OREM — As Utah Valley University celebrates its 75th anniversary, the Woodbury Art Museum invites students, alumni, neighbors and friends to view pieces of its history.
On display are more than 100 artifacts from the university’s inception as Central Utah Vocational School to the present day.
“The artworks and archival objects combine to give visitors a look back to past decades during which the school has existed. It is both familiar and surprising. We are glad when we can align with milestones of the university,” Melissa Hempel, museum director and curator, said in a statement.
The exhibit is free and open to the public. Through Sept. 24, it will be open Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Wednesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The museum is on the second floor of University Place mall, 800 W. University Parkway.
As visitors travel through the displays of photographs, vintage student artworks and campus documents, there will be six “selfie stations” that invite patrons to photograph themselves in memorabilia from different decades.
Other displays feature brochures from the ’50s from the school and its programs, as well as old scrapbooks and photographs about students and campus life.
On Sept. 20 there will be a closing reception, open to the public, from 6 to 8 p.m. Participants are invited, but not required, to dress in clothing from decades past.