancy Holt in Utah's Great Basin Desert (known locally as the West Desert) to explore the landscape, listen to music, create art, and learn about the environment of the desert. Learn more about the Sun Tunnels and activities planned by the UMFA here (includes a link to download the self guide for history, directions, and travel tips). 

Free to attend (invite your family and friends!). Registration not required but if you register through UMA by August 25 we will include you on a group email to facilitate carpooling. By registering through UMA you agree to have your email address shared with other registrants.

Brigham City Museum of Art & History

August 25, 2023 | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | 24 N 300 W, Brigham City, UT 84302

Join Museum Director Alana Blumenthal on a behind-the-scenes tour during their ever-popular summer art quilt exhibit. “Light the World” is a globally curated showcase of fiber arts, on display in the US for the first time here in Brigham City. We will also learn more about some of the museum’s new community-centered projects and partnerships. Then continue to network with attendees at an optional pay-your-own-way dinner following the event.

UVU Museum of Art | Artist Talk: The Art of Belonging Panel

August 15, 2023 | 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm | 260 W 1800 S, Orem, UT 84058

This Sites & Insights will be a bit different. We will be joining the UVU Museum of Art's Artist Talk: The Art of Belonging Panel.

The Art of Belonging juried exhibition features dozens of BIPOC artists. Join us for a panel featuring participating artists discussing their work and the theme of belonging.

Featured panelists:

Mahihonon Esther 'Essie' Aboussou

Fidalis Buehler

Russel Daniels

Bianca Velasquez

Moderated by Jorge Rojas & Fanny Guadalupe Blauer, co-curators of The Art of Belonging initiative. Sponsored by The Utah Division of Arts & Museums.

Nine Mile Canyon

July 7, 2023 | 11:00 am - 4:00 pm | 155 E Main St, Price, UT 84501

Join the Prehistoric Museum on a visit to Nine Mile Canyon, one of the preeminent rock art regions in the American West. Meet at the museum at 11:00 am for a brief introduction to the Fremont culture and a look at our current Nine Mile Exhibit. Then we'll drive through the Book Cliffs, then drop down into the canyon for a bring-your-own picnic lunch at the Cottonwood Glen pavilion. Attendees are also welcome to meet at the picnic area by 1:00 pm where we will set off for an afternoon of exploration.

Nine Mile Canyon has been home to people from many cultures, ranging from Archaic hunter-gatherers to Buffalo Soldiers and cattle barons, but is most famous for the incredible rock art, granaries, and village sites left by communities of Fremont farmers a millennium ago. The Prehistoric Museum serves as a gateway to this canyon and we are currently overhauling our exhibit about this area. We will discuss ideas for the new exhibit and challenges we have encountered with it amidst the natural beauty and cultural landscape we are seeking to interpret. While the rock art is the star of the show the idyllic setting of the canyon is a perfect respite from modern life. Join us to contemplate what it might have been like to call this canyon home across the various time periods that have left the presence of their passing on the surrounding walls.

Tracy Aviary's Jordan River Nature Center

June 30, 2023 | 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | 1125 W 3300 S, South Salt Lake, UT 84119

Join the staff of Tracy Aviary's new Jordan River Nature Center to learn how this second campus came to be and how it will grow. The quarter-acre transition campus of the Jordan River Nature Center opened in February of 2020, nestled along the Jordan River Parkway in South Salt Lake. In 2023, it is expanding to encompass approximately twelve acres. With the aim to be a nature-based community center, authentically engaging surrounding communities is key to the development of this facility. Staff will share how these communities have been involved thus far and how their input is shaping the expansion. Then continue to network with attendees at an optional pay-your-own-way dinner following the event.

Historic Wendover Airfield

May 5, 2023 | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm | 352 East Airport Way Wendover, UT 84083

If you missed Museum Curator Landon Wilkey's amazing Sites & Insights Tour of the Historic Wendover Airfield in 2021, then here's your second chance to take a Flightline Tour and learn all about the site's incredible WWII history, including its involvement in the atomic missions! Attendees are invited to bring their own lunch to eat together at the Brinkman Service Club before heading over to Danger Cave State Monument & Juke Box Cave.

