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Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum

A Vernal state park museum on the Uinta Basin's geology and dinosaurs, with an outdoor dinosaur garden.

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The exterior of the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum in Vernal
File photo, September 18, 2017. Photo: An Errant Knight · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The Field House in Vernal tells the geologic story of the area around it with hands-on exhibits, fossil digs and an outdoor dinosaur garden.

A free visitor center inside the museum has information on attractions, recreation, food, lodging and events around Vernal. Dinosaur National Monument, with its fossil quarry, is a common next stop.

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