Vernal DUP Museum — Attraction in Vernal

There are many unique items in this museum from the local area and pioneer culture. This is a free admission museum. There is a small gift shop inside with a variety of items, and many of those are handcrafted. DUP gift shop items can also be purchased year-round at our booth inside the JP Saddle store next to the historic Zions bank on Main Street (Hwy 40) and Vernal Avenue. We also have a booth at the Farmers Market on Saturdays during the summer. When you purchase from our gift shop, you are helping us keep the museum operational. All purchases from our gift shop, booths, special events, and donations are used to keep the utilities on and the building and property in good repair. We also have some public events throughout the year. We celebrate Pioneer Day with the community on July 24th each year. We have several hands-on family fun pioneer activities during this celebration outside of the museum (185 S 500 W) right after the Vernal Pioneer Day parade. Donations and volunteers are always welcome and...

This museum is one filled with the stories and relics of our past. It is filled with items as simple as a kettle, as useful as a plow, and as unique as a sugar cane mill. Pianos, cradles, tools, dishes, typewriters and traps. A scavenger hunt provides a fun and exiting way to explore the building and to include kids. As well as a miniature diorama depicting times past. I highly...

This museum had lots of stuff, but it wasn't explained for the most part other than documenting who had donated it and in what year. It had several dresses from long ago, but they were in unlighted cabinets, so you couldn't really see them. The writing about them was too small to read. If you know a lot about antiques and know what all these things are, you'd...