Neat place! They have changing exhibits and helpful, knowledgeable staff. Right downtown by City Creek shopping center and plenty of great shops.

So amazing. There is a 5 dollar recommended fee. But you can pay it at the end.

As an artist who travels to NYC regularly for art fairs and museums, I feel like this is a little patch of heaven in Salt Lake City.Though strolling through the museum on any given day is fascinating, I particularly recommend attending the opening receptions for shows. The people youll meet and learn from are just as incredible as the art!In the last year, Ive noticed that the caliber of shows has increased, with a strong presence of both emerging/established local and well-known national/international artists.Highly recommended for anyone looking to discover both new and already celebrated contemporary art!

I had the best time with my siblings! The receptionist was very polite and help us get the best of our visit, she even help us go with a curator of the collection so he could explain better the display. It was a wonderful experience.

First of all, this place is not pleasant. I know its a mean to say, but this museum was not at all enjoyable. First and foremost, it is very small. Its not a really big place and there isnt a lot to do in it which I think occurs because of the size. Second, the art in this place is not very good. I am not an art critique by any means, but when I can do half of the art, I become quite unimpressed. There wasnt a lot of effort put into the art in this museum. Yes, some pieces seem like theyd be hard to replicate or do, but a good portion of them consisted of stapling paper to a wall. Moving on, the stairs in the place dont seem very stable. They bend under your feet and make noise when you step on them, disturbing the quiet of the entire place. They also have videos being portrayed as art and the sound on them is quite deafening. You can here them wherever you go in the museum and the music is actually quite eerie and annoying. I want to look at in peace when I can. All in all, this just wasnt a nice place in my opinion. I didnt like the art, the stairs scared me, and it also wasnt a really welcoming place. The music that was constantly playing from the videos was annoying and really loud and the art just wasnt something that set my heart aflame. In the end, the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art gets one star from me.

The art is interesting, but not expansive. Nevertheless, it is definitely thought provoking and source of some interesting discussion.

Beautiful museum with eye-opening exhibits. Free of charge but there is a suggested donation of $5.

It was small. Didnt really like the current exhibit. Walk way to downstairs seamed unstable. Nice atmosphere.

This was a fun place to visit during an afternoon I spent downtown with my wife. There is no entry fee, but they encourage donations. I spent about an hour perusing the upper- and lower-level exhibits and saw a surprising array of art in a multitude of unique forms.They had videos, paintings, a live musician, and all kinds of abstract artwork. All of the art in the museum was strikingly evocative. If I have a single complaint, its that I felt like the descriptions of the artwork and the inspiration behind each piece were all forceful attempts to shove the artists agenda or perspective down my throat instead of letting the art speak for itself.All in all, a very fun place to visit.

Super cool museum. Very contemporary and very fun. There was a sign saying climb at your own risk!

Was under construction for this visit. Optional donation for entrance. We paid $5 each, due to their Construction some of the displays were closed, but what we were able to see was interesting and informative. I always enjoy my trips here.

Fantastic art installations, but unfortunately the staff are extremely rude and honestly homophobic. I would have loved to enjoy the beautiful art without being constantly pestered and “encouraged” to come back another time. Honestly a horrible experience and I will never return.

My kids like this piece of art. Its called bajewed cheese.

Nice location. Exhibits change, but theres always going to be something worth seeing (or something super strange that youll try to forget). Definitely will go again.

A tiny space with a few works by local artists. Temporary exhibits are nice. Main expo is in a cosy place, art is OK, nothing too exciting.

Im usually not the biggest fan of contemporary art, but it was actually kind of fun. They dont charge but ask you to leave a donation. The employees seemed really helpful and nice. The art itself was very interesting. I particularly like the bowl of cereal on the wall. They give you a free button just for coming.

Just walking checking out Utah, cant to visit when Chris is back in town.

Suggested donation $5. Decent size gallery with interesting art. Clean restrooms and a free, secure coat and bag check for bags that are too big to go in the gallery

Id never been to this museum before. I went for a school project. It was amazing!! There were so many unique things that Id never seen before. There were a lot of unique paintings, sculptures and even videos that were so creative.Some if it did make me feel a bit uncomfortable, but thats the purpose of art isnt it, to make people feel things.

Working with the UMOCA team was truly a pleasure! Jessica Simpson went out of her way to not only accommodate but also help make our event a huge success. UMOCA is beautiful, reasonable and the perfect venue for your next event!

Most definitely contemporary. Not a fan of unisex bathrooms.

I loved going to Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. Museums are like a spiritual experience for me, I could easily spend a whole day getting lost in a museum. However if there are too many people, someone is rushing me, or some special event, it gives me anxiety. I need my own pace to look and not time constraints. Mihe Staff were incredibly kind, which can make or brake an experienceThis museum was calming and quite inspiring. It made me want to come home, transform items I never use, into items that are considered average and repurposed them to something ASTOUNDING! Thank you for letting me have a wonderful time.

