Church History Museum

 

Our time here in Utah is coming close to an end. We head back to Georgia soon, but I still have a few posts to share about our time here in Utah. We have had a great time here, yet I am sad because there is so much more to see that we haven't had time to do. That is a good thing. We can come back for another summer at some point and do the things we missed. We had a really good balance of relaxing and exploring.  I never wanted to make it feel like we were just checking off boxes, and I maintained that goal.  Last week, Addy had some schoolwork she needed to finish, so Avery and I headed to Salt Lake.  I forgot to mention that my husband and our oldest son, Harris, finally joined us.  I let them have the car for the day, and we took the FrontRunner, which is a train that runs from Ogden to Provo and then west to east from the airport to Draper.  We went to the Church History Museum when we arrived in Salt Lake.  The museum addresses the topic of leaders of the church, the church's beginnings, time spent by members in the Mexican War, and early settlement. They have a famous painter, Minerva Teichert, whose paintings are on display.  Unfortunately, due to copyright issues, I can't display any of her paintings here on this blog.  Minerva painted religious paintings and daily life on the ranch.  The girls enjoyed the museum as it was very child-friendly and interactive.  Afterward, we went to the bookstore and got dinner at Kneaders.  It was a good afternoon.