Silver Reef Museum

Paleontology and Public Fascination with Dinosaurs and Other Ancient Life
2024-12-28 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | UT
Presenter: Andrew Peterson
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Cosmopolitan Building next to the Silver Reef Museum

FREE ADMISSION WEEK
2024-12-14 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-12 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-09 10:00 - 15:00 | Silver Reef Museum, 1903 Wells Fargo Rd, Leeds, UT, 84746, United States
🎄✨ **Merry Christmas from the Silver Reef Museum!** ✨🎄
This holiday season, we’re sharing the spirit of giving with our wonderful Washington County community. From **December 9-14**, **admission to the museum is FREE** as our special gift to you!
Step back in time and explore the rich history of Silver Reef during this festive season. While you’re here, don’t forget to stop by our **gift shop** for unique Christmas gifts and treasures that you won’t find anywhere else!
🕰️ **Hours of Operation**:
– **Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday**
**10:00 AM – 3:00 PM**
Celebrate the season with us and make history part of your holidays. We look forward to welcoming you!

FREE ADMISSION WEEK
2024-12-13 10:00 - 15:00 | UT

“Birds of Prey” Southwest Wildlife Foundation
2024-11-23 10:00 - 11:00 | Silver Reef Cosmopolitan, 903 Wells Fargo Rd., Leeds, UT, 84746, United States
“Birds of Prey” Southwest Wildlife Foundation – Martin Tyner

Join us at our Southwest Wildlife Foundation event for a fun and unforgettable experience with amazing birds of prey! You’ll have the chance to learn from the wonderful Master Falconer Martin Tyner, who will share fascinating insights about these incredible creatures, their hunting habits, nesting behaviors, and why they are so important to our environment. We can’t wait to see you there!

Location: SILVER REEF MUSEUM (Cosmopolitan Building)
Saturday, Nov 23, 2024
10am & 1pm shows
$6.00/Person

Reservations can be made by calling (435) 879-2254 or by signing up online at
https://tinyurl.com/BirdsofPrey11-23-2024

Martin Tyner of the Southwest Wildlife Foundation of Utah will be presenting on the birds of prey in the Southwestern US. His presentation will have several live raptors including his
golden eagle named Scout.

At age twelve, Martin Tyner started caring for the sick, injured and orphaned creatures in his home town of Simi Valley, CA. At age nineteen, Tyner was hired as curator of birds of prey at Busch Gardens, CA. He worked in the movie and television industry training big cats, elephants, primates, sea mammals, and raptors.

Martin Tyner is a federally licensed falconer, eagle falconer, wildlife rehabilitator, wildlife propagator, and wildlife and environmental educator. He has been providing wildlife and environmental programs throughout the western United States, to schools, scouts and community groups for over forty years. Martin Tyner provides intergenerational Road Scholars programs through Dixie State College, has taught summer classes at Southern Utah University, The Ancient Art of Falconry and Shakespeare, and performed in the Green Show with his raptors for the Utah Shakespeare Festival.

Martin Tyner is the founder of the Southwest Wildlife Foundation, which is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, wildlife rescue, wildlife and environmental education organization.

Reservations suggested:
https://tinyurl.com/BirdsofPrey11-23-2024
or call 435.879.2254

http://www.silverreefutah.org

Funded by
Utah Legislature
Utah Division of
Arts & Museums

Silver Reef Museum
1903 Wells Fargo Rd
Leeds, UT 84746
SILVER REEF
UTAH

Ghost Nights
2024-10-26 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-10-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Silver Reef Cosmopolitan, 903 Wells Fargo Rd., Leeds, UT, 84746, United States

Last Shootout of 2024!
2024-10-05 12:00 - 13:00 | UT
The Muddy River Gang will be doing their last two shootout shows of 2024!
12pm and 1pm

“When Hollywood Came to Silver Reef”
2024-09-28 10:00 - 11:00 | Silver Reef Cosmopolitan, 903 Wells Fargo Rd., Leeds, UT, 84746, United States
“When Hollywood Came to Silver Reef” – Ken Howell