Great little non profit museum with some thoroughly enjoyable work. Sometimes I groan and roll my eyes the whole way through a modern art museum but this had a range of consistently delightful pieces. Definitely would go again next time in town.

Weve had a number of events here and we just love the venue. The staff here are always amenable and the art is always very interesting. I would like to give a shout out to our last event coordinators Jessica and Krystyne. They were fabulous. Thank you!

UMOCA is a wonderful events space. The staff are professional, friendly, and great to work with for any occasion. I would recommend that any organization consider hosting an event at UMOCA.

The art on display was not really my thing but the price is right at free with a suggested donation of $5. there were a few interesting pieces so Id wander through again and give them $5 again though. Glad I was cheap and only gave them $5 for the pair of us.

My favorite museum in Salt Lake City. The contemporary art Ive seen are creative and totally unique. Each exhibit is completely original. Some art is obvious, others are abstract, its up to the visitor to interpret the meaning. Lots of original pieces, plus its free (with a $5 suggested donation).

Small museum with interesting exhibits. Unfortunately it was mostly closed when I visited so it is hard to grade.

I thought it was going to be bigger but its worth checking out if you like contemporary art. I was thinking that there would be a little bit more modern type art, but its a bit more like Avant-Garde type stuff.

Definitely worth visiting for something to do in downtown SLC, especially since its free! The installations can be bizarre, even irritatingly so, but I guess thats the point. Theres a good amount of cool art.

Don’t waste your time! Horrible!!! Very little art to view. Half of the building was closed for updates but no one cared to let us know that before we Payed and entered. Also, most of the art looked like something my kid could have done.Not worth my time, there is better art so see just walking down town, in architecture and statues.

I absolutely loved it! So calm so quiet and seeing peoples thoughts become reality is amazing.

This is the only place like this downtown. Its not huge, you will likely see everything really fast.Currently the SLUG exhibition is awesome! Its a total trip down memory lane of the scene in salt lake. Made my day.You will be hard pressed to find anything like this when you leave, so embrace it, and contribute. These things arent easy to curate.

Very friendly staff although the content delivered is far from what we could expect from a big city modern art museum. It does feel like the artists exhibited are trying a bit too hard to be edgy & controversial instead of creating art. Still interesting nonetheless, especially considering that it is free. Loved the feathers display, it felt more real than the rest

Yeah it was a small museum and I was excited for the ultra super exhibition from posters outside but it wasnt that awe inspiring or particularly showing talent. It was a cute place though and it was free so i like that alot and the receptionist was very nice.

This museum crushes my soul. Its empty spaces are like a vacuum of the human spirit. I long for energy, passion and controversy, and it’s nowhere to be found it this hollow geometric box with echoes of heels on its wooden flooring. Helllooo....helllooo....hell...oh!?!

I would of given it 3 stars but because it was free I gave it 4. I dont like contemporary art and so I thought that there was a bunch of stupid stuff here. There were a couple of cool things but for the most part it was pretty boring. You could tell that people put a lot of work into the stuff that was there though.

Its a decent / ok museum. There was 1 exhibit worth viewing (exhibits will change) of the 4 there. All the exhibits are inside small spaces. If you dont expect too much, then you might find a few things you will enjoy. Their recommended donation is $5 per person.

Lovely museum run by some amazing people and servicing downtown SLC with some informative, topic starting, and political art. The events they put on are fantastic, I love stopping by whenever I can.I love the Local Artist Sticker Machines they have one of in the lobby!I also love the UMOCA Brunch for Bibliophiles they put on once a month.

To be honest, the vast majority of the pieces were quite odd. It wasnt until we found the random corner of the museum that we discovered some more normal but still thought-provoking pieces. Worth a quick tour, but no more.

Terrible experience. I took my two young children and was treated like we were not welcome. I was teaching my children to not touch the exhibits and helping them keep their hands away. They were being very well behaved and quiet and I was watching them closely. We were yelled at by one of the workers, followed closely around the room and were told we needed to leave because my daughter put one of her fingers on one of the stands. The worker girl basically just did not want us there because she thought my well behaved children were going to ruin all the art exhibits just because they were looking at them closely. We will not be back again. Children and families are definitely not welcome. So if youre looking for a cool learning experience for your children, go anywhere but this museum because you will probably be told to leave if your child breathes within a foot of an exhibit.

Interesting gallery, quite quiet when I went which was nice to have the place to myself but I also finished it quickly so I wouldnt make a day trip of it. I believe it was entrance by donation only so that was nice, but I wish I had inquired about where the donations went, it would be nice to see them going back into the art community or to assist art students with grants and such.

Went to a cool debut of a documentary about Lloyd Miller, one of the most talented musicians ever to walk the planet. The venue was excellent and very contemporary.

