Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts
Museum admission is free.
HOURS
Thursday: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Chase Home will be closed on the following dates:
March 21 - 22, 2025
April 3 - 4, 2025
About the Museum
The Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts is the only museum in the country dedicated to displaying a state-owned collection of contemporary folk art. It features objects made by Utah artists from the state’s American Indian, rural, occupational and ethnic communities. The Museum offers a snapshot of Utah’s heritage and contemporary culture. The Chase Home, built more than 150 years ago in a traditional hall-and-parlor style from adobe bricks, is a fine example of 19th century folk art.
Established in 1976, the Utah Folk Art Collection contains more than 450 pieces of traditional arts and crafts from the state’s European, Asian, Latinx, Pacific Islander, and African communities. As a critical part of the State of Utah Alice Merrill Horne Art Collection, it includes paintings, sculptures, textiles, woodcarving, metalwork, saddles, beadwork, and more.
Our Mission
Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts brings together Utah's diverse cultures and communities to preserve and celebrate their traditions.
We strive to accomplish this mission by providing and creating a space where various groups of people can engage with folk and traditional arts through exhibitions, workshops, guided tours, school field trips, and community events. The Chase Home Museum hosts a variety of events in partnership with community organizations that include: artist visits, demonstrations, meet-ups, concerts, and performances.
Planning Your Visit
Chase Home Museum is always free and open to the public during posted hours.
The ground level has two exhibition galleries as well as a timeline with information about the history of Liberty Park, the Chase family and the Chase Home. There are two exhibition galleries on the second level that are only accessible by stairs. The museum also houses a small library of folk and traditional arts related resources that are available for browsing while at the museum.
Museum Hours
The museum is open Thursdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Contact
You may reach the information desk at 801.245.7285 during open hours.
Directions
The Chase Home Museum is located in the middle of Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
To visit, enter the park from either 900 South or 1300 South and follow the signs to parking lots near the center of the park. From each parking lot, there are sidewalks leading to the museum.
The entrance to the museum includes a ramp, and the first floor is wheelchair accessible, offering two galleries and a history timeline of the Chase Home. The second level is only accessible via stairs. There are no public restrooms. For questions about location, hours, and accessibility, please see the contact information below.

Exhibitions
The Chase Home Museum is always free and open to the public during posted hours. The ground level has two exhibition galleries as well as a timeline with information about the history of Liberty Park, the Chase family and the Chase Home. There are two exhibition galleries on the second level that are only accessible by stairs. The museum also houses a small library of folk and traditional arts related resources that are available for browsing while at the museum.
Geontological Survey of the Big Field
Elpitha Tsoutsounakis
The Geontological Survey of the Big Field imagines alternative relations to local territories through pigments, printmaking, and traditional handcrafts. The exhibition is inspired by research on local archives, pioneer histories of the Chase Farmstead, 18th-century maps of Salt Lake City, as well as observations of water, geology, and human movement between the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch Front. Tsoutsounakis interprets this assemblage of research through drawing and the binary logic of filet crochet to realize – and resist – the ubiquitous grid through ochre collected from the Wasatch valley. The survey conveys relationships between life (bios) and nonlife (geos) through artwork that centers materiality, domestic labor, and care through the creative practice.
Throughout the exhibition in the living room of the Chase Home – where early settlers once “gathered and danced to the fiddle” – various pieces of the show representing five-acre blocks of the “Big Field” will be unraveled on a great spinning wheel and then stitched into new forms drawn by members of the community. Join us at the museum with the artist throughout the show for ochre workshops and public unravelings of some of the pieces, where you can offer your own images of the Big Field to be reflected in the exhibition. Watch our social media for dates and details!

about the artist
LIVING FOLK ARTS EDUCATION SERIES

Guidelines
- Each location can request either to have an assembly presentation or a single class visual arts workshop. Requests will be reviewed case by case to determine if an artform/artist can accommodate an assembly.
- ***Visual arts workshops typically can only accommodate a single classroom/group***
- Teaching artists can have up to two workshops per year through the Living Folk Arts program.
- Priority will go to schools, teachers, and organizations that did not take part in the program during FY2024 (August 2023-June 2024).
To request a workshop
Community Resources
The Chase Home Museum, as part of the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, can be a resource for community engagement and workshops. A gallery located on the first floor may be used as a space to facilitate engagement with contemporary folk arts, traditional arts, and artists.
Throughout the year, the museum hosts a variety of events that include:
- Temporary exhibitions by local artists
- Hands-on activities geared towards children
- Workshops facilitated by artists where participants learn the history and techniques of different traditional arts
Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for the latest announcements about events hosted in our community gallery. If you are looking for a space to facilitate coinciding engagement, please contact us through email with an inquiry.
GUIDed Tours & Field Trips
The Chase Home Museum offers guided tours and educational activities for groups of all ages. The museum is a wonderful destination to learn about local communities, traditions, and arts. Tours and field trips can be tailored to the interests and comprehension level of any group. We also offer educational activities for school groups to help students apply what they learn in the museum. Tours typically take 30-60 minutes.
Questions?
Chase Home Museum
Information Desk
801.245.7285
Jenna Ehlinger
Museum Manager
801.953.3859
Ian Hallagan
Folk Arts Coordinator
801.645.2821
Elisha Condie
Museum Assistant
801.245.7285