The Museum of Church History and Art will present "A Pioneer Profiles July 24th Celebration" to the public every Monday evening in July. Performances will be in the Museum Theater at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. on July 6, 13, 20 and 27.
The 30-minute program provides a glimpse of early Pioneer Day celebrations in the Salt Lake Valley. Music, dancing and memories were all part of those early festivities. Pioneer characters, portrayed by museum volunteers dressed in authentically recreated pioneer clothing, relate the joys, sorrow and challenges of life on the journey west.Newspaper accounts and reminiscences provide the basis for the program. Characters portrayed in the program were original pioneers who lived in the Salt Lake Valley after they arrived in Utah between 1847 and 1852.
The same characters are presented in short vignettes of pioneer life on the museum plaza every Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Museum of Church History and Art is located at 45 N. West Temple, just west of Temple Square, and is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and on weekends and holidays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
All museum events, including the performances, are free to the public. Performance seating is available on a first-come basis.
