Places to visit while in Salt Lake City, UT

For over 140 years, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has called Temple Square in Salt Lake City home. In addition to the historic Mormon Tabernacle, Temple Square also features the magnificent Salt Lake Temple, the Assembly Hall, monuments, statues, fountains, lush gardens, and visitors’ centers. With free, guided tours available in over 40 languages, Temple Square attracts over three million visitors a year.

Many of the Choir’s rehearsals are free and open to the public. Weekly public rehearsals are held on Thursday evenings (7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.) and Sunday mornings (8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.). Sunday rehearsals culminate with the broadcast of Music & The Spoken Word. The rehearsals are regularly held in the Tabernacle except for several occasions during the year when the Choir is either on tour or performing across the street in the Conference Center of the Church.

190 N. West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT -  Public welcome, free of charge
https://www.mormontabernaclechoir.org

Nearby you will find the largest family history library of its kind in the world and a museum focused on the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Unfortunately the museum is closed for renovation until after HMQS in 2015.) Many restaurants are located within easy walking distance of Temple Square. Immediately south is the City Creek Center, a world-class shopping mall that features a retractable glass roof, a pedestrian sky bridge, a trout-filled creek that runs year round, and much more.

Sign up for HMQS Mormon Tabernacle Choir Bus Tour

Thursday, May 7, 2015 from 5pm - 9 pm - Seating is limited. Click here for more info

The following information is compiled from the US News & World Report Travel Website

Great Salt Lake

Clocking in at approximately 1,700 square miles, the Great Salt Lake is the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi River.

The lake's name comes from the nature of the water: The evaporation process (the only exit available for the lake's water) leaves behind salty mineral deposits.

Salt Lake City's visitors and residents enjoy the area's many hiking trails, ample picnic spots and boating and fishing opportunities. More . . .

Utah Olympic Park - Site of the 2002 Winter Olympics

Visitors can take a guided tour of this Olympic facility (used during the 2002 winter games), stopping at all the major sites like the world's highest-altitude ski jumps. During the winter, you can try your hand at competing by taking an 80-mile-per-hour ride down the bobsled trail or enjoy a leisurely ride on the chair lift to the top of the ski run.

For a less heart-pounding experience, learn about the Olympic games and the history of winter sports in Utah at the 2002 Eccles Winter Olympic Museum and the Alf Engen Ski History Museum, both located within the park's Joe Quinney Winter Sports Center. More. . .

Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Sitting near the center of the University of Utah campus in northeast Salt Lake City, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts houses more than 17,000 artifacts from across the globe.

The permanent collection includes Greek and Egyptian antiquities, paintings from the Italian Renaissance and even some early 20th-century photography.

The museum also hosts a variety of notable traveling displays that focus on everything from early scientific discoveries to contemporary art.  More. . .

Salt Lake City Zoo

Home to more than 1,400 animals, Hogle Zoo allows visitors to get up-close and personal with its residents. Visitors can feed the zoo's giraffes, birds and even bats, an activity that recent guests loved.

Don't forget to pay a visit to Zuri:  This African elephant was born at the zoo in 2009. More . . .

Red Butte Gardens

Filled with meticulously landscaped plots, gurgling fountains and pleasant pathways, the Red Butte Garden is a great place for budding botanists as well as visitors looking for quiet respite.

Housed on the University of Utah campus in northeast Salt Lake City, the garden is divided into sections, each devoted to a specific type of plant or ecosystem.  More. . .

Of course there is much more to do in Salt Lake City!

Visit the Clark Planetarium, Thanksgiving Point, The Living Planet Aquarium, etc.
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