May 5, 2023 | 2:00-5:00 pm | Meet at Truckstop at Exit #4 from I-80 Wendover, UT 84083

Located just east of Wendover, Utah, Danger Cave State Monument which was designated in 2019, is the location of Danger Cave and nearby Juke Box Cave. Danger Cave, subject to extensive archaeological excavations in the late 1940s and early 1950s has an archaeological record going back 12,000 years. Danger Cave is not only part of the State Monument, but it is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark. Juke Box Cave contains Native American rock art and a concrete dancefloor used by the Army Air Corps stationed at Wendover Air Base in the late 1930s and 1940s.

Join archaeologist Ron Rood on a short hike to and tour of Danger Cave. Then, we'll head over to Juke Box Cave, where there is a short but steep hike to the cave on an unimproved trail. Hard hats for use inside the caves are required and will be provided. For more information go to https://metcalfarchaeology.com/danger-cave/. Then continue to network with attendees at an optional pay-your-own-way dinner at the Copper Kettle (600 Wendover Blvd) following the event.

This Is The Place Heritage Park

April 20, 2023 | 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | 2601 Sunnyside Ave, Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Meet Programming Director Cliff Harris at the Pioneer Center for a tour of the park's new monument honoring Utah's Black Pioneers. He will give us tips on incorporating under-represented stories in our organizations and end with a tour of the Deseret Hospital, which was the first hospital for women west of the Mississippi River and employed Martha Hughes Cannon. Then continue to network with attendees at an optional pay-your-own-way dinner following the event.

November 18, 2022 | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm | 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108 

Join Anne Lawlor, Robin-Elise Call, and Lisa Thompson to learn about NHMU's partnership with Native groups to create the Navajo Basket Explorer, an educational, interactive exhibit centered around a stunning collection of contemporary Navajo baskets. Not only will attendees experience amazing Navajo baskets in person, but they will also gain a better understanding of how the weaving reveals stories of Navajo life past and present and the movement that transformed the art of basket making. Then continue to network with attendees at an optional pay-your-own-way lunch following the event.  

Moab Museum 

September 23, 2022 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | 118 East Center Street, Moab, UT 84532 

Join the staff of the Moab Museum to explore changes underway both behind the scenes and in the exhibit space. Over the past few years, the Moab Museum has reimagined the visitor experience - completely redesigning the tiny (but mighty!) exhibit using a flexible, changeable design well-suited for swapping out objects on display and creating temporary exhibitions. Meanwhile, they have been hard at work behind the scenes making upgrades to collections care and organization of our archives, oral histories, and photographs. Moab Museum staff will give a tour of changes underway in both the exhibit galleries, as well as in the collections. Then continue to network with attendees at an optional pay-your-own-way dinner following the event.  

August 25, 2022 | 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm | 3820 W Clear Creek Canyon Road, Sevier, UT 84766  

Join Rena Pikyavit, a Navajo, Apache, and Paiute tribal member from the local Kanosh Band as she provides insights into the process of tribal consultation with museum, state, and archaeological professionals. She and her family have been in Clear Creek Canyon for many years and continue to assist in park operations and interpretation programs. Rena and her husband Rick have been involved with archaeological projects throughout the state and have served as cultural consultants for the Paiute Tribe. After we hear from Rena, attendees will have the opportunity to explore the museum, and we will end the event with delicious Navajo Tacos made by Rena and her family.  

June 8, 2022 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Salt Lake City 

Focused on Salt Lake City’s Japantown, this new exhibition at the Chase Home Museum includes:

• Japanese American arts & crafts

• A brief history of Japanese Americans in Utah

• Information about the current Japantown Street Redesign Project.

Come tour the exhibition and gain insights into how the Chase Home Museum staff curate and implement their community exhibitions.

The Chase Home Museum is located in the middle of Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah. To visit, enter the park from either 900 South or 1300 South and follow the signs to parking lots near the center of the park. From each parking lot, there are sidewalks leading to the museum.

May 14, 2022 | 9:30 am - 11:30 am | 635 N Main St, Cedar City, UT 84721 

Join Utah Museum of Fine Arts education curators for a hands-on workshop about teaching in a museum. Using the Smithsonian's H2O Today exhibition, this training will emphasize facilitative teaching, question-based strategies, and visual thinking strategies.

