Housed in the historic B’Nai Israel Synagogue (built 1890), the Salt Lake Art Museum will be the first new fine art museum in the State’s Capitol since 1983.

According to census data, Utah has more fine artists, per capita, than anywhere else in the United States, but, also among the fewest museums. The Salt Lake Art Museum hopes to close that gap through through regular retrospective exhibitions on historic and contemporary artists, lectures, competitions, and educational events.