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Some time off for good behavior today.  Visited Temple Square, specifically the history center/museum near temple square.

Guess what famous bell this is?  Yep, the Nauvoo bell.

Here is the story behind the bell.  It's located between the old tabernacle and the new one against the West wall.

Heading towards the museum...

The original Grandin press from Palmyra.  The one in Palmyra is a copy.  This is the original.  It had the first 16 pages on it and it was typeset and ready to go.

The original box that the plates were stored in during translation.  These plates are only for reference.

The "Seer Stone" that Joseph used during the translation period.  Along with the pouch that Lucy Mack Smith made to hold it in.

These are some items from Nauvoo.  The flat tiles in back on the wall are original.  The drain block in the front is from the Baptistery and is also original.  Bricks on the right came from the floor of the Baptistery floor.  

Other items from the temple.  A part from the oxen of the font, a form for drawing symbols, a star shape, a part of one of the sun stones, a part of a step.  

This was a very large painted mural that was part of one of the displays.  Nicely done.  A winter scene.

This was a picture of the martyrdom of the Prophet and his brother in Carthage.  A very well done artist rendition and depiction of what happened.

Another section focused on the presidents of the church.  It had a Moroni statue taken from the top of a building in Washington DC church building that was sold off and placed in storage.  It has been here for many years.

Here's the description of the statue's life.

I thought this was interesting because not too many people know what that thing in the middle is, let alone ever used one!

Walked over to the Family History Center but just did a quick look around.  Just didn't have any time to do any work there.

A nice, warm day in Salt Lake today.  Couldn't resist taking this picture as we walked over to the visitor's center.

When we were in Salt Lake in spring of 2015, on our way out to Nauvoo, we saw this intricate model of the Salt Lake temple but we weren't able to set any time aside to look at it.  So, today we grabbed a few minutes and took a good long look.  This is a really impressive scaled model of the temple. 

The Celestial Room...

One of the ordinance rooms...just so much detail.

A little farther along was a display that showed one of Arlene's favorite door knobs in the temple.  So classic.

...and, of course, the yoke for the oxen that hauled the granite for the temple.  I think there is a story about a yoke in this somewhere.  such a nice day in Salt Lake.