Museums near Kanab

BLM visitor center for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument with exhibits on the monument's geology, archaeology and history, including artifacts in display cases. Season: Year-round (hours may shorten in winter). Admission: Free.

An 1894 brick home built by Henry Bowman, restored and owned by the City of Kanab, offering tours on pioneer-era family life in Kanab. Season: Year-round (check site calendar for closures). Admission: Free (guided and self-guided tours).

Local history museum with artifacts and archives covering Ancestral Puebloans, settlers, and Kanab's filmmaking era.

Nonprofit museum of relocated sets, props and photos from Western films and TV shows shot around Kanab, toured on foot behind a large Western gift shop. Mostly outdoors with little shade. Season: Year-round. Admission: Free; suggested $5 donation per adult.

Family-run museum inside a sandstone cave north of Kanab, displaying dinosaur tracks, Native American and pre-Columbian artifacts, arrowheads and a fluorescent mineral room. Stays cool year-round. Season: Main season Memorial Day-Labor Day; reduced or call-ahead hours otherwise. Admission: Paid; current price not published (call).

Large indoor museum in the former Stampin' Up building with themed galleries of American history, Hollywood memorabilia, Western artifacts, taxidermy, vintage vehicles and a mock frontier town, plus a gift shop and saloon-style restaurant. Season: Year-round (hours may vary seasonally). Admission: Adults $12; seniors 62+ $10; ages 4-12 $8; military/first responders $8; under 4 free.

Nonprofit museum in a former highway rest area on the north edge of Fredonia, built around a large collection of Ancestral Puebloan and other Native American artifacts, including thousands of arrowheads. Season: Seasonal: open summer months, closed in winter. Admission: Not published (historically by donation).

The summer home and studio of Western painter Maynard Dixon, preserved by the Thunderbird Foundation, with tours of the log house and grounds and a gallery of art on site. Season: Self-guided and docent tours March-November (weather permitting); gallery year-round. Admission: Self-guided tour $20; docent-guided tour $40 (by appointment).

National monument on the Kaibab Paiute Reservation with a museum on Kaibab Paiute and pioneer history and Winsor Castle, an 1870s sandstone fort built over a spring, plus cabins, a garden and a short ridge trail. Season: Year-round (closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day). Admission: $10 per person (includes $3 Kaibab Paiute tribal use fee); card only; America the Beautiful pass accepted.

Daughters of Utah Pioneers museum in a replica of Orderville's old rock schoolhouse, with artifacts and stories from local families and the town's United Order communal era. Season: Seasonal: May-September. Admission: Not published (DUP museums are typically free or by donation).

Main visitor center for Zion National Park, with outdoor exhibits on the park's geology, plants and wildlife, trip planning help and the shuttle hub. Season: Year-round. Admission: Included with park entry: $35 per private vehicle; $100 nonresident fee per person 16+.

Park museum on the cultural history of Zion Canyon, from Ancestral Puebloan and Southern Paiute peoples through pioneer settlement and the founding of the park, with a park orientation film. Season: Typically spring through late fall; check NPS for winter status. Admission: Included with park entry: $35 per private vehicle (7 days); non-US residents 16+ pay an additional $100 per person unless holding an annual pass.

Grand Staircase-Escalante visitor center focused on paleontology, with dinosaur fossils found in the monument, a large mural of a Late Cretaceous landscape and a relief map of the monument. Season: Year-round per BLM (no seasonal change listed). Admission: Free.

Visitor center perched beside Glen Canyon Dam with exhibits on the dam's construction, Lake Powell and the region, plus views of the dam and bridge. Season: Year-round (closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day); hours may shorten in winter. Admission: Free to enter the visitor center; Glen Canyon Dam tours have a separate fee.