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The Natural History Museum of Utah will open its 'Mysteries of the Ice Ages' exhibit on Saturday.

The exhibit features over 120 items from the Canadian Museum of Nature, including mammoths.

The traveling exhibit will remain on display through Jan. 4, 2026.

SALT LAKE CITY — Timothy Lee and other Natural History Museum of Utah staff closely watched as the race for Utah's NHL team name unfolded — with a vested interest in one particular candidate.

Their hopes for the Mammoth then strengthened as the field narrowed to the final three at the start of this year.

"Once that happened and we saw that momentum, we were all crossing our fingers and hoping that Mammoth would be chosen," said Lee, the museum's director of exhibits.

Mammoth made sen

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