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Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Organ Recital on Salt Lake City Tour
Hear the world-famous Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle organ recital on Temple Square during the Salt Lake City Tour. Or enjoy the Tabernacle organ as it complements the voices of the 360 choristers of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on the Thursday evening Mormon Tabernacle Choir Rehearsal & City Tour or the Sunday morning Mormon Tabernacle Choir Concert & City Tour.
Located in the historic Tabernacle building on Salt Lake City's Temple Square, the organ was built by an English convert to the Mormon church, Joseph Ridges. Though the original casework and some of the original pipes are found in the Tabernacle organ today, it has actually been rebuilt and enlarged multiple times over the last 135 years. Currently the organ has 11,623 pipes organized into 147 tone colors and 206 ranks or rows of pipes! The pipes are made of wood, zinc, lead and tin, with the pipes of the facade original from the 1860s, made of wood staves fashioned from Utah pine trees. The organ pipes are controlled from a console with five 61-note keyboards and a 32-note pedal board. The longest pipe has a speaking length of 32 feet, and the shortest is 3/4 of an inch. The organ requires two full time technicians to maintain this instrument and others on Temple Square.
Utah Copper Mine & Capitol on Salt Lake City Tour
The neoclassical dome of the Utah State Capitol has an architectural element that has become a common symbol of democracy in the United States. The outer dome towers over 250 feet from the base of the front stairs. The shell of the dome is made of Utah's own copper, installed in 1980, to replace the original copper covering after portions were blown off in a heavy windstorm. In the background is the Kennecott Utah Copper Mine, where 25% of America's copper is produced.
Book online to see the Utah Capitol on the Salt Lake City Tour or see the Kennecott Utah Bingham Canyon Copper Mine on our Copper Mine & Great Salt Lake Tour.
The most popular sightseeing attractions in Salt Lake City are Temple Square, which includes the Mormon Tabernacle where the Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs on Sundays and rehearses on Thursdays, as well as where a daily organ recital occurs; the Salt Lake Temple, which is not open to the public but the gardens around the Mormon Temple provide a great setting for photography; the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, formerly a luxury hotel called the Hotel Utah; City Creek Center, a billion-dollar shopping center with landscaping that includes waterfalls and water fountains; and the Family History Library, the world's largest genealogy library. Utah State Capitol is a tourist attraction that is quite popular. Explore these attractions on a sightseeing tour of downtown Salt Lake City.
America's Dead Sea - Great Salt Lake Tour
Hear about the fascinating stories and strange science of America's Dead Sea on the Great Salt Lake Tour, daily at 2:30 PM; pickup from downtown Salt Lake City hotels. Visit the old mysterious Saltair beach resort, left high and dry on the salty beaches of Great Salt Lake. Enjoy the panoramic views of the lake, its islands, and the surrounding mountains at Great Salt Lake State Park Marina and Visitors Center. Dip a toe in the saltiest lake in the western hemisphere. How can you visit Salt Lake City and not take a trip to the famous Great Salt Lake?!
The most popular sightseeing attractions in Salt Lake City are Temple Square, which includes the Mormon Tabernacle where the Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs on Sundays and rehearses on Thursdays, as well as where a daily organ recital occurs; the Salt Lake Temple, which is not open to the public but the gardens around the Mormon Temple provide a great setting for photography; the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, formerly a luxury hotel called the Hotel Utah; City Creek Center, a billion-dollar shopping center with landscaping that includes waterfalls and water fountains; and the Family History Library, the world's largest genealogy library. Utah State Capitol is a tourist attraction that is quite popular. Explore these attractions on a sightseeing tour of downtown Salt Lake City.
Mormon Tabernacle Choir concert on Sunday Mormon Tabernacle Choir Tour
Music & the Spoken Word is the longest continuously running network broadcast in the world. Since 1929, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has been entertaining and inspiring audiences with a live broadcast every Sunday morning.
Reserve your seats on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Tour online or by calling (801) 531-1001. Sunday mornings include a live concert and Thursday evenings feature the Choir's rehearsal.
