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
Admission
is Free
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Chase Home Museum: Photo by Michael Moore)
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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.
"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. View the Folk Arts Collection
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. View the Folk Arts Collection
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. View the Folk Arts Collection
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. View the Folk Arts Collection
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. View the Folk Arts Collection
