Museum Hours

The only state museum of its kind in the country, the Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts has become the place where traditional art and artists from Utah's ethnic, native, occupational and rural communities share their craft, music and dance with their own communities, their Utah neighbors and with tourists from around the world.

The Chase Home Museum is open with regular hours from mid-April through mid-October.

Spring and Fall hours--Saturday and Sunday from 12 noon to 5 pm.

Summer (Memorial Day through Labor Day)-- Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 2 pm to  7 pm, and Monday through Thursday from 12 noon to 5 pm.

Group tours can be scheduled throughout the year
by calling (801) 533-5760

The Chase Home is located in the middle of Liberty Park. To visit, enter the park from either 900 South or 1300 South (on 600 East) and follow the signs to parking near the center of the park.

Folk Arts Museum Galleries

In 1899, the Utah State Legislature established the Utah Art Institute, predecessor of the Utah Arts Council, and mandated the annual purchase of art for a permanent state collection. In 1976 the Council's Folk Arts Program was established and the state collection soon grew to include not only paintings and sculpture, but also quilts, rugs, woodcarvings, needlework, American Indian crafts and a variety of other traditional and ethnic art forms.  Today, there are over 200 objects in the State Folk Art Collection.

Native Gallery	Ethnic Gallery
Occupational	Rural Gallery

"EVERYDAY ART" at the Chase Home Museum
of Utah Folk Art

This exhibit features objects created during the last twenty-five years by living Utah artists. It is organized into four galleries containing Native (American Indian) Art, Ethnic Art, Occupational Art and Rural Art. The online exhibit presents a virtual display of what you will see at the Chase Home.

 

 

Rural Folk Arts Gallery

Rural Gallery, Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts
(Photo by of Michael Moore)

The Rural Gallery features traditional art that reflects the challenging nature of rural culture and its concern with being productive, recycling useful materials and efficiently using all available time and resources. Braided, loomed, hooked and crocheted rugs, whittling and woodcarving, furniture made from local willow or pine and carved or welded miniature wagons are on display. Typically used to furnish and decorate one's home, they demonstrate the age-old need to produce objects of usefulness as well as beauty. See the online exhibit here.

Native American Gallery

The Native American Gallery contains objects made by members of Utah's resident tribes, Goshute, Navajo, Paiute, Shoshone and Ute, and by American Indians from out-of-state tribes who live in Utah. The gallery features beautiful beadwork, basketry, musical instruments, toys and rugs regularly made by Utah artists for use within their communities or for sale to collectors. See the online exhibit here.

If you like Native American Art, you may be interested in the Willow Stories exhibit offered through the Utah Arts Council Traveling Exhibit Program.

Ethnic Folk Arts Gallery

Ethnic Arts Gallery, Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts
(Photo by Carol Edison)

The Ethnic Arts Gallery features traditional art from a number of Utah's national, ethnic and immigrant communities.  Displays range from Japanese origami, Chinese paper cuts and Mexican paper flowers and piñatas to Polynesian quilts, Swedish weaving and a variety of objects made from clay and wood.  Objects are typically crafted for use at community celebrations or to decorate the home, reinforcing ethnic heritage and identity. See the online exhibit here.

Occupational Folk Arts Gallery

Occupational Folk Arts Gallery, Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts
(Photo by Carol Edison)

Stonecarving, hand-forged tools and horseshoes, saddles and cowboy gear made from braided rawhide and hitched horsehair are featured in the Occupational Gallery.  Artists have learned these traditional skills from family members or co-workers and they produce objects that are functional, beautiful and very much like the work that has been produced by traditional craftsmen for centuries. See the online exhibit here.