Backstage at The Utah Arts Festival 2017: Kids Art Yard a model of creative upcycling art, community partnerships

Just Google the terms “upcycling and kid’s art,” and pages upon pages of ideas for do-it-yourself art projects will pop up that mostly ask for inexpensive items that most household family members often throw into the trash without a second thought. The term is more popular than ever. It was coined by Reiner Pilz who … Read more

Celebrating: The Horse

various horse skeletons

The Natural History Museum of Utah’s newest exhibit, The Horse, will be galloping around the University of Utah foothills through January 4, 2015. The exhibit is meant to explore the enduring bond between humans and horses across cultures and throughout time, with much of it on loan from the American Museum of Natural History in … Read more

Chocolate, It’s Not Just For Dessert

Sky Lodge table one Chef Christian Ojeda

As the Natural History Museum of Utah’s Chocolate: The Exhibition comes to its last few days of display, there’s still one sweet event remaining, to toast the exhibit’s time in SLC. At Park City’s Sky Lodge restaurant Table One, Chef Christian Ojeda has created a special chocolate menu that is both sweet and savory. The … Read more

Ultimate Chocolate Festival

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Chocolate lovers – and who isn’t? – are invited to attend the Ultimate Chocolate Festival the weekend of March 22-23 at the Natural History Museum of Utah at the Rio Tinto Center. The not-to-be missed event will feature local chocolate-makers, cafes, specialty items, and the museum’s popular feature exhibit Chocolate: The Exhibition, from The Field … Read more

Chocolate: The Exhibition

chocolate the exhibition logo

Chocolate: The Exhibition is the Natural History Museum Of Utah’s latest addition to an already mesmerizing attraction. The exhibit focuses on the world’s enduring love affair with this sweetest of treats and promises to “engage your senses and reveal aspects of this sumptuous sweet that you’ve never thought about before. You’ll explore the plant, the … Read more