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Happy National Equality Day! Today marks the day the 19th Amendment was officially adopted into the United States Consti...
08/26/2026

Happy National Equality Day! Today marks the day the 19th Amendment was officially adopted into the United States Constitution, granting women the right to vote. Today also acknowledges the ongoing work needed to reach full gender equality. 💛🤍💜

In this 1915 illustration entitled, “The Awakening” by Henry Mayer, depicts the nation’s desire for suffrage, beginning in Western states and striding towards the east. Many Western states, including Utah, paved the way for women’s voting rights in the United States. Utah gained a prominent, though complicated, place in the national women’s rights movement. Utah’s growing economic interdependence led to greater cooperation and political alignment with the rest of the United States. And even today, Americans are constantly renegotiating the balance between federal and state power as different issues come to the fore. 🏛️

Voices & Votes: Democracy in America traces the bold American experiment of a government run by and for the people. Be sure to visit the exhibition as it travels to Vernal, Ogden, and Cedar City!

More information: https://utahhumanities.org/programs/community-heritage/museum-on-main-street/voices-votes-democracy-in-america

America250 Smithsonian Museum on Main Street Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Museum of Uintah County

08/25/2026

Jamee Percival, Museum Assistant at the Museum of Uintah County, tells us about the range of youth activities they are hosting in conjunction with hosting Voices & Votes! Be sure to enjoy these fun and educational events!

Location: Museum of Uintah County | 155 East Main Street, Vernal, UT 84078

Voices & Votes: Democracy in America traces the bold American experiment of a government run by and for the people. Be sure to visit the exhibition as it travels to Vernal, Ogden, and Cedar City!

More information: https://utahhumanities.org/programs/community-heritage/museum-on-main-street/voices-votes-democracy-in-america

America250 Smithsonian Museum on Main Street Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Museum of Uintah County

"Crowne Books will be part of the Utah Humanities statewide Book Festival this October with Black Frontiers, celebratin...
08/20/2026

"Crowne Books will be part of the Utah Humanities statewide Book Festival this October with Black Frontiers, celebrating local black authors."

"Owner and founder of Crowne Books, Olivia Nightingale says, as far as she knows, Crowne Books would be the first Black-owned brick and mortar bookstore in Utah, hosting events such as Fangs & Fiction to raise money for sickle cell research while geeking-out over black vampire literature in September. She says the proceeds would go to helping research the disease that disproportionately afflicts black people.

Watch and read about the segment here: https://www.abc4.com/gtu/help-support-author-to-open-first-brick-and-mortar-black-owned-bookstore-in-utah/



Happy 19th Amendment Ratification Day! 🎉 On this day, 106 years ago, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amend...
08/19/2026

Happy 19th Amendment Ratification Day! 🎉 On this day, 106 years ago, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment, reaching the three-fourths threshold needed to make it part of the U.S. Constitution!

In this photo, Utah suffragists Hannah S. Lapish, Emmeline B. Wells, Lily C. Wolstenholme, Elizabeth Hayward, Margaret Zane Cherdron, and Lucy A. Clark stand with National Woman’s Party leaders and Senator Reed Smoot outside the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City in August 1915. Utah suffragists worked with the NWP to harness the power of women voters in the West to support a federal women's suffrage amendment.

Utah women first gained the right to vote in 1870, a full 50 years before the 19th Amendment was ratified. Utah suffragists helped pave the way for women across the country to gain the vote. ✨

Voices & Votes: Democracy in America traces the bold American experiment of a government run by and for the people. Be sure to visit the exhibition as it travels to Vernal, Ogden, and Cedar City!

More information: https://utahhumanities.org/programs/community-heritage/museum-on-main-street/voices-votes-democracy-in-america

America250 Smithsonian Museum on Main Street Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Museum of Uintah County

Take a look at all of these events in Vernal! Join us for a wide range of engaging adult and youth activities. We are th...
08/19/2026

Take a look at all of these events in Vernal! Join us for a wide range of engaging adult and youth activities. We are thrilled to partner with the Museum of Uintah County, which is hosting Voices & Votes and offering related community events now through October 17th.

Location: Museum of Uintah County | 155 East Main Street, Vernal, UT 84078

Voices & Votes: Democracy in America traces the bold American experiment of a government run by and for the people. Be sure to visit the exhibition as it travels to Vernal, Ogden, and Cedar City!

More information: https://utahhumanities.org/programs/community-heritage/museum-on-main-street/voices-votes-democracy-in-america

America250 Smithsonian Museum on Main Street Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Museum of Uintah County

Join us TOMORROW for the opening of the Smithsonian's Voices & Votes: Democracy in America exhibition. We are thrilled t...
08/14/2026

Join us TOMORROW for the opening of the Smithsonian's Voices & Votes: Democracy in America exhibition. We are thrilled to partner with the Museum of Uintah County, which will host the exhibition and offer related community events through October 17th.

GRAND OPENING
August 15, 2026 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Come at 10:00 am for short welcoming remarks and ribbon-cutting, then stay for live music, games, and guided tours.

Museum of Uintah County | 155 East Main Street, Vernal, UT 84078

Voices & Votes: Democracy in America traces the bold American experiment of a government run by and for the people. Be sure to visit the exhibition as it travels to Vernal, Ogden, and Cedar City!

More information: https://utahhumanities.org/programs/community-heritage/museum-on-main-street/voices-votes-democracy-in-america

America250 Smithsonian Museum on Main Street Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Museum of Uintah County

08/12/2026

The Voices & Votes exhibit is on the road!!đźš—Goodbye Moab, hello Vernal!! đź‘‹

After stopping in DC, where the exhibit started, and ahead of our next stop, we can’t help but think about the big questions of democracy—and how Utah connects. Share your thoughts with us, or share these questions with your community.

Can’t wait to see you all in Vernal!!

Museum on Main Street Smithsonian

Please help us welcome the Smithsonian to Vernal! Join us THIS SATURDAY at the Museum of Uintah County.August 15, 2026 f...
08/11/2026

Please help us welcome the Smithsonian to Vernal! Join us THIS SATURDAY at the Museum of Uintah County.

August 15, 2026 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Come at 10:00 am for short welcoming remarks and ribbon-cutting, then stay for live music, games, and guided tours.

Museum of Uintah County | 155 East Main Street, Vernal, UT 84078

Voices & Votes: Democracy in America traces the bold American experiment of a government run by and for the people. Be sure to visit the exhibition as it travels to Vernal, Ogden, and Cedar City!

More information: https://utahhumanities.org/programs/community-heritage/museum-on-main-street/voices-votes-democracy-in-america

America250 Smithsonian Museum on Main Street Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Museum of Uintah County

Utah Book Award Young Adult and Middle Grade Notable ReadsCongratulations to the 2026 Notable Reads Authors in Adult and...
08/08/2026

Utah Book Award Young Adult and Middle Grade Notable Reads

Congratulations to the 2026 Notable Reads Authors in Adult and Middle Grade. Our judge had a very difficult time narrowing down submissions, as there were so many quality books submitted this year.

From this list, we will announce two finalists for 2026 on September 1, and we will announce the winner at a public event at The Salt Lake City Library Downtown on October 3rd at 6pm. All are welcome.

Please join us in congratulating our 2026 Notable Reads Authors in Adult and Middle Grade and their books:

Finnegan Flynt and the Value of Pi, by Polly Bringhurst
The Never Heir, by Courtney Millecam
Wolfpack, by Natalie Shaw Evjen
The Garden Just Beyond, by Lindsey Leavitt
Little Red Wraith, by Lindsay Flanagan
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