Paris Tabernacle and museum

The Paris Tabernacle is an LDS historical site that is open for tours daily in the summer (9:30 am-5:30 pm). It is a beautiful building completed in the 1880s and very much resembles the old Provo Tabernacle (now the Provo City Center Temple). You will find the Paris Tabernacle at 109 S Main street in Paris, Idaho—it’s hard to miss.

Paris was settled by Charles C. Rich, a famous figure in Mormon history as he was an early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Rich had the Paris Tabernacle built, but did not live to see it completed.

Inside the tabernacle are 2000 seats, including a large main floor and a balcony that runs along three sides of the structure. There is also a beautiful organ which has 200 pipes. They were letting visitors play the organ on the day we visited.

The building is huge and beautiful and looks a little out of place in such a tiny town. It is built in the Romanesque style (I think) and is still being used as a meeting house by local residents for conferences and other meetings. One unique feature is the ceiling. It was built by a ship builder, and if you look straight up, it looks like you are looking into the bottom of a ship. It is quite strange to see the wooden ceiling.

I love to look at these buildings and think about how it was all done by hand. All these benches, the ceiling, the windows, the finish work…it would be hard and take a long time.
If you’re at Bear Lake, be sure to make the short drive north to Paris and check out the Tabernacle. The Paris Ice Cave is also nearby, as well as the Paris Historical Museum.

There is a tiny museum located in downtown Paris, Idaho just across the street from the Paris Tabernacle. The museum is free, and will only take a few minutes to walk through, but our kids enjoyed it.

The City of Paris Historical Museum is just 1 small room and 1 large room and features Charles C. Rich, the early Mormon Apostle prominently as he is was an early settler of this area.

Featured in this museum are old pioneer artifacts and farm equipment. There is a large section that honors people who served in the military. Our boys especially loved the old typewriters and cash registers, even though they called them old computers. Ha ha!

We only spent about 20 minutes in this museum, but we always enjoy these small hometown nuggets. Everyone is very nice and it’s fun to look back at the historical items, too. The Paris Historical Museum is located at 34 S. Main Street in Paris, ID, and is open M-F from 10-4.

Moyle Park (Alpine)

770 North 600 East

For tours or reservations

call (801) 756-1194

Open May 1 - Sept 30

Museum
Old Indian Fort
Picnic area

Utah Olympic Park

Located in cool, beautiful Park City, Utah and cradled by the Wasatch Mountains, the 389-acre Utah Olympic Park venue is open year-round to visitors.
The venue is home to six Nordic Ski Jumps, 1,335-meter sliding track with five start areas, freestyle aerials winter training and competition hill, and 750,000-gallon training pool. It also features the Joe Quinney Winter Sports Center, which houses both the Alf Engen Ski Museum and George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles 2002 Olympic Winter Games Museum. Parking and admission to the museums and venue is free.
Utah Olympic Park is part of the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation and sister venue to Utah Olympic Oval

2 free museums, open 9-6

Comet Bobsled ride  (Age 13+, 100 lbs+) (Available Summer and winter)

Extreme summer tubing (Age 10+)

Alpine Slide

2 Ziplines

3 Adventure Courses for different ages/abilities

Drop Tower

Catch the high-flying action every summer weekend at the Flying Ace All-Stars Freestyle Show. See Olympians and National Team skiers and snowboarders perform acrobatic feats as they soar up to 60 feet in the air before landing in the Park's NEW Spence Eccles Olympic Freestyle Pool. A great show for the whole family, this half-hour choreographed production will leave you breathless! $12 ADULT | $7 SENIORS+KIDS
Showtimes:
June 26 to September 4
Saturdays + Sundays @ 1 pm
New this season—show admission is included in the Weekend Gold Pass!

Lehi Hutchings Museum

Museum of Natural Curiosity (Thanksgiving Point)

North American Museum of Ancient Life (Thanksgiving Point)

Open Mon-Sat 10-9

BYU Museum of Art

Open Mon-Fri 10-9, Sat noon-5
Free
May need ticket for special exhibits
Scavenger hunt available at front desk

Bean Life Science Museum (BYU)

Open Mon-Fri 10-9, Sat 10-5
Free
Scavenger hunt available at front desk

Earth Science Museum (BYU)

1683 North Canyon Road, Provo
Open Mon-Fri 9-5

Conservation Mountain Museum (Cabela's)

2502 West Grand Terrace, Lehi
Open Tues-Sat 10-5
Free

Garth & Jerri Frehner Museum of Natural History

Visitors will experience the natural world with gorgeous exhibit of large and small game animals. FREE Open year round, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday, on the first floor of the Science Additions Building (southeast corner of Southern Utah University campus). For information call (435) 865-8549.

Frontier Homestead State Park Museum

635 N. Main St. Cedar City

Old West museum with horse drawn wagons

Coal Creek trail goes near it

Frontier Homestead State Park Museum
Experience time travel through the Homestead’s massive collection of horse drawn vehicles. You can imagine yourself as a stage coach driver, or a pioneer crossing the plains in a covered wagon. Experience life on the frontier with interactive displays and exhibits dedicated to pioneer life. Junior curator programs and backroom tours available.   Cost is $3 per person.  Open all year Monday –Saturday (Open Sunday’s and evenings in the summer).  Located at 635 N. Main. (435) 586-9290.

Great Basin Museum

328 West 100 North,  Delta

Small museum. Free admission.

Topaz National Historic Landmark

10000 West 4500 South, 16 miles northwest of Delta
WW2 internment camp

Topaz Museum (www.topazmuseum.org)

Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum

Explore a fine collection of pioneer artifacts. FREE. Open all year, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Located inside the Iron County Visitor Center at 581 N. Main in Cedar City.  Contact (435) 586-4484 for more information.