Saturday, April 23: All Set for the WEST Opens (10 a.m.)
A new temporary exhibit, All Set for the WEST: Railroads and National Parks, opens on Saturday, April 23 with a ribbon cutting hosted by Mayor Matt Walsh at 10:00 a.m.
The ceremony will be attended by noted National Parks historian, Alfred Runte, who also will be speaking at the Lewis and Clark National Trail Headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Cover of promotional brochure featuring the Great White Throne at Zion National Park, c. 1938. Union Pacific Museum Collection.
This exhibit uses decades of vivid Union Pacific photography and parks-centric marketing materials to trace the partnership of the National Park Service and Union Pacific, as well as the impact the partnership had on groups such as conservationists and native tribes.
Visitors will also encounter original motion picture film created by the Union Pacific Movie department in the 1940s-1950s. The film was taken on location in Yellowstone, Zion and Grand Canyon National Parks.
The exhibit will be open for viewing through October 2016.
Hand-drawn 1920s map showing the locations of Zion, Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon National Parks along with the Kaibab National Forest and Cedar Breaks National Monument. Union Pacific Museum Collection.
