Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters

The Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters, located in Omaha, Nebraska, is a visitors’ center with exhibits about the westward migration of Latter-day Saints. It is situated on the historic location of Winter Quarters, a temporary Latter-day Saint settlement on the Mormon Trail.
Winter Quarters Visitor Center
The Mormon Trail center
Display case with rock
Display of oxen
Winter Quarters Visitor Center
Display of violin and book
Dutch oven
The exhibits in the Mormon Trail Center describe the Latter-day Saints’ westward migration to the Salt Lake Valley in Utah by wagon, handcart, sailing ship, and train. Next to the trail center are the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery and the Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple. The Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, which was a burial site for some of the pioneers who died at Winter Quarters, includes a monument called Tragedy of Winter Quarters , sculpted by Avard Fairbanks.

Winter Quarters was one of as many as 90 Latter-day Saint settlements along the Missouri River in Nebraska and Iowa. Although the settlements were temporary homes on the way to the Salt Lake Valley, many Saints worked and built as if they would stay there for decades. They established successful farms and businesses and even published a newspaper. Brigham Young and other Church leaders spent time at Winter Quarters, ministering to the Saints and helping them prepare to travel west. While there, Brigham received a revelation that helped the Saints organize themselves and prepare spiritually for the trek. That revelation became Doctrine and Covenants 136.
Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters
Mormon Trail Center Exterior
Hours
Monday – Saturday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day

Please confirm by phone

Physical Address
3215 State Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68112
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Contact
1-402-453-9372
Last Updated On May 03, 2023