In 1957 the Womens Literary Club of Moab applied to a Community Achievement Contest sponsered by the General Federation of Women's Clubs and the Sears-Roebuck Foundation. The hope was to win the $10,000 grand prize. While the club did not win first place a check for 150 dollars was presented to them and this became the seed for the Museum of Moab.
The museum drew on the help of numerous organizations such as the Rotary Club and Lions club. Personal donations from many citizens soon filled the small Cal Uranium building, which sat less then a block from the current Museum. Other collections were returned to Moab by the U.S. Parkservcie to be displayed in the New Museum.
Museum membership at the time was $1.50 for a basic membership with $100 dollars making you a life time member.
Things may have changed quite a bit but the Museum is still about Moab the city that made it.
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