- The new Temple Square Visitors’ Center opens May 18 and adds new exhibits to Temple Square.
- The “Inside a Temple” experience is similar to a temple open house, and showcases interviews with church members and rooms that look just like a temple.
- Swiss artist Christian Bolt created a marble statue of a seated Christ that sits at the center of the center’s lower level.
SALT LAKE CITY — In addition to providing a new, beautiful location for the Christus statue, the new Temple Square Visitors’ Center, which opens next month, features many new experiences for those visiting the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The visitors’ center has two above-ground wings, both with floor-to-ceiling windows facing the Salt Lake Temple, which is scheduled for a six-month open house in 2027. One features a replica of Bertel Thorvaldsen’s Christus, the statue featured in church logos, and the other a detailed, modular model of the remodeled Salt Lake Temple. It’s so detailed you can see the same artwork and molding designs that will be in the temple.
The lower level of the visitors’ center connects both wings underground and provides new experiences and art that are different from what was available in the former visitors’ center on Temple Square.
‘Come Unto Me’
The center focal point of the lower level is a new statue of Christ created from the finest marble — from the same Carrara, Italy, quarry Michelangelo used for statues like the David…