Pioneer Memorial Museum (2) Markers

The Daughters of Utah Pioneers built this museum in the shape of a ghost: it is a replica of the old Salt Lake Theater, the beloved playhouse torn down in 1928. Dedicated in 1950, it was raised to gather and keep the evidence of the roughly eighty-six thousand pioneers who crossed the plains by ox team, handcart, and on foot between 1847 and 1869 — their portraits, papers, and relics, the ordinary belongings of an extraordinary migration. It remains one of the largest collections of its kind anywhere.

What the plaque says

Erected by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and the State of Utah as a replica of the Salt Lake Theater. Dedicated July 23, 1950, as a Hall in which to preserve the names, portraits, histories, manuscripts, relics and other evidences of wisdom, industry and culture of nearly 86,000 immigrant pioneers who, from 1847 until 1869, with ox team, handcart and on foot crossed a thousand miles of wilderness to find religious freedom and new homes in the Rocky Mountains.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Salt Lake City — 0.4 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 0.4 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Ensign Peak — 1.0 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Liberty Park — 2.3 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882

More markers nearby

• Thomas L. Kane and the Mormons — steps away
• Lest we Forget — steps away
• Utah and the Civil War (4) Markers — steps away
• Civil War Monument — steps away