Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum
660 West, 400 North, in Blanding, Utah.
For more information please call the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum at (435) 678-2238

Day Visits: $3 per person or $6 per vehicle
Annual Passes: $70 passes available at the museum
Park Hours: Summer 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. / Winter 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The museum is open 7 days a week.
Holiday Closures: Thanksgiving and Christmas

The Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum is located at 660 West 400 North in Blanding, Utah. For information about upcoming activities and events, please call (435) 678-2238. The museum is open Monday through Saturday from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. Don’t forget to mention you read about it in the Moab Happenings.

Movie and Western Memorabilia Museum
at Red Cliffs Lodge

Red Cliffs Lodge, on the banks of the mighty Colorado river, is home for the Moab Museum of Film & Western Heritage. The lodge is built on the old George White Ranch, a key location for many western classics including, Rio Grande, Cheyenne Autumn, Ten Who Dared, The Commancheros, and Rio Conchos. More recently, feature films such as Thelma and Louise, Geronimo: An American Legend, Forrest Gump, Back to the Future III, and City Slickers II have also been filmed in the region. The late George White was founder of the Moab to Monument Valley Film Commission, the longest ongoing film commission in the world.

In the museum one can learn more about film locations, how the sets are built, and how the filming process is managed on nature's own sound stage. On display in the museum are production photographs, movie posters, autographed scripts, props from the many pictures filmed in the area, and displays about the western ranching heritage.

For information, call Red Cliffs Lodge at 259-2002.

Through the magnificent landscapes of southeastern Utah, writers have been inspired and stories born here. Zane Grey, the famous western novelist, traveled through the area in 1912. His visit inspired him to write his book Riders of the Purple Sage. The book was made into a movie starring Ed Harris and Amy Madigan, and filmed on locations around Moab.

A partial list of stars that have made movies in Moab
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Henry Fonda, Lee Marvin, Rock Hudson, Jimmy Stewart, Richard Boone, Anthony Quinn, Mickey Rooney, Shirley Temple, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Crystal, Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman, Bill Murray, Jack Palance, Susa Sarandon, Geena Davis, Ted Danson, Tom Cruise, and many more.