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Beehive House
Brigham Young lived in the Beehive House until his death in 1877, and the house has been meticulously maintained with period furnishings and artwork.
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Discovery Gateway
Discovery Gateway is a fantastic hands-on children's museum and possibly the best city attraction for families.
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Olympic Legacy Cauldron Park
The Olympic Legacy Cauldron Park has giant panels detailing the games; check out the heavy-handed but heartfelt film with artificial fog and booming sound effects. It's screened from to Monday to Saturday.
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Pioneer Memorial Museum
You'll find plenty of museums and monuments in Utah run by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, but the Pioneer Memorial Museum is the organisation's best. Four floors and 38 rooms are crammed with carefully labelled and well displayed historical memorabilia, painstakingly and proudly collected by the good sisters.
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Salt Lake City Public Library
Salt Lake City Main Public Library is a spectacular new building with four-story glass walls and a rooftop garden. Inside you'll find a huge collection of books and magazines(including a vast number of zines), a special teen zone named 'Canteena' and some of SLC's coolest shops. For readers who like words with pictures there is an impressive graphic novel selection.
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State Capitol
Just north of Temple Sq, the walls of the impressive State Capitol are normally covered with historical murals, but at the time of research the building was set to undergo renovation until the beginning of 2008.
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Tabernacle
The egg-shaped 1867 Tabernacle is again the highlight after the completion of an extensive seismic retrofit and renovation in 2007. Some preservationists grumbled about the replacement of its pine pews, but a few rows of the originals were left in the back. To show off its fabled acoustics, pin drops are held every 15 minutes - the sound can be heard all the way in the back, more than 200ft away. It's also home to the world-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and visitors can drop in on rehearsals ( Thu, choir broadcast Sun) accompanied by the 11,000-pipe organ.
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Temple Square
The city's most famous sight, Temple Square occupies a 10-acre block and is surrounded by 15ft-high walls. Docents at the visitor centers inside the two entrances (on S and N Temple) give free 30-minute tours.
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This Is The Place Heritage Park
Dedicated to the 1847 arrival of the Mormons, This Is The Place Heritage Park encompasses Old Deseret Village, a 450-acre living-history museum, with costumed docents depicting life in the mid-19th century. Some of the 41 buildings are replicas, others originals, including Brigham Young's farmhouse.
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Tracy Aviary
The Tracy Aviary is one of the nations oldest and largest bird parks and will delight all lovers of the feathered kind. Winged residents include the lurid scarlet ibis, the bald and golden eagles and huge Andean condor. The kids can make some fine feathered friends by feeding the ducks, colourful lories and parrots.
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University of Utah
The university contains two interesting museums and an arboretum. The fine Utah Museum of Natural History features gems and stones, dinosaur bones, a butterfly collection and more. The new, architecturally-intriguing Utah Museum of Fine Arts has a broad permanent collection and hosts changing exhibits in the Great Hall.
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Utah Museum of Fine Arts
SLC's best art museum, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts has soaring galleries, cherry-wood floors, and permanent collections of tribal, Western and modern art; it also books important international traveling shows.
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Wheeler Historic Farm
Wheeler Historic Farm, in South Cottonwood Regional Park, dates from 1886. Kids can help farm hands milk cows, churn butter and feed animals. There's also blacksmithing, quilting and wagon rides in summer.
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