The just over quarter-century-old Conference Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City has officially closed to the public for renovations ahead of the Salt Lake Temple’s six-month open house in 2027.
However, the Conference Center — which closed for an 11-month renovation period starting Monday, March 30 — will briefly reopen to the public this weekend for the church’s April 2026 general conference on April 4–5.
It will briefly reopen again for general conference in October and other major scheduled events until it is fully reopened on March 1, 2027, as previously announced by the church.
Here is a look at what else is currently closed or open to visitors at the five-block Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City, plus information on things to do there and how to plan a visit.
What else is closed at Temple Square?
A downloadable map and list of places to visit, available on ChurchofJesusChrist.org, identify a handful of buildings and areas that are currently closed to the public at Temple Square.
These buildings and areas include:
- The Salt Lake Temple and the area directly surrounding it
- The Assembly Hall, located on the southwest corner of Temple Square
- The Beehive House, located at the intersection of State Street and South Temple in Salt Lake City
- The Lion House, located just west of the Beehive House
- The Relief Society Building, located northeast of the Salt Lake Temple
- The Deuel Cabin, located between the Church History Museum and the Family History Library on West Temple in Salt Lake City
The majority of these buildings and areas are listed on the church’s page as temporarily closed for ongoing renovation projects.
The Salt Lake Temple has been closed since late 2019 for extensive renovations intended to seismically reinforce the 19th-century structure and redevelop the area surrounding it.
The Salt Lake Temple recently had all of its scaffolding removed and is expected to reach the end of its construction phase by the end of this year.
Following renovations, the historic Salt Lake Temple will open for six months for public tours from April 5 through Oct. 1, 2027.
Learn more about the scope and purpose of the Salt Lake Temple’s renovation here and see photos of the ongoing project here.
What is open at Temple Square?
Buildings and areas at Temple Square that are currently open to visitors, per the church’s page, include:
- The Salt Lake Tabernacle, located west of the Salt Lake Temple
- The Church History Museum and FamilySearch Library, located adjacent to each other on West Temple in Salt Lake City
- The Joseph Smith Memorial Building, located on the northeast corner of South Temple and Main Street
- The Roof and Garden restaurants, located inside the Joseph Smith Memorial Building
- The Church History Library, located on the northeast corner of North Temple and Main Street
- Brigham Young Historic Park, located eastward across the street from the Church Office Building
- Brigham Young Family Cemetery, located near the northeast corner of Temple Square
The church’s Welfare Square and Humanitarian Center, located outside but still near Temple Square, are also open for visitors in Salt Lake City.
See details on what to expect when visiting Temple Square, including information about attire, parking, tours and admission, here.
Things to do — and how to plan your visit
Groups, families and individuals visiting Temple Square can currently:
- Take free guided or self-guided tours of multiple buildings, including the historic Salt Lake Tabernacle and Church History Museum
- Walk the gardens at Temple Square and see several statues depicting scenes of Christ’s life and church history, including two new “transcendent” statues of Christ located south of the Salt Lake Temple
- Participate in a family discovery experience at the FamilySearch Library
- See various exhibitions at the Church History Museum, including one for kids featuring the Angel Moroni statue’s original trumpet, which fell off the Salt Lake Temple in a 2020 earthquake
- Watch the Tabernacle Choir perform its weekly Sunday morning broadcast of “Music & the Spoken Word” live at the Salt Lake Tabernacle
- Hear the Tabernacle Choir rehearse every Thursday evening from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Tabernacle
- Join the daily organ recitals performed by Tabernacle Choir and Temple Square organists (as well as guest organists) every afternoon at the Salt Lake Tabernacle
- Attend various live performances and broadcast events scheduled and announced on ChurchofJesusChrist.org
Tours and assistance at Temple Square are available in more than 40 languages, according to a church webpage.
The Temple Square, located at 50 N. West Temple St. in Salt Lake City, is open daily. Admission to the square and all of its sites is free of charge.
See information on the square’s specific hours of operation here and other common questions here.
More about Temple Square
The five-block Temple Square featuring the Salt Lake Temple and other historic buildings, gardens, museums, monuments and more, is a “center of history and worship” for Latter-day Saints worldwide, according to a page on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
It is also a primary reference point for Salt Lake City, as many streets were labeled by Brigham Young according to their distance and direction from the original “Temple Block.”
Receiving millions of visitors each year, the Salt Lake Temple Square consistently ranks as one of the “top tourist destinations in the United States,” according to another page on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
Learn more about the Salt Lake Temple Square and its history here.