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Brigham Young University is a part the Utah County community and with its four museums and three art galleries that are free and open to the public, the community is also a part of BYU. Admission is free to all BYU museums. 

·               The Museum of Art  has featured such prodigious exhibits as the Masada and selected works of the French sculptor Rodin. (801) 378-378-2787

·               The Museum of Peoples and Cultures will give you a glimpse into life and cultures of the peoples of the world. (801) 378-6112

·               The Earth Science Museum features an fossil collections, including ice-age mammals, ancient sea life and a life-size campotosaurus skeleton.  (801) 378-3680

·               The Harris Fine Arts Center houses the B.F. Larsen Gallery as well as Gallery 303. The Brimhall Gallery is housed in the Brimhall Building and houses exhibits from the photography and design students. All galleries present student, as well as regional and national traveling shows. (801) 378-2881

·               Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum  provides special tours and programs for kids, as well as tours and presentations for adults. You’ll be amazed at by all the facts about insects, birds, fish, amphibians, plants and mammals you can learn in just an hour tour. (801) 378-5051

Crandall Historical Printing Museum

You can see one of the only two working Gutenberg presses in the world, as well as a working replica of Benjamin Franklin’s press and a working replica of the original Book of Mormon press. The museum is open daily between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for seniors, $1 for children. 275 E Center, Provo (801) 377-7777

Daughters of Utah Pioneer Museums

Housed in the oldest in the school building in the state of Utah are thousands of relics from the days of the early pioneers. Included are over 300 portraits of the early pioneers, as well as the “Four Stages of Emma Hale Smith,” which features authentic dresses worn by the wife of the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith. Summer hours are Thursday through Saturday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. To visit the rest of the year call Janice Brown at (801) 785-2619 for an appointment. Admission is free.  70 S 100 East, Pleasant Grove

Other Daughter of Utah Pioneers museums exist throughout the county. Located in the Historic Carnegie Library is the Springville-Mapleton Daughters of Utah Pioneer Museum with more artifacts from the pioneer period. This museum is also free. 175 S Main, Springville.  801) 489-7525

Fairview Museum of History and Art

Housed in two buildings, a 1900 schoolhouse and a newer building is pioneer memorbilia, a Blackhawk War display, Indian artifacts and art collections from various artists such as Avard Fairbanks. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.  Donations are accepted. 85 N 100 East, Fairview, (435) 427-9216

Hall of Fame Museum of National Award Vehicles

Visit the grand national award-winning cars designed and built by a local engineer who, even in the new millennium is ahead of his time. For more information call (801) 373-3040.

John Hutchings Museum of Natural History

This museum contains a menagerie of artifacts from World War I, II, Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf War and histories of Lehi natives who have served in the wars.  Also, the museum houses pioneer and American Indian relics as well as mineral specimens and fossils capturing ancient marine and bird life.  It is open Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Admission is $2.50 for adults;$2 for students and seniors; and $1.50 for children 12 and under. 55 N Center in Lehi, (801) 768-7180

McCurdy Doll Museum

With over 4,000 historic dolls and toys, your inner child won’t want to miss this museum in Provo. It is located at 246 N 100 East and is open Tuesday through Saturday 1-5 p.m. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children under 12.  246 N 100 East, Provo (801) 377-9935.

Moyle Historical Park/Museum

In the restored house of Alpine pioneer, John Rowe Moyle, is housed a museum containing antiques of the old west.  And adjacent to the museum is a 1866- rock tower used to protect settlers and fighter off Indians. 606 E 770 North, Alpine, (801) 756-1194

North Park Museum (Pioneer Memorial Park)

See original cabins from the second Fort Utah, as well as Western art and pioneer artifacts. The museum open summers beginning June 1. Admission is free.  500 W 600 North, Provo (801) 377-7078.

Orem Heritage Museum

Each of the 30,000 pieces in this free museum tells a story about Orem.  Kids will love the working mini railroad that travels around a scaled model of old Orem city.  And you’ll love the old working Victrola, as well as one of the largest Indian artifact exhibits in the United States. The Orem Heritage Museum is located in the SCERA. 745 S State, Orem             (801) 225-ARTS

Peteetneet Cultural Arts Center

With an art gallery featuring Utah artists, cowboy poetry night, dance and martial arts classes and a historical museum, it would be hard to not to find something to enjoy at the Peteetneet Cultural Arts Center. The Cultural Arts Center was built in 1901 and named after a Ute Indian chief.  The museum features a recreated, early 1900s home and schoolhouse.  The schoolhouse honors a Payson teacher who had left teaching to train to become a nurse.  After receiving her training, the Payson teacher boarded the infamous Titantic and never returned to Utah again.

10 S Peteetneet Blvd, Payson, (801) 465-9427           

Springville Museum of Art

Utah’s oldest fine art museum helped Springville get the nickname “Art City.” The Spanish Revival building  was constructed during the depression as a WPA project and was dedicated in 1937 to be as "a sanctuary of beauty and a temple of meditation." Since then it has housed the works of Utah artists from the pioneer period. A significant portion of art in the museum is 20th century American realism and Soviet Socialist realism from the 1930's to the 1970's. Admission to the museum is free, but donations are accepted. Hours are: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, hours are extended until 9 p.m.; Sunday 3 -6 p.m. Closed Monday. 126 E 400 South, Springville, (801) 489-2727

Tintic Mining Museum

Situated in an old railroad station are artifacts of the mining days. The people of the Tintic mining district mined anything from gold to ore. Most of the mines are now closed down, but the legacy of the early miners remains through the museum. Main St., Eureka, (435) 433-6842