Church History Museum releases online art exhibit

Church History Museum releases online art exhibit

(J. Kirk Richards, Courtesy of Church History Museum)


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SALT LAKE CITY — While The Church History Museum is undergoing renovations, its website will feature a four-part art exhibit based on the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.

Most recently, museum curators produced the second part of the exhibit, titled “The Life of Christ.” Part 1, “The Birth of Christ,” was released in December.

“The museum is closed for the next year, and we wanted to make sure people knew the museum still had some great collections,” project manager Kevin Nielson said. “We tried to make it relevant to the LDS Church’s course of study this year.”

The exhibits serve two main purposes, Nielson said. One is to enrich an individual's personal study of the New Testament, and the other is to enhance a Sunday School teacher's lesson by acting as a resource to illustrate the parables and ministry of Jesus Christ.

In February, Part 3, “The Teachings of Christ” will be released, and in April, Part 4, “The Atonement and Resurrection of Christ,” will come.

The art displayed in the exhibits has previously been displayed at The Church History Museum, some coming from the international art competition the museum hosts every three years.

“We wanted to make sure to feature those so we had a more global purpose and a broader perspective of those events in Christ’s life and those teachings,” Nielson said of the art competition.


To me, art helps us understand the written word in ways the words just don't.

–Kevin Nielson, project manager


“The Life of Christ” exhibit is broken into three sections, featuring images depicted of his childhood, his ministry and the Last Supper.

“Because we’re doing this in four parts, we wanted ‘The Life of Christ’ to look at his personal ministry and the things he accomplished in his own life,” Nielson said. “We also wanted to feature these works of art to help people understand Joseph and Mary and their love for Christ as a child.”

The exhibit presents art pieces of Christ’s baptism, his calling of the 12 apostles and his ministry to the people throughout the Holy Land.

“To me, art helps us understand the written word in ways the words just don’t,” Nielson said. “We’ve tried to bring it to a personal level to allow people to relate to the events in Christ’s life as relevant to them.”

The museum will later replace these exhibits with updates on construction on the museum in addition to new features guests will be able to see in the museum, Nielson said.

The museum will reopen this fall.

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