Prehistoric Museum

Prehistoric Museum The Prehistoric Museum in Price is your gateway to the archaeology and paleontology of Utah! Got an hour or so? We are the museum for you.

The Prehistoric Museum is located right in the heart of the discoveries you will find here. Offering Paleontology, Archaeology & Geology, it is like getting three museums for the price of one!

It’s Fossil Friday!Did you know that Utah has a state dinosaur?Utah’s state dinosaur is Utahraptor ostrommaysi, a sickle...
09/04/2026

It’s Fossil Friday!

Did you know that Utah has a state dinosaur?

Utah’s state dinosaur is Utahraptor ostrommaysi, a sickle-clawed dromaeosaurid that would have been walking around during the Cretaceous.

Utahraptor, meaning “Utah’s predator” is also one of the oldest and largest dromaeosaurids in the fossil record, and can be seen upon walking into our museum!

Happy Throwback Thursday!Duane Taylor unloads bones and replicas for the installation of the Huntington Mammoth exhibit ...
09/03/2026

Happy Throwback Thursday!

Duane Taylor unloads bones and replicas for the installation of the Huntington Mammoth exhibit in our Archaeology Hall! 🦣🦴

This Fossil Friday we are showcasing some beautiful conifers! 🌲These conifers are from the Neslen Formation and were dep...
08/28/2026

This Fossil Friday we are showcasing some beautiful conifers! 🌲

These conifers are from the Neslen Formation and were deposited during the Late Cretaceous, 75 million years ago.

Conifers dominated forests for over 200 million years! This conifer lived in a very warm and wet environment along the margin of the Western Interior Seaway, which cut through the continent of North America during the Late Cretaceous. 🌊

This can be identified as a conifer because of the presence of needle-like foliage, and it looks similar to some of the trees in your backyard! 🌲

For this week’s Toothy Tuesday, here’s another leaf from the Cretaceous Neslen Formation! This leaf has feeding traces f...
08/25/2026

For this week’s Toothy Tuesday, here’s another leaf from the Cretaceous Neslen Formation! This leaf has feeding traces from insects, just like you can see today on modern leaves! Chew on that! 🦗🐜🐞🍃🍃

Wednesday night in Moab! Come hear about the latest discoveries from our ankylosaur bonebed featured on Walking With Din...
08/25/2026

Wednesday night in Moab!

Come hear about the latest discoveries from our ankylosaur bonebed featured on Walking With Dinosaurs directly from our Curator of Paleontology.

Happy Fossil Fern Friday! 🌿Here are some beautiful fern fossils from the Neslen Formation, which was deposited 75 millio...
08/21/2026

Happy Fossil Fern Friday! 🌿

Here are some beautiful fern fossils from the Neslen Formation, which was deposited 75 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous.

Ferns actually evolved 380 million years ago during the Devonian period! Ferns were the dominant ground cover throughout most of geologic time, and are still found in moist environments today! 🌿

Happy Throwback Thursday!In May 2022, USU student Whitney Greaves was hired on as an intern at our museum! Whitney learn...
08/20/2026

Happy Throwback Thursday!

In May 2022, USU student Whitney Greaves was hired on as an intern at our museum! Whitney learned how to prepare vertebrate fossils and help our staff in our collections.

Here are some throwbacks to when Whitney was a USU student and intern with our museum.

Full circle to have her back conducting research and teaching leaf preparation and methods!! 🌿

Some lovely before and after shots of Neslen leaf fossils! 🌿This week and next, we have USU alum and paleobotanist, Whit...
08/19/2026

Some lovely before and after shots of Neslen leaf fossils! 🌿

This week and next, we have USU alum and paleobotanist, Whitney Greaves, visiting to conduct research and teach our team how to prep fossil leaves! 🌱

These Neslen leaf fossils were collected in May 2026, and are important examples of plants from the Late Cretaceous in Utah! Whitney will be using these prepped leaves to reconstruct paleoclimates! 🤩

It’s Toothy Tuesday! 🦷Did you know that fossil leaves can have teeth?🌿In paleobotany, tooth margins can be used to measu...
08/18/2026

It’s Toothy Tuesday! 🦷

Did you know that fossil leaves can have teeth?🌿

In paleobotany, tooth margins can be used to measure paleotemperature. 🌡️Teeth help new leaves grow faster by providing efficient pathways for water and nutrients. This is most useful for plants growing in cooler climates with shorter growing seasons!

We can accurately measure paleotemperatures by using the percentage of leaves in an environment that are toothed, as well as the size and abundance of those teeth!

Yesterday our team was able to expose some stunning toothed margins !! 🌱🦷

38 years ago today the Huntington Mammoth was discovered in Huntington Canyon!The bones went to USU Eastern (at the time...
08/08/2026

38 years ago today the Huntington Mammoth was discovered in Huntington Canyon!

The bones went to USU Eastern (at the time was CEU). Eventually, Don Burge and others applied for accreditation for the Prehistoric Museum by AAM, so we could reposit the bones here in the local community where it was found!🦣

Address

155 E Main Street
Price, UT
84501

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 7pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

(435) 637-5060

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Prehistoric Museum posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Museum

Send a message to Prehistoric Museum:

Shortcuts

Share

Category