If you wish, attendees may go out to lunch at local restaurant, then return to Frontier Homestead State Park Museum for a free public program tied to H2O Today, (which runs from 1:00-4:00 pm) and is modeled on the UMFA's "Third Saturday" template to learn more about how to run a family drop-in activity. Participants will try their hand at painting, using water from natural sources, making their own watercolors, and seeing how salt makes special effects.

This event accompanies H2O Today, a Smithsonian exhibition brought to you by Utah Humanities and Frontier Homestead State Park. Utah Museum of Fine Arts will be providing the programming for this event. The tour is part of Think Water Utah, a statewide collaboration and conversation on the critical topic of water presented by Utah Humanities and its partners.

April 6, 2022 | 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | 496 E Main St, Vernal, UT 84078 

Join for an in-person visit to Utah's Field House of Natural History State Park Museum! The park is a showcase of eastern Utah’s geologic past and natural history, featuring stunning museum exhibits and collections, as well as the Dinosaur Garden. Exhibits include a wealth of geologic, paleontologic, archaeological and biologic specimens depicting nearly three billion years of earth history as it is exposed in the nearby Uinta Mountains and Uinta Basin. We will discuss the museum's recent projects and impacts of COVID with museum staff as we explore the building and grounds together.

March 11, 2022 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | [updated location] 300 S Rio Grande St, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 

After significant damage to the Rio Grande Depot in the earthquake of March, 2020, the entire Department of Cultural and Community Engagement, as well as the History collections, needed a new home while the Rio underwent repairs. Join staff from the Utah Division of State History to discuss their ongoing collections move to their new space, before they gear up to move AGAIN to the new Museum of Utah up at the Capitol campus in 2024.

Hill Aerospace Museum

February 25, 2022 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | 7961 Cottonwood St Building 1955, Hill AFB, UT 84056

Join us to experience a unique tour of the Hill Aerospace Museum, the second largest field museum in the US Air Force. Activities will include a general history of the collection and Utah military aviation, tour inside historical airplanes that are not open to the public, and opportunities to explore exclusive education program offerings, while learning more about the museum’s operations. Then continue to network with attendees at an optional pay-your-own-way dinner following the event.

Hyrum City Museum

January 21, 2022 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | 50 W Main St, Hyrum, UT 84319 

Come see why "Winter is the Elders' time" through the Hyrum City Museum's exhibit "Boa Ogoi: The River is Life" while receiving tips on developing land acknowledgements and cultivating authentic partnerships. You'll also get a chance to see the Smithsonian's traveling exhibit, "H2O Today", which is just one component of Utah Humanities' Think Water Utah project.

November 12, 2021 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | 155 E Main St, Price, UT 84501

Join our staff for a behind-the-scenes tour of their paleontology and archaeology collections and fossil preparation lab. Though the museum has many important specimens on display, our real strength is in our collections, which we hold in perpetuity for the people of Utah and the United States. See the actual bones of the world-famous Huntington Mammoth and the fossils of a brand new, unnamed sauropod dinosaur! Come see some of the amazing perishable objects associated with the Fremont culture, collected by Ephraim Pectol in the early 20th century. The museum is in the process of re-housing much of its collection, and proper storage and handling of diverse specimens will be a focal point of the tour. This tour will be followed by a hands-on activity recovering and identifying fossil shark teeth under the microscope. Please stay to explore the museum exhibit halls at your own pace, including a celebration of the museum’s 60th anniversary in its temporary gallery.

BYU Life Science Museum (formerly known as the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum)

September 10, 2021 | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | 645 E 1430 N, Provo, UT 84602

Come explore Narwhal: Uncovering an Arctic Mystery at the BYU Life Science Museum. As we explore, museum staff will discuss the process of finding and hosting traveling exhibitions (especially changes necessitated during COVID). We will also get a sneak peek of the This is the Place: Utah Biomes exhibition opening soon. After the discussion, join your colleagues for a light bite at a local restaurant (pay your own way). 

