Traveling Treasures Curriculum Booklets
Traveling Treasures
Traveling Treasures is an NHMU created and curated exhibit that travels to hosting Zions Bank branches in the far reaches of the state of Utah. For more than 20 years, a team of educators, exhibit designers, bank personnel, and museum volunteers together create annual traveling exhibits that explore an intriguing aspect of the natural history of the state, region, or planet. Accompanying this exhibit are educational programming and interactive curriculum utilizing the following activity booklets.
How to Use the Booklets
On this page we have included our most recent curriculum and activity booklets. All are FREE for you to download and use in the comfort of your own home. NHMU provides these supplemental resources for educators and interested public making field trips and personal visits to the exhibit. The information included in them is also relevant to Utah core educational standards for grades 3-5. However, we encourage anyone interested in natural science and the natural world to utilize them.
Uniquely Utah Introduction
Utah is a truly remarkable place to explore natural and cultural history. Its astounding geology exposes over two billion years of Earth’s history and contains an abundance of world-class fossils. Its dramatic and frequent changes in elevation promote amazing biodiversity. Its dry climate preserves fragile artifacts that record the life ways of Utah’s ancient peoples. Discover these uniquely Utah stories and more in this exhibit celebrating the Natural History Museum of Utah’s 50th anniversary sponsored by Zions Bank.
Collecting Our Past for the Future Introduction
The Natural History Museum of Utah is home to a collection of over 1.6 million objects. In celebration of the Museum’s 50th anniversary, the 2018 Traveling Treasures exhibit explores the fascinating stories of the scientists and collectors who gathered and preserved these objects. Journey around Utah and the world with a geologist to collect dazzling minerals. Ride on horseback with an archaeologist through canyons in Southern Utah to unearth ancient artifacts. Discover fossils found in downtown Salt Lake City, and learn how curators preserve fragile specimens to be studied for years to come.