Orem Heritage Museum
777 S State Street
Orem, UT 84097
(801) 225-ARTS ext. 1030

​Admission is FREE

Orem Heritage Museum Hours:

• Monday – Friday
• 3 PM – 7 PM

Walk-through or Guided Tours

• Free tours available during operating hours
• Tours may be scheduled at other times by appointment 

A visit to the Orem Heritage Museum is great for school and church groups, clubs and organizations, and families and individuals. The museum is an impressive 30,000-piece collection that tells the unique history of the city of Orem through artifacts including:

• Coal stove, butter churn, old-fashioned washing machine, popcorn poppers, victrola, pioneer clothing and more
• World War I to Korean War displays featuring uniforms, equipment and weapons
• Indian petroglyphs and arrowheads
• A blacksmith shop and agricultural displays
• Early Orem schools, churches and railroad exhibits
• World War II Orem prisoner of war camp display

You can also schedule a group tour outside of the public hours listed above. If you would like to schedule a group tour, call (801) 225-ARTS ext. 1030 to reach the Orem Heritage Museum. Click here to submit a tour request online and we will contact you to confirm the details.

• Historic memorabilia from Geneva Steel and SCERA
• Miniature circus with hundreds of hand-carved pieces
• Diorama of 1940’s Orem with a working model railroad
• 1900’s motorcycle ridden by “The Mormon Daredevil”
• Historical videos of early Orem settlers

According to museum director Brent Farley, the idea for a history museum in Orem was conceived when the gasoline embargo in 1973 forced school districts to stop field trips because of fuel costs. Orem educator Gareth Seastrand and some of his friends and colleagues decided to put together the history of the city of Orem so the children studying state and local history could have a source they could visit. 

“The museum opened in November of 1976, as part of the bicentennial celebration. It was first housed in the Orem senior citizen building,” Farley said. “The museum opened in the SCERA Center for the Arts in 1996.”

According to SCERA president Adam Robertson when the museum came to the SCERA it went into SCERA ownership. SCERA cares for and maintains the museum.