Pioneer Memorial Museum

August 27, 2021 | 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | 300 N Main St, Salt Lake City, UT 84103

Join us to discuss tips and tricks for successful volunteer management as we explore the museum with Docent Coordinator Christine Esplin. After the discussion, join your colleagues for a light bite at a local restaurant (pay your own way). 

Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

July 27, 2021 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | 20 S West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Join us for a discussion led by UMOCA’s Curator of Exhibitions, Jared Steffensen, as we interact with the muralists as they construct their works in the Main Gallery prior to the exhibition opening to the public. After the discussion, join your colleagues for a light bite at a local restaurant (pay your own way). 

June 4, 2021 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm | meet at 24 N 300 W, Brigham City, UT 84302

Darren Parry will lead participants in the rare opportunity to view stunning petroglyphs at Connor Springs within Northrup Grumman's Box Elder County complex. A short, moderately strenuous hike will bring you to boulders with petroglyph panels that include simple human forms and many stylized and geometric forms.

Historic Wendover Airfield

May 1, 2021 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | 352 E Airport Way, Wendover, UT 84083

Historic Wendover Airfield's recent focus on virtual platforms has expanded audiences, provided greater accessibility to learn about the base, and has enhanced visitor experience (both in-person and online). We will learn about how they have used social media and a mobile tour app to draw visitors to their rural location as we visit notable sites around the airfield.

Gilgal Garden

April 9, 2021 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | 749 E 500 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84102

Join us in a stroll around Salt Lake City's own visionary art environment: Gilgal Garden. The garden contains twelve original sculptural arrangements and over 70 stones engraved with scriptures, poems, and philosophical texts. Each represents an idea that rang of truth to Thomas Child, the artist and creator of Gilgal, in his life-long spiritual quest. Together, the sculptures and stones create a landscape of meaning and a unique work of art. Ongoing conservation on portions of the stone work and sculptures has been one of the goals of the Friends of Gilgal Garden, and Judi Short, the President of Friends of Gilgal Garden will join us and will be available to answer questions.

Thanksgiving Point Butterfly Biosphere

February 26, 2021 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

3003 N Thanksgiving Way, Lehi, UT 84043

Are you ready to leave winter behind and experience a tropical climate full of beautiful flora and fauna for a couple hours? Then you won't want to miss our amazing behind-the-scenes tour at Thanksgiving Point's Butterfly Biosphere. Join Chief Entomologist Marissa Harrison and Director of Audience Research Stephen Ashton either in person or virtually to tour the chrysalis room and learn about visitor engagement.

Church History Museum

November 6, 2020 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

virtual event

Join us for a virtual tour of the Sisters for Suffrage exhibition at the Church History Museum to learn how to make an object-based show come to life! Curator and educator Tiffany Bowles will speak about planning the exhibition and creating educational elements. Plus, it is a great chance to learn about the story of Utah's role in women's suffrage.

Antelope Island

Topaz Museum

August 14, 2020 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

55 W Main, Delta, UT 84624

The Topaz War Relocation Center was a Japanese internment camp during WWII. Jane Beckwith, the caretaker of the site, will provide a tour and discuss her experience with saving the remains and opening a museum in downtown Delta.

Red Hills Desert Garden

May 20, 2020 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

virtual event

Come see fossils in the wild - virtually! Curator Andrew Milner and volunteer David Slauf will share how the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site has partnered with the Washington County Water Conservancy District to preserve fossils at the Red Hills Desert Garden.

If you missed the event or want to watch the video again please click the link below:

Red Hills Desert Garden Fossil Virtual Tour [10 minutes]

Brigham Young University Museum of Art

April 29, 2020 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

virtual event

Join us for a virtual behind-the-scenes event at the BYU Museum of Art! Join designers, fabricators, and curators for a unique look at the latest exhibitions. The MOA team will offer insights on exhibition layout, creating displays, touching up frames, and much more!

Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art

February 28, 2020 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

650 N 1100 E, Logan, UT 84322

Join Museum Registrar, Zaira Arredondo for a behind-the-scenes tour of Particle & Wave: Paperclay Illuminated. Featuring forty-five artists from across the world who incorporate paper pulp and organic fibers into their clay, this exhibition explores creativity and connection. After the tour join your colleagues for dinner at a local restaurant (pay your own way).