PREVIOUS EXHIBITION U92: Moab’s Uranium Legacy Now on display at Dead Horse Point State Park This exhibition explores a pivotal chapter in Moab’s history, inviting you to immerse yourself in a time of profound transformation. For almost 150 years, mining on the Colorado Plateau created jobs, booming cities, abandoned towns, and significant wealth for a…

Seasons: Delicate Stitchers Quilt Guild Annual Show The 23rd Annual Delicate Stitchers Quilt Guild Show displays a variety of themed quilts in the South Gallery through August 17, 2024. Join us for the FREE public opening on Friday, August 2nd during the Moab Arts “Art Walk” or stop by on Pioneer Day, Wednesday, July 24th…

CURRENT TEMPORARY EXHIBITION A Moab Prison Camp: Japanese American Incarceration in Grand County Displayed February – December 2024. A Moab Prison Camp: Japanese American Incarceration in Utah introduces the local and national story of Japanese American incarceration during WWII. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066…

Past Exhibition The People’s Tapestry: Weaving Tradition in Navajo Culture The Moab Museum is honored to present The People’s Tapestry: Weaving Tradition in Navajo Culture, a celebration of the magnificent weavings created by the Diné (which means “the people” in Navajo). Diné textiles reflect the concept of hózhóó, or balance and harmony, which is reflected in the primarily symmetrical designs.…

Flower Power: Annual Delicate Stitchers Quilt Guild Quilt Show On Display from May 13 – June 12, 2023. This year’s quilt challenge is entitled ‘Flower Power’ and features floral fabrics and other blooming design elements – as well as a few historic quilts from the Moab Museum’s Collection, which feature flowers as well. Visitors had the…

Previous Exhibition A Grand Heritage: Stories from the Oral History Archive The Moab Museum’s temporary exhibition A Grand Heritage: Stories from the Oral History Archive features first-person accounts from Moab’s pre-uranium history, built around oral histories between the late 1880s and the early 1920s. The exhibition will be on display through the end of April…

Past Exhibit A World Transformed: The Transcontinental Railroad in Utah On display during the summer of 2021, this temporary exhibit shared stories of the people who built the Transcontinental Railroad through Utah- specifically the large population of Chinese-American workers. This exhibit featured two traveling exhibitions created by the Utah Department of Arts and Museums A World…

Previous Exhibition William Grandstaff: Black Frontiersman and Moab Settler Early Moab settler William Grandstaff has long occupied a prominent place in Moab’s history, and today, the scenic Grandstaff Canyon hiking trail draws many thousands of visitors annually. In many ways, Grandstaff was a prototypical frontiersman of his time. Seeking better opportunities out West, he dabbled…

Previous Exhibition Block Prints By Everett Ruess The Moab Museum presents Block Prints by Everett Ruess, a Utah Department of Arts & Museums’ traveling exhibition which includes a selection of block prints created by artist and writer, Everett Ruess, depicting his travels throughout the western United States in the early 20th century. Running from November…

Previous Exhibition Memories of Quarantine / Memorias de la Cuarentena As the coronavirus pandemic brought the world to a halt in the early months of 2020, Moab resident Mónica Piñera sought to capture the stories arising around her both here in Utah and in her native Mexico. The Moab Museum is thrilled to present a…