One last look at Tom Tom’s Volkswagen Museum
The Arnold brothers watched their father’s shop evolve over five unpredictable decades– now they are moving on
museum
Emit Pittman – Dalton Wells CCC Enrollee
The 1943 incarceration of Japanese Americans and Moab’s role in these national-scale events were predated by Dalton Wells’ original use: a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp – DG-32. This week, the Museum…
Exploring the ghost town along the Colorado River
Dewey Bridge brings travelers driving on Utah State Route 128 across the Colorado River, as the road climbs out of the confines of the steep canyon walls. Today, Dewey is the site of…
Moab Museum reopens: Current temporary exhibit features transcontinental railroad, Chinese labor force
Visitors will find a brighter, more spacious exhibit space at Moab Museum, which reopened to the public on June 1 after being closed for nearly three years – first for renovations, then because…
Imagine you’re a tiny hiker: Moab Museum and professional conservator give beloved map some TLC
“Everyone who walks in the door these days goes, ‘Hey, whatever happened to that map?” said Mary Langworthy, membership and community outreach coordinator for the Moab Museum. The map in question is a…
An old history, a new vision: Moab Museum appoints new board members
As the Moab Museum reopens with a new vision, the faces behind the scenes are changing as well. The Moab Museum board elected a new president and vice president to lead their group…
A homegrown daredevil
Moab local Tim Martin said that back in the days when he used to run his own chartered flight company he would sometimes see one of the many natural rock arches in the…
Learn about Kent Frost
This article has been updated to correct the name of the “My Canyonlands” filmmaker and to reflect that she will not be participating in the q and a after the Moab Museum’s Nov….
Moab Museum holds first exhibit after renovation
The newly-renovated Moab Museum is opening its doors to guests for a special exhibit, “Howard Balsley: A Life on Paper.” The exhibit presents the story of Howard Balsley, often referred to as the…
A context-ed election
Questions about voting access, election security and electoral politics loom large in public conversation in the run-up to the 2020 election. To understand where we are today, it is often helpful to gain…
The history and legacy of labor in Utah
What might workers in Moab’s contemporary tourism economy have to learn from mine workers of the last century? A whole lot, according to Christian Wright, historian and author of the recently published “Carbon…
Moab Museum hosts Community Exhibit Preview on Feb. 29
The Moab Museum is on the home stretch of an extensive remodel that began in September 2018, and it won’t officially reopen until the spring. But museum lovers and anyone curious about the…