Draper Historical Society museum and research library to close for December

DRAPER — The Draper Historical Society Research Library & Museum will be closed for the month of December 2026, according to a city notice published Nov. 3, 2026 1. The notice states the museum is operated by volunteers with the Draper Historical Society 1.

Outside the December closure, posted hours are Mondays and Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 1. Scheduled visits can be arranged by emailing the society or calling (801) 495-3476, and the museum is closed on all city holidays, the notice states 1. The museum's own page carries the same December closure line beneath its hours 2.

The museum is at 1054 Pioneer Rd. 2. The city's page describes it as run by volunteers "who have gathered many items from Draper's past," and says it "displays thousands of historical objects," among them pioneer tools, old clothing, musical instruments, photographs, maps, obituaries, dolls and lace, farm tools, items related to egg farming, sports souvenirs and keepsakes from World War I 2. The same page says the museum, art gallery, library and archives "work to save, organize, and share real historical records and artifacts" 2.

The city's page for the society states its purpose at greater length: the society "promotes and preserves the history of Draper by gathering and protecting historical documents, pictures, artifacts, personal stories, and historical publications," and its listed objectives include encouraging "the study of Draper's history by establishing a public museum, art gallery, library, and archives" 3.

The society sells books and recordings at the museum. The three-volume History of Draper is priced at $25.00 as a set or $10.00 a volume, and copies of the society's recorded interviews with Draper residents are $5.00 each, with the recordings available to view by appointment 2. The museum page also lists ten categories of item the society is seeking as donations, among them clocks and telephones made before the 1940s, wooden butter churns, a telephone switchboard, a coffee grinder, a tack saddle, yearbooks and a recording of Kate Smith singing "God Bless America" 2.

The city notice does not state why the museum is closing for December, and it gives no reopening date beyond the end of the closure 1.