Current Special Exhibit

Chasing Time

The still, tranquil beauty of Utah's mountains and deserts, long admired by artists, was born from a turbulent past. Massive environmental and geologic changes in deep time, along with continued erosion, created a landscape with stratigraphy laid bare. Each rock, from resistant, cliff-forming sandstones to soft, bench and slope-forming mudstones, tells the story of Utah's geologic past.

In this exhibit, we take you on a journey across eastern and southern Utah through the eyes of the artist and the geologist. What do these geologic formations tell us about the deep history of Utah? How was the climate different, and what animals and plants called these landscapes home? Find out as we go Chasing Time!

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