Category: News

Today we posted a new section to our website, Trains 101. It is full of information and activities for all age levels. Learn the basics about trains at home and then come to the museum to see them up close. You can access Trains 101 through the top menu of our website.

We opened this weekend, May 30th. Right now, our hours are

Friday 1pm to 5pm and Saturday 11am to 5pm

Our YELLOW LEVEL – LOW RISK Guidelines are:

1  Limit of 50 people in the park

2   Visitors must maintain a distance of 6 feet between family groups

3   Visitors are encouraged to wear masks to protect others

4   The depot and cars are closed until Tooele County reaches Green Level – New Normal

What is there to do at the Tooele Valley Museum?

1 Take our in park tour using the outdoor signs

2 Take our historical tour starting at the park and going down Vine Street

3 Visit our outdoor exhibits

4 Have a picnic! We have a pavillion and several tables scattered around the park

5 Paint or draw outside

6 Play a game in our beautiful park. We have suggestions placed throughout the park.

7 Go on one of our scavenger hunts! Ask for the paper at the front desk

8 Visit Engine 11! Go up inside a real steam engine and imagine what it was like to drive one

You can take your own park tour! Thanks to grants from the Spike 150 Organization and the Tooele County Tourism Tax Advisory Board, we were able to produce seven outdoor interpretive signs to place around our historic park. We hope you enjoy them next time you visit.

Tooele City Parks Department thoroughly checked the museum this morning after the earthquake. There was only some minor cosmetic damage in the Foreman’s House. There was no damage to the collection or exhibits.

Thanks again to all the city employees and volunteers who have helped secure the collection over the last few years!

As a a precaution against the spread of COVID-19, we will not be conducting any private tours through March 29, 2020. We hope to open on schedule in May, but we will be postponing the Storytelling Jubilee until July.

Until then, we will be working with the parks department and library staff to bring you Boredom Busters and other quarantine friendly activities.

For updates on Tooele City’s response to COVID-19, please go to tooelecity.org.

Thanks to everyone who attended our workshop! You can download the handout here

How do you care for…

Military Uniforms

Flags

Documents

Patches

Learn the basics of preservation and conservation. Bring any items you have questions about or ask specific questions about your collection.