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Not to be confused with Church History Library.

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Church History Museum

Established	1984
Location	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Type	Religious museum
Website	Official site

The Church History Museum is the premier museum operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is opposite the west gates of the church's Temple Square. Until November 2008, it was called the Museum of Church History and Art.¹

The museum contains collections of art, artifacts, documents, photographs, tools, clothing and furniture from the almost two-century history of the LDS Church. It was dedicated and opened on April 4, 1984.² A major instigator of the creation of the church museum was Florence S. Jacobsen, a church curator and a former general president of the Young Women organization of the church.

The Church History Museum is open seven days a week. Admission is free.

Notes

^ "Museum is now known as Church History Museum". Church News (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News). November 15, 2008. http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/55920/Museum-is-now-known-as-Church-History-Museum.html. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
^ "New Church Museum Dedicated". Ensign (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints): 104–6. May 1984. http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=116e05481ae6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1. Retrieved 2008-10-21.

References

Florence Smith Jacobsen, "Museums, LDS" in Encyclopedia of Mormonism pp. 971–973.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Museum of Church History and Art

Church History Museum : official site
Museum of Church History and Art : government of Utah tourism site

Historic Sites of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Northeast

Palmyra	Sacred Grove • Peter Whitmer log home • Hill Cumorah Visitors' Center • Grandin Building

Kirtland	Kirtland Visitors' Center • Newel K. Whitney Store • Kirtland Temple

Other	Washington D.C. Temple Visitors' Center • Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial • John Johnson Farm • Susquehanna River

Midwest

Nauvoo	Nauvoo Visitors' Center • Nauvoo Temple • Nauvoo Historic District • Red Brick Store

Missouri	Far West Temple Site • Adam-ondi-Ahman • Liberty Jail • Independence (Zion) Temple Lot • Independence Visitors' Center • Haun's Mill

Other	Winter Quarters • Mormon Trail Center • Carthage Jail

West

Salt Lake City	Temple Square (Salt Lake Temple, Tabernacle, Organ, Assembly Hall) • Church Office Building • Joseph Smith Memorial Building • Church Administration Building • Conference Center • Relief Society Building • Brigham Young Complex (Beehive House, Lion House) • Family History Library • Church History Museum • Church History Library • Granite Mountain Records Vault

Other	Chesterfield, Idaho • Cove Fort • St. George Temple Visitors' Center • Laie Hawaii Temple Visitors' Center • Polynesian Cultural Center • Mormon Corridor • Martin's Cove • Pipe Spring National Monument

Non-U.S.

Gadfield Elm Chapel • Jerusalem Center • Mexico City Temple Visitors' Center • New Zealand Temple Visitors' Center

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