Union Station

Union Station Review

Incorporating elements of Ogden's original 1870s train depot, which was destroyed by fire in 1923, the impressive Spanish Revival Union Station (built in 1924) houses five museums, two art galleries, a restaurant, gift shop, and visitor center.

The Browning Firearms Museum showcases John M. Browning's gun inventions, many of which were built by Winchester, Colt, Remington, and others to become the firearms of choice in the Old West before Browning formed his own company. Original models and working prototypes of many of these weapons are displayed. Gun aficionados will feel like they're in a candy store.

At the Browning-Kimball Car Museum, almost 60 unique, restored cars are on display, including a single-cylinder 1901 Oldsmobile and a Cadillac that weighs 3 tons.

Learn about the Great Salt Lake and surrounding areas at the Natural History Museum, which displays a collection of Utah trilobites, fossilized wood and plants, and records of paleontological and aquatic life forms.

The Utah State Railroad Museum has well-documented exhibits that explain all phases of Utah's railroad history through displays and interpretive signs. You can also watch model trains run through depictions of the Transcontinental Railroad route. The high point of the museum is the Eccles Rail Center, an outdoor exhibit of several dozen restored train cars, engines, and cabooses that date from the late 1800s up to the 2002 Olympic Games cauldron car.