Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City (must see)

Natural History Museum of Utah is located on the campus of the University of Utah. The museum features exhibits of natural history subjects, particularly as they relate to Utah. The mission of the museum is to illuminate the natural world and human's place within it. The museum was established on the University of Utah campus in 1963 by the Utah State Legislature. It opened in 1969 in the former George Thomas Library and has specimens from the Deseret Museum, as well as from the Charles Nettleton Strevell Museum that was located in the old Lafayette School on South Temple Street from 1939 until 1947. The museum's collections emphasize the natural history of Utah and are accessible to researchers from around the world. The majority of the collections are from public lands within the inter-mountain region of the United States.