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Museum of Utah slated to open May 2026; new Capitol space will house collections, conservation and digitization labs
Summary
State cultural project manager David Wachey says fabrication for the Museum of Utah will begin in spring 2025 and the facility at the Capitol is scheduled to open in May 2026 with roughly 17,000—,000—,000—,000—,000—,000 square feet of exhibit space, new collections storage and a digitization lab to protect artifacts moved after the 2020 Rio Grande earthquake.
David Wachey, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Collaboration and project manager for the Museum of Utah, said fabrication for the museum's exhibits is expected to start in spring 2025 and that the facility is slated to open in May 2026.
Wachey said the Museum of Utah will be located at the Capitol within the Utah Historical Society and will include roughly "an 18,000, 17 thousand, 18 thousand square foot exhibit space on the First Floor." He framed the project as primarily about protecting and preserving state collections: "One of the biggest reasons this building is happening is to protect our…
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