Located across the street from Temple Square, this museum exhibits artifacts, artwork, photographs and other memorabilia of Mormon history. Also look for special exhibits showcasing Mormon culture from around the world. Exhibits recreate everyday life of early pioneer settlers. Showcases include homes, schools, churches, industry and cultural sites. Also find old fashion furniture makers, ice creasm saloon, wagon and sleigh rides.
Visitor center has three floors of pioneer exhibits.
The best history of the Latter-Day Saints addressed to a general audience now includes a new preface, an epilogue, and a bibliographical afterword. This is without a doubt the definitive Mormon history. Even as he enumerates all of America's social ills Hinckley believes there is a remedy. Chapter by chapter Hinckley presents 10 old-fashioned virtues that will return America to the glory envisioned by its founding fathers. These virtues include Love, Honesty, Morality, Civility, Learning, Forgiveness, Thrift and Industry, Gratitude, Optimism, and Faith.