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Former name | College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum |
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Established | 1961 |
Location | Price, Utah |
Type | Science, Natural History |
Director | Timothy Riley, Ph.D. |
Website | Official website |
The Prehistoric Museum, USU-Eastern, formerly known as the College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum, is a museum accredited by the American Alliance of Museums located in Price, Utah. The museum seeks to promote public understanding of prehistory through interpretive exhibits, educational programs, collections, and research. The museum is located near many paleontological and archaeological sites in a region known as Castle Country, notably in the San Rafael Swell and nearby canyons throughout the Book Cliffs area such as Nine Mile Canyon and Range Creek Canyon.