The Natural History Museum of Utah is a University of Utah campus museum, housed within the university's Rio Tinto Center since 2011. The museum originally stemmed out of natural history collections begun in 1959 and opened to the public in its first location in 1969. Today, it houses a collection of more than 1.6 million natural specimens and research objects, with a focus on the natural and biological history of Utah and the Intermountain West. Significant holdings of anthropology, paleontology, entomology, mineralogy, and botany items are showcased in permanent and temporary rotating exhibits, which may be viewed for free on four select free-admission days throughout the year.
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