Have someone give you a tour, so you know kind of what youre looking at. It makes contemporary art so much more accessible

Such a beautiful building, however lots of empty space. I guess Im spoiled because Ive been to MoMa before and that is the standard I hold. I hope it expands so that one can spend more time there. As we grow as a state Im sure it will grow as well.

I personally love this meuseum.I had an internship here a couple years ago and absolutely loved the people worked with while i was there.The art on display here has always made me think about what the artists message and what may have inspired them to create there art, or at the bare minimum consider there veiw and perspective of the world.It would not be a far stretch gor me to say that this is the place that made me realize that the story and message behind the art is just as important, if not more important, then the art its self.

Well I got directions yesterday to the museum and tomorrow Im headed off as Museum I have a series of shots that Im interested in taking care of us and I heard this place is real nice so I cant wait to get there and check it out for myself and then after that I want to make it to the zoo anyway I was told by my friends that this is first rate very nice and very nice museum I cant wait to get there tomorrow

Small but better than nothing ggreat kids free activities 2nd saturday of the month

The gallery is a fun place to go if you’re looking for something new to do in Salt Lake. It’s pretty small, and the exhibits were quite different from what I expected. I spent maybe 30-40 minutes looking before I’d seen it all.

A small place, but used very efficiently. What they show first looks odd, but it makes you think about it. The place was mostly quite.

Love the art here. Super quick place, but they sell nice stickers here.

Art is in the eye of the beholder. It was interesting. Worst part is that it was really warm. Best part was the staff was friendly and informative. $5 minimum donation suggested.

Brought my grand daughter over for Saturday activity. She had a great time making a sculpture. The people were very friendly I would recommend this place to anyone.

I like contemporary art. This museum just doesnt deliver much. Also (not related to art), while Im not against gender-neutral restrooms. tossing a trash bag over the urinal and slapping a new sign on the door flies in the face of common sense and aesthetic sensibility.

Missing the WoW factor but nice.

The staff are professional and helpful. I found only one or two of the exhibits interesting. I understand that this is a contemporary art museum, however most of the exhibits were unintelligible, I feel that more could be done to utilize this space to Contemporary are that educates and inspires.

Amazing building, thoughtful exhibitions, friendly people.Should be bigger.Whats cool is that its free (if you are in a pinch, but they ask for donations).

Fun art museum with friendly staff.

A few pieces were really exceptional but otherwise I was not too impressed. The donation based entrance is voluntary so its not bad given that.

I was very disappointed by the art displayed at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art on my visit in early March. The largest, most prominently displayed pieces were pornographic. The rest of the displays had little-to -no aesthetic qualities and appeared to be considered art because of their SJW message.I should have done my homework before going here.

Another contemporary art museum where the building is better than the collection.

Wonderfully curated museum. If youre looking for something modern and less traditional, this is your place.

Very few exhibits to see. Not well thought out, most artwork was lesser quality than that of my nine-year-old. Very amateurish. I can see more artful videos on YouTube by much more talented individuals. I paid the $5 per person donation, but it wasnt worth 5 cents.

Had a great experience here.

Thought there would be more exhibits but what was there was interesting.

I enjoyed my experience, but the museum was quite small. I had expected a lot more.

Small ,very interresting ,im a hoverer in museums and its about a 50- 60 min vissit.

In transition between exhibits, so the place felt uninspired and really dead. Need to give them another chance, though. Its the kind of place that I want to like because of the need. Having said that, I havent had a good experience there yet. Maybe next time.

The museum is large, but the exhibits are small and reminiscent of freshman art class. Two of the twenty exhibits made me pause in satisfaction, but most were too focused on trying to be edgy or make a political statement than capture any appreciation of life, art, or society.

Great museum with interesting art.

Fun place very thought provoking art

Had some decent exhibitions on display, fun family art activities on Saturday.

Excellent service. Also, for the most interesting exhibits Ive ever seen.

Fun place to visit. Very close to city creek center

Every so often we visit to see the new weird art. It is interesting.

Very nice place. Went there for a private screening of a movie.

Amazing gallery and a monthly family art activity!

Extremely disappointing. I was shocked by how few pieces were on display; and the few that are were unexceptional and lacked creativity. Quite frankly, Im unsure if any of the pieces could be considered art at all.

Just waist of time, unfortunately

Small museum with special exhibits upstairs and permanent collection downstairs.

Third visit tonight- always interesting and enjoyable

Is really good for family.

Good museum, donation based.

One of the only places in UT to see amazing contemporary art.

Loved it

I love it

Great space for contemporary art in Utah.

Best art in Utah!

.........................................double WOW.

Not into this type of art

Great

Great

Rating mostly for the building and staff. Just not enough right now to warrant a visit IMO.

Complete waste of time I gave it one star because it was free although they do ask for donations

Pretty lean on exhibits

Keeps the culture in Downtown SLC alive☆☆☆☆☆

Bangin art

Amazing artwork and very interesting exhibits.