Old Wild West Shootout Shows
2024-09-14 11:00 - 12:00 | Silver Reef Museum, 1903 Wells Fargo Rd, Leeds, UT, 84746, United States
Lawmen & Muddy River Gang – Old Wild West Shootout Shows
1st show: 11am
2nd show: 12pm

“The Spanish Trail in Washington County”
2024-08-24 10:00 - 11:00 | Silver Reef Cosmopolitan, 903 Wells Fargo Rd., Leeds, UT, 84746, United States
“The Spanish Trail in Washington County” – Steve Heath

Old Wild West Shootout Shows
2024-08-10 11:00 - 11:30 | Silver Reef Museum, 1903 Wells Fargo Rd, Leeds, UT, 84746, United States
Lawmen & Muddy River Gang – Old Wild West Shootout Shows (kid friendly)
1st show: 11am
2nd show: 12pm

Silver Reef’s Chinese Residents: Archaeology of Chinatown
2024-06-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Silver Reef Cosmopolitan, 903 Wells Fargo Rd., Leeds, UT, 84746, United States
Silver Reef’s Chinese Residents: Archaeology of Chinatown – Chris Merritt

Pine Valley Mountain Flora
2024-06-01 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-05-25 10:00 - 11:00 | Silver Reef Cosmopolitan, 903 Wells Fargo Rd., Leeds, UT, 84746, United States
SILVER REEF MUSEUM
Cosmopolitan Event Saturday, May 25 and June 1, 2024 -10am
Pine Valley Mountain Flora;
Highest Plant Diversity in Utah-Part 1 and Part 2
The unique geology, elevation range, and convergence of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert ecogeographic regions, has set the stage for the greatest plant diversity in the state of Utah. Approximately 39% of all Utah native plant species populate the foothills to the highest elevations of Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness Area, Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness Area, north Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, and the surrounding Dixie National Forest.
About The Presenter: DEL WILLIAM SMITH
Del grew up a surf rat and high school athlete, in Huntington Beach, California. After high school, he worked his way up to an engineering position in military aerospace, building plane and missile parts, and medical electronics, building heart pacers. At 27 years old, he left south- ern California for college. He received his bachelor’s degree, in biology, with minors in chemistry, geology, botany, and zoology, from Southern Utah University. He chose to attend graduate school at Brigham Young University, and research black bears. The opportunity opened up to research the symbiotic relationships between plants and lichens in Cedar Breaks and Ashdown Gorge, completing a master’s degree, in botany. He continued his research at Brigham Young University, with the relationships between plants, rocks, soils, and lichens, in Cedar Breaks and Ashdown Gorge, and completed a doctorate degree, in botany, with a minor in statistics. Del has taught biology and coached basketball, softball, and baseball at the high school level, winning league championships with his Varsity Softball team and JV Basketball team. He has taught plant taxonomy, botany, biology, geology, and environmental science, for 37 years, at BYU, UVU, Pierce College, West Hills College, and Modesto College, and has spent the last 17 years at Dixie State University. Del also received the 2014 Dixie State University Teacher of the Year Award.
Reservations suggested: https://form.jotform.com/231907888548171 or 435.879.2254
Donations appreciated!

Lawmen & Muddy River Gang Wild West Shootout Show
2024-05-11 12:00 - 12:30 | Silver Reef Cosmopolitan, 903 Wells Fargo Rd., Leeds, UT, 84746, United States

Lawmen & Muddy River Gang - Old Wild West Shootout Shows
2024-05-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Silver Reef Cosmopolitan, 903 Wells Fargo Rd., Leeds, UT, 84746, United States

Smithsonian Exhibit | Crossroads
2024-04-27 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-26 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-25 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-24 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-23 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-22 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-20 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-19 11:00 - 15:00 and 4 more dates | Silver Reef Museum, 1903 Wells Fargo Rd, Leeds, UT, 84746, United States
See our Smithsonian Exhibit | Crossroads page for more information.
