Guided Tour

Tour Beginning

Outside of Museum

• Sites of Helper
• Mine Equipment
• Museum Court Yard

Basement:

• Simulated Coal Mine
• Blacksmith & Machine Shops
• Early Police History

Main Floor:

• Lobby
• Model Train Display
• Lifestyles

Second Floor:

• Community
• Medical Life
• WPA paintings
• Winter Quarters Room

Third Floor:

• Railroad Rooms
• UMWA Room
• Disaster Room

WPA - Works Progress Administration
paintings

The second floor hall of the museum is lined with WPA paintings done by well known Utah artists. There are sixteen paintings purchased by Helper City during the "Great Depression" to support the artists and also create an art gallery in Helper. The collection was shown in the auditorium for many years and was moved to the museum in 1986.

Little Red Riding Hood - by Elzy Bird

Duck Pond - by Howell Rosenbaum

Hill Houses - by Roy Butcher

Kenilworth - by Lynn Fausett

Carbon County Scene - by Lynn Fausett

Snowed In - William Parkinson