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Utah Museum of Fine Arts
In the summer of 2001, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts moved into a new home, the 74,000-square-foot Marcia and John Price Museum Building on the campus of the University of Utah.
Visitors check out displays at Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
Cari Hicken, Deseret News |
With more than 26,000 square feet of exhibition space, the $18 million structure is so singular it has received two architectural design awards for its distinctive use of space.
The building's various galleries house some of museum's 17,000-piece collection: Ancient and classical art; Asian art; African, Oceanic and New World art; and European and American art.
The facility also includes an auditorium, cafe, museum store, education center, sculpture court and a group of changing and permanent exhibition galleries.
Since the spring of 1967, the driving force behind the museum has been E. Frank Sanguinetti, a hands-on administrator who took charge of the museum when it was a small collection of art on the fourth floor of the John R. Park Building. Today, the collection is worth nearly $24 million.
Through an aggressive schedule of raising private funds and establishing endowments, Sanguinetti helped make the UMFA the first university museum in the West to be accredited by the American Museum Association. Fellow curators say Sanguinetti has created a balanced view of world cultures and history through visual arts.
The museum is located at 1530 E. 370 South, is open every day and admission is always free. Visitor parking is available throughout the week and is provided free on weekends. Museum hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. For information on current exhibits call the museum hotline at 801-581-7332, or visit the museum Web site at www.utah.edu/umfa/
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