Thrill upon thrill!
Today, while taking a walk around the neighborhood with my daughter, she whined to me, “Mama, can we go to a museum?!?!?!” (Only, she’s in a stage where she drags out her words, so ‘museum’ was more like ‘ma-youzeeeummm.’)
My Art History-degreed heart turned a somersault of joy as I exclaimed, “Why, YES! Let’s go back to the house now and find the address of the local museum I’ve been wanting to visit!”
We RAN back so as not to tamper with her current museum enthusiasm. Then, after sifting through google results for a few minutes, I finally found the site to my city’s very own historical museum.
The Murray City Museum is hard to find- online and in person. Digitally, it’s buried within the Murray City website and physically, it’s buried within City Hall.
But it was worth a visit. I saw relics of pioneer past, models of the industrial area of the city, pictures of founding fathers and photographs of buildings which are no longer standing. I grew up 800 miles away in California, but even so, I still feel a connection to the city in which I now live.
pictures here
Plus, I’m pretty certain my ancestors lived in my backyard. Really. It’s quite possible I now reside a very short distance from the home of my great, great, great grandparents.
Anyway, I asked the curator if many people visit the museum. She candidly told me no. I got to thinking: how many of these tiny museums full of treasures exist in the country that nobody knows about? Do you have one in your city? Have you visited it?
When you find it and go for an informative visit, you might want to leave your museum loving toddler at home. While we were there, my little dear turned to me and said, “Mama, can we go to a museum now?”
I told her we were in one.
“Can we go to a FUN museum now?”
Pretty sure she isn’t going to be begging to go to any ‘ma-youzeeeummms’ for a while.
In case you live in or near Murray and want to visit the museum, you can click here for a link to the website. Trust me: I just saved you 20 minutes of google time.
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I wonder what a Fun museum, in her mind, would be?
In 1996 we stumbled upon a museum dedicated to the Navajo code talkers, honoring their contribution to the eventual US victory in WWII in a Burger King in Kayenta, Arizona! We even got to meet of of our home-grown heroes! It was something I will never forget and I hope my children won’t either.
Your stories about Lydia always make me laugh! she is so funny. And that’s pretty cool that you’re living close to where your ancestors were. That’s maybe partly why you felt a connection to it, in addition to it being your home
HOW FUN!!! It looks like little LYDIA is just growing up super duper fast! We miss you guys!
I’ve yet to see a child who enjoys museums as much as adults. We take our TK class to the Bean Museum each year. They’re interested in the few animals then they’re just wanting to run through it while the teachers want to read about each exhibit.
Lydia’s such a cutie! Glad you took her when she asked. That makes you a good mom!
lol!! She should have clarified “fun museum” before asking to go to a museum. There is a definite difference. I’ve never been to our city’s museum but was forced to go to MANY on a family trip when I was younger to see all the cities along the Mormon Pioneer Trail. I agree that they’re little treasures and definitely not that “fun” for younger generations. I can’t believe I’m finally “old” and to appreciate them. *wink*