Moab Museum

During 2025 and 2026, the museum is displaying a special exhibit about local uranium prospecting done in the 1950s and later. Great writeups and history. This is in addition to the regular historical exhibit. The woman at the desk knew lots of detail about many of the items in the exhibit and was happy to regale us with stories. I spent about 90 minutes there.

What a great little museum filled with history and cool artifacts. When I say little it is very small, but was neat seeing the history and learning about Moab

Our tour bus stopped here to pick up box lunches. The box contained a large sandwich, a huge chocolate chip cookie, a bag of chips, and a choice of a bottle of water or soda. High quality box lunches!

My hubby and I didn't know that there was a museum and when we found it out, we thought let's go take a look! It was absolutely fascinating learning about Moab and how uranium mining built this town among other minerals. They've got so many informational items.... Totally intrigued both of us.

There was a professer when we went but the museum is kinda small also the prices are kind of high if you dont go when it is free

The Museum is currently showing their U92 exhibit honoring the history of the Uranium boom in Moab and the surrounding area. A really great little museum.

Visited the U92 exhibition. So worth it! Highly recommended and informative / educational for all ages.

My son and I found this museum very informative. The first half of the U92 exhibit was super interesting. We learned so much more about Moab's history that we didn't previously know. We'll be returning from Salt Lake for the second half next weekend.

A small museum highlighting the history of Moab and the unique influence of uranium had on the town. Most of the exhibits were uranium related. There was minimal focus on the Settlers and the founding of the town. There was not much history telling daily life of the settlers before the uranium discovery. There was barely any mention of surrounding environment and the native Americans relationships to the settlers. Overall, it was a good way to spend an hour to an hour and a half. Admission price was $10 for adult and $8 for Senor. Free parking in front of the museum.

Bottom Line: A great local museum explaining how Moab came to be the tourist destination it is today. Aside from modern day Moab being a big tourist destination and jumping off point for adventures in places like Arches NP and Canyonlands NP I didn't know much about its origins so I was excited to visit the Moab Museum. The museum is one large room and while you can view the exhibits in any order I found it was best to start at the very beginning and work my way clockwise. The museum starts with the indigenous people who lived in modern day Moab and ends with Moab being central to two national parks and a recreation hub. Missionaries, fur trappers, cowboys, miners, adventurists and dinosaurs were all covered in between. My favorite exhibit was about William Grandstaff. The exhibit called "Tracing the Story of William Grandstaff" traces his roots from likely being enslaved in Virginia to becoming a Civil War era soldier, frontiersmen, pioneer, cowboy, miner and saloon manager in Utah and Colorado. I love when museums leave me wanting to know more and William Grandstaff is definitely someone who'd I'd like to learn more about. I'd also like to hike the trail named in his honor - the Grandstaff Trail in Grandstaff Canyon. One of the best features of the museum were historical pictures of the Moab area that you could scroll through on a tablet. The photos really helped me understand the history of Moab. Admission was $10 for an adult and I felt it was well worth it. The museum has a good bit of reading, some artifacts and a few interactive exhibits sprinkled in so some kids might be a little bored but I really enjoyed it. Kids 7 and under visit for free and students are $8.

What a nice little museum! Telling the tail of the area's Indian ancestors, Moab's inception (who knew!?!?!?), and the history of this small town and the surrounding area, this is a very nicely done space with a friendly and informative staff. It's a small space and absolutely worth a visit while you are recreating in Moab.

Awesome little museum! It's very well designed and a very inviting environment. There's lots of information that's easily accessible and a ton of fun interactives. The admission is a bit steep, but I loved this museum!

Interesting. Mondays are free, We were here on a Thursday. We paid $5 each. The museum is small. It has 2 large rooms and a small room downstairs. There were prehistoric (dinosaurs, fossils and geology) artifacts and data in the small room. The larger rooms contained artifacts and displays on Uranium mining in the area, movies filmed in the area and more. There's a 2nd floor that we never walked up to. It looked to have some local art on display and likely had more area history. We felt it was worth the $5 and hour of our time.

A gem of a museum. Very welcoming staff. Worth an hour of your time.

We came here with a group of 9. Kids ranged from 7 to 16. They had a lot of fun. It is small but packed with so much information and really interesting things.. from dinosaurs to mining. Really a great visit. We were only charged $20 for 9 people so if you have a large family, don't worry about the $5 per person charge, I believe they have a family price.

After a long early morning exploring holes in rocks and looking at ass big holes in the ground, the Moab museum is a great place to kill an afternoon before dinner. Watch the lil'bastards here because there's things that can break. Great collection of history and knowledgeable staff keep everything interesting. Not much walking either, so that's good for my sore bones. Man, I'm getting ooold!

A nice local museum covering the geology, paleontology, prehistory, pioneers, and mining of the area around Moab. When we visited, there were paleontology volunteers preparing a femur of a dinosaur in the back. Bonus! Well worth the $5 admission.

Fantastic museum - beautiful inside and well-curated and labeled. Paid homage to Native American communities that live and have lived on this land. Lots of visuals and artifacts from hundreds of years ago. Highly recommend a visit here. We spent about an hour in here, which was sufficient.

Well worth the modest entrance fee. In a modest building, one can learn about millions of years of Moab.