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Meticulously restored Manti Utah Temple ready for public open house
Mar 11, 2024, 5:07 PM
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MANTI — The Manti Utah Temple, a jewel of Utah pioneer industry and art, now renovated and restored, is ready to host guests for an open house starting Thursday.
Media was given a tour Monday, to see the stone building on a hill in central Utah that was originally dedicated in 1888 after 11 years of construction. The temple, different from a Sunday meetinghouse where members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meet for Sunday services, is considered a house of the Lord.
The public open house, with free reservations that can be scheduled online, will run from March 14 to April 21, except for Sundays.
The temple, located on the hill at 200 East 510 North in Manti, has been under renovation for two years.
In Monday’s news conference, participants included Elder Hugo E. Martinez, General Authority Seventy and First Counselor in the Utah Area Presidency; Elder Jonathan S. Schmitt, General Authority Seventy and assistant executive director of the Priesthood and Family Department and the Temple Department; and Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson.
Church President Russell M. Nelson announced the renovations at the April 2019 general conference. An additional temple in Ephraim, 7 miles away, was announced on May 1, 2021.
“Highly skilled art conservators have meticulously restored historic murals throughout the temple,” the Church said. “These important enhancements to the Manti Utah Temple will ensure that God’s children will continue to receive sacred ordinances in this historic House of the Lord, enabling them to live with Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and their families forever.”