Utah

Libraries and museums

In 2000, Utah had 13 public library systems with 5,942,200 volumes, and a circulation of 22,314,000. The Salt Lake County library system had 1,765,295 volumes (not including Salt Lake City, whose system has 704,123 volumes); the Weber County system (including Ogden) has 382,024. The leading academic libraries are the University of Utah (Salt Lake City), 2,350,297; and Brigham Young University (Provo), 2,500,849. Other collections are the Latter-Day Saints' Library-Archives and the Utah State Historical Society Library, both in Salt Lake City. During 2000, Utah had at least 60 museums, notably the Utah Museum of Natural History and Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City; Hill Aerospace Museum near Ogden; College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum, Price; and Museum of Peoples and Cultures, Provo. Some are maintained as museums, including Beehive House and Wheeler Historic Farm, Salt Lake City, and Brigham Young's Winter Home, St. George. Total public library income for 2000 was $54,114,000; including $324,684 in federal funds, and $919,938 in state funds.