Beautiful Landmarks on Salt Lake City Tour
One of Salt Lake City's most beautiful landmarks, the Salt Lake City and County Building is Utah's most stunning example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. Built in 1894, the Salt Lake City and County building was the site of the Utah State Constitutional Convention and served as Utah's Capitol from when statehood was first granted in 1896 until the current Utah State Capitol was constructed in 1915. It underwent a seismic retrofit in the 1980s, making it the first building in the world to be retrofitted with base isolators; the weak sandstone structure was placed on a foundation of rubber and steel to protect it from earthquake damage.
To see this beautiful building and other spectacular landmarks, reserve your seats on the sightseeing tour bus for the Salt Lake City Tour or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Tour or the Trolley Tour of Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City tours and sightseeing attractions available to book online
Spectacular Views on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Tour
Enjoy spectacular views of the Wasatch Mountains on our sightseeing bus tours. Featured above is a photo taken during our Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Salt Lake City Tour. Join us on the sightseeing tour bus, which departs from downtown Salt Lake City hotels, for entertaining stories and the best photo spots in Salt Lake City!
The most popular sightseeing attractions in Salt Lake City are Temple Square, which includes the Mormon Tabernacle where the Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs on Sundays and rehearses on Thursdays, as well as where a daily organ recital occurs; the Salt Lake Temple, which is not open to the public but the gardens around the Mormon Temple provide a great setting for photography; the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, formerly a luxury hotel called the Hotel Utah; City Creek Center, a billion-dollar shopping center with landscaping that includes waterfalls and water fountains; and the Family History Library, the world's largest genealogy library. Utah State Capitol is a tourist attraction that is quite popular. Explore these attractions on a sightseeing tour of downtown Salt Lake City.
Temple Square on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir + City Tour
Beautiful pink blossoms surround Assembly Hall, a Victorian Gothic-style chapel on Temple Square, as seen on the Thursday evening Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Salt Lake City Tour. Located on the southwest corner of Temple Square, Assembly Hall was built in the early 1880s out of spare stone from the Salt Lake Temple's ongoing construction. It was the second permanent structure completed on Temple Square, after the Tabernacle.
The most popular sightseeing attractions in Salt Lake City are Temple Square, which includes the Mormon Tabernacle where the Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs on Sundays and rehearses on Thursdays, as well as where a daily organ recital occurs; the Salt Lake Temple, which is not open to the public but the gardens around the Mormon Temple provide a great setting for photography; the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, formerly a luxury hotel called the Hotel Utah; City Creek Center, a billion-dollar shopping center with landscaping that includes waterfalls and water fountains; and the Family History Library, the world's largest genealogy library. Utah State Capitol is a tourist attraction that is quite popular. Explore these attractions on a sightseeing tour of downtown Salt Lake City.
Mountain Views on the Salt Lake City Tour
Spring greenery amidst the snow-capped Wasatch Mountains make for spectacular photo opportunities on our sightseeing bus tours! Enjoy breathtaking mountain views on the Salt Lake City Tour or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Tour.
The Wasatch Mountains are the result of over 20 million years of geologic fault movement, volcanic activity, and glacial canyon carving. Most elevations reach over 9,000 feet, with the highest peak, Mount Nebo, towering at 11,877 feet. The Wasatch mountains were an important source of timber, water from snowmelt, and granite stone for early Mormon settlers. They were also used for decades in mining silver deposits, including what now comprise the areas of Alta and Park City ski resorts.
Sightseeing tours in Salt Lake City are available to book online
Temple Square at Night on Mormon Tabernacle Choir Tour
The Salt Lake Temple. located at Temple Square, was completed in 1893, three years before Utah became a state. A striking ediface, the spires rise amid the downtown high-rise buildings and shopping centers. The Salt Lake Temple has a total floor area of 253,000 square feet.
Join us on the Salt Lake City Tour, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Tour, or the Trolley Tour of Salt Lake City for entertaining and memorable stories and trivia about the Salt Lake Temple.
Tour the Temple Square Tulips on Salt Lake City Tour
This is the time of year that the Temple Square tulips delight visitors and locals with an overwhelming array of colors. Tour the Temple Square tulip gardens on the Salt Lake City Tour or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Tour.