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TCHP-SE-SprngvilleArtMuseum

Utah’s first museum for the visual arts, this beautiful Spanish Colonial Style building would be worth visiting even if there were no art.  Dedicated as a “Sanctuary of Beauty and a Temple of Contemplation ” by David O. McKay, the Museum houses nearly 3,000 works, 1,800 of which are Utah art.  The impressive collection of 150 years of Utah fine art, twentieth century Soviet Socialist Realism and American art, and 15 exhibitions per year are displayed throughout 29 galleries and the beautiful new sculpture garden.

The Museum supports the vision of its founders, embodied in the belief that the absolutes of truth, beauty and pathos, sensitivity and power of fine art are to “refine the minds of youth and build character in all people,” [John Hafen] and that “art is a necessity for a well ordered life” [Cyrus E. Dallin]. Our goal is to promote the Museum as “a sanctuary of beauty and a temple of contemplation” [David O. McKay].

When you make your pilgrimage to Provo, make the trip a lil further and go to the Springville Art Museum.

 

 

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