Fairview Museum of History and Art - Fairview, UT, USA
N 39° 37.750 W 111° 26.256
12S E 462445 N 4386691
The collection of art and artifacts in the Fairview Museum of History and Art fills two entire buildings. It was dedicated to the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the United States of America. Fairview is located in Sanpete County in central Utah.
Waymark Code: WMHGQ3
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 07/09/2013
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This Bicentennial plaque is just inside the entrance of the north building of the Fairview Museum of History and Art. The plaque reads:
Fairview
Museum of
History and Art
Dedicated to the Two Hundredth Anniversary
of the United States of America
and sponsored by the
Utah American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
and Fairview Museum Board of Directors
A cultural project to preserve historic objects, stimulate
interest in art and express our pioneer heritage, the grounds
of the museum have been landscaped and exhibits
constructed with the help of the federally-funded Green
Thumb program.
"The Fairview Museum of History and Art has a fascinating selection of items, documents and artifacts from the greater Fairview area. Boasting magnificent sculptures by renowned artist Dr. Avard T. Fairbanks the museum is sure to impress any visitor. The crown jewel of the museum is perhaps the life-size cast replica of a Columbian Mammoth skeleton unearthed in 1988, only 18 miles east of Fairview at Huntington Reservoir." (
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"An outstanding regional cultural center which showcases regional history, art and a world-class collection of Arvard T. Fairbanks's works of art. The museum features sculptures, a replica of the Huntington Mammoth, carvings, and artwork. Two buildings of exhibits will keep visitors engaged for hours." (
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"The museum is full of historical data, artifacts pictures and artwork. Part of the museum is the Natural History Building which houses a full scale replica of a nearly fully intact Columbian mammoth. The mammoth was unearthed on the nearby Wasatch Plateau in 1988 while excavating the Huntington Reservoir.
The work of one of Utah’s most famous artists, Avard T. Fairbanks, is also on display at the Fairview Museum." (
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The museum houses historical artifacts, art (sculpture and painting), provides humanities lectures, school tours, local historic archive, oral history collection, family history collection. In the central atrium is a New Columbian Mammoth skeleton, while upstairs is an extensive Avard Fairbank sculpture collection.
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