HISTORIC TEMPLE SQUARE

The historic Temple Square and it's surroundings in Salt Lake City, is one of the best tourist attractions in UT. While visitors each year are in the millions, tourists who visit are not just members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Majority of visitors are people from different religious backgrounds and nationalities. Most of them are curious about LDS religion and history of the church. For that purpose Temple Square Mission has sister missionaries as guides from various nations to accommodate visitors and offer them tours of Temple Square in their own native language.

Other visitors come because of the famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir to enjoy their performances, especially Music and the Spoken Word broadcast. Among many other cultural events that draw people to Temple Square are: daily organ recitals, movies in the Legacy Theater, performances in the Conference Building, concerts on Temple Square.

Originally Temple Square was the Salt Lake Temple, the Mormon Tabernacle and Assembly Hall, as well as various monuments, statuary and North and South visitor centers. Recently The Church Office Building, The Relief Society Building, The Church Administration Building, The Conference Center, The Joseph Smith Memorial Building, The Lion House and The Beehive House, The Brigham Young Historic Park, The Family History Library, The Museum of Church History and Art were added and are included as a part of Temple Square Mission today. All together it is thirty-five acres of Temple Square in Salt Lake City.

The Salt Lake Temple is not opened to public. Exhibits and presentations in the South Visitors' Center explain why. You can stroll past meticulously maintained gardens and visit the rest of unique historical buildings There are many other places to visit from within walk distance of Temple Square itself. The Family History Library offers the largest collection of genealogy records in the world. The Museum of Church History and Art has four rotating exhibits and several permanent displays, the Eagle Gate are the main attractions.

This blog will unfold a unique character and history of this place and describe many experiences that people enjoyed here. That way you too will experience, in part, what is experienced be visitors to beautiful Temple Square.