Pioneer Memorial Museum

Category: Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah

Address: 300 N Main St, Salt Lake City, UT 84103, USA

Phone: +18015326479

Opening hours

Sunday: Closed

Monday: 9AM–4:30PM

Tuesday: 9AM–4:30PM

Wednesday: 9AM–4:30PM

Thursday: 9AM–4:30PM

Friday: 9AM–4:30PM

Saturday: Closed

Reviews

Peggy Allred

Sep 18, 2022

Great old stuff.

Sander Moorlag

Sep 7, 2022

Nice building to view with a nice museum inside

Carly Walker

Aug 26, 2022

Not sure if it’s random selection of who has to lock their purse, or if it’s profiling since I was a female wearing “flip flops, jeans and a black sweatshirt” (to cover my medical condition on my arms). I saw other women with larger purses than me walking around in the museum… museum was awesome, cool artifacts, - purse locker was strange and seemed discriminatory (-1 star). Only me and one other person had to use a locker. 🤔

Kayt R

Aug 25, 2022

One of my favorite places.

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Questions & Answers

How can we get " Faith In Every Footstep" markers for our ancestors graves. They were two women who came with the First Hancart Company. One is buried in the old Soda Springs Pioneer Cemetery and her daughter is buried in the Bountiful Cemetery.

Donna Talbot | Sep 25, 2018
Greg Stone | Sep 25, 2018

There's a store called Sons of Utah Pioneers where you can buy them for $15.00. Google it and you'll be on your way.

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How much to get in?

Jocelynn Poncetta | Sep 24, 2021
Bonnie Keola | Sep 24, 2021

The Pioneer Museum is free! It is ran by volunteers!

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Susanna Pritchard Preece 05982 my great grandmother. I was given 2 teaspoons that match 11225 . Leah Hambleton (4160) donated 2 she had. I would love to contact her to share stories how we came by our treasures. How can I contact her?

Susanna Taggart | Sep 24, 2021
Kari Main | Sep 24, 2021

I'm sorry but we have no donor contact information for Leah Hambleton.

Do you have an email of someone I can correspond with regarding a book they may have digitally? Windows of the Past, by Lou Jean Saunders Wiggins

Linda Ripplinger | Sep 24, 2021
Kari Main | Sep 24, 2021

I apologize but we do not have that book digitally.

Do you have anything on Alice Marguerite Bulter, Kelly, Curtis

Colleen Ford | Sep 24, 2020
robert pyper | Sep 24, 2020

Call the girls who run the museum on Monday morning and they can answer all of questions......

Several years ago I was able to come to the museum and obtain copies of the family histories of pioneer ancestors. Is that service still available?

Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury | Sep 25, 2019
Victoria Brinton | Sep 25, 2019

Yes. Just bring change for the copy fee

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Can I host my birthday party there?

annika k | Sep 25, 2019
Sharron Murray | Sep 25, 2019

I don't think there is a room. This is a museum after all

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Where do you park?

Hailee Anderson | Sep 25, 2019
mark mitchell | Sep 25, 2019

You can also park at the state Capitol 🙂 it is a short walk, depending on the day, and time of day, I always park on the west side of the building on the street, never have had a problem.

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Where can I send a question that is more lengthy in text about one of the Martin's Handcart Company rescuers? I took my trek kids to his grave site and there was no Daughters of the Utah Pioneer Markers or any important kind of mention of this

Lesa Downs | Sep 25, 2018
Carrie Ellison | Sep 25, 2018

I would just call the museum and talk to the ladies that work there. If they don't have the answer for you they'll definitely be able to tell you where to get your answer

How can I print pictures on my computer from the disc Lessons for March

Cathy Thurman | Sep 25, 2018
Harry D. | Sep 25, 2018

This question is not for local guides, ask the museum directly

What year did daylight savings start?

Shanna Colburn | Sep 25, 2018
Brien Arnold | Sep 25, 2018

While Germany and Austria were the first countries to use DST in 1916, it is a little-known fact that a few hundred Canadians beat the German Empire by 8 years. On July 1, 1908, the residents of Port Arthur, Ontario, today's Thunder Bay, turned their clocks forward by 1 hour to start the world's first DST period. Other locations in Canada soon followed suit. On April 23, 1914, Regina in Saskatchewan implemented DST. The cities of Winnipeg and Brandon in Manitoba did so on April 24, 1916. According to the April 3, 1916, edition of the Manitoba Free Press, Daylight Saving Time in Regina “proved so popular that bylaw now brings it into effect automatically”. However, the idea did not catch on globally until Germany introduced DST in 1916. Clocks in the German Empire, and its ally Austria, were turned ahead by 1 hour on April 30, 1916—2 years into World War I. The rationale was to minimize the use of artificial lighting to save fuel for the war effort.

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What artifacts are staff favorites?

Sam Garfield | Sep 25, 2017
Marilyn Cox | Sep 25, 2019

One of my favorites is the Hilda Erickson case on the main floor. She lived to be 108 and was the last known living pioneer. She was a doctor and a dentist and a rancher in Tooele County. The case includes her long, red hair, her medical instruments and the pulled teeth that she saved. But my very favorite thing is her rattlesnake tail collection. The pioneers battled more than giant crickets!

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