People have lived in the area currently known as Utah for thousands of years. What problems did these people need to work through? How did they build their homes and make their clothes? What did they do to have fun? Through our First Peoples gallery, learn more about the ways in which people made this area their home using just the natural resources around them. See how their indigenous descendants maintain their ancestors' deep knowledge and innovative technologies today.
Activities

Research Quest: Artifact Investigation
Use NHMU's artifacts and archaeological site at Range Creek to develop an evidenced-based understanding of our past.
Let's Investigate
Tools of the Past
How did engineers from the past make their tools? Learn more about the resources they used to create new technologies in their time.
Start Exploring
Weavers, Engineers, and Artists
Weaving was a skill of survival for past peoples, today the tradition is an artform continued by their descendants.
Get Creative