Last updated: 3/14/2012
297 W. Center Street
Kanab, UT 84741
P.O. Box 94
Kanab, UT 84781
Call 435-644-5337 or visit website
Free
Free. Donations Accepted.
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Tom Forsythe
phone: 435-616-3412
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This is the only place where you can walk in movie sets that inspired director William Wegman to call this area Little Hollywood because it's home to more westerns than anywhere outside of California.
Our sets are always available. They're a fun and immersive experience where touching is actually encouraged.
Many of the old western sets used in the Little Hollywood movies have been lovingly preserved in our free museum. The museum is located in a grove of lush cottonwood trees directly behind our fully stocked Native American and "made in USA" gift shop. You are sure to enjoy the immersive experience of our comprehensive museum. As you walk through the movie sets, you will appreciate the fabulous illusions the film makers brought to the silver screen.
Little Hollywood Movie Museum became a recognized non profit in the fall of 2009. We are a certified Utah Museum. The facility has been around since 1988. The museum is an outdoor tour of movie sets with memorabilia and photographs both in the sets and in the dining rooms.
Kanab made its screen debut in 1924 when Tom Mix filmed "Deadwood Coach" along with his co-star, Tony The Wonder Horse. Since then over a hundred Hollywood productions have taken advantage of the diverse and spectacular landscapes that make Southern Utah one of the most stunning places on Earth.
Credit for interest in Southern Utah as a Hollywood back lot goes to the Parry Brothers who leveraged their guiding business at Zion National Park into a virtual Hollywood production machine by luring influential filmmakers to the area. Cecile B DeMille raised the profile of this location when he made "Union Pacific" here. John Ford's "Drums Along the Mohawk" proved that Kane County could stand in not only for iconic western landscapes but also as rugged eastern forest land.
Even as the golden era of westerns rode off into the sunset, the tradition of hospitality was carried on by local promoters like Dennis Judd who scoured the area on behalf of Hollywood location scouts in search of unique scenery while cultivating friendships with important filmmakers. Dennis worked with his Hollywood pals to create the "How The West Was Lost" skit that is now regularly performed on the Little Hollywood Movie Museum back lot behind Frontier Movie Town.
Movie producers continue to find cinematic gold in the surrounding hills including Clint Eastwood's "The Outlaw Josey Wales" which used Kane County locations to stand in for locations ranging from Mexican badlands to Texas river bottoms.
Most recently, the Disney Pixar collaboration of the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, "John Carter of Mars", came to town, building a fantastical Martial city near Big Water and the relic of a western town near Mount Carmel.
The tradition continues even as filming is now a smaller part of what remains a beautiful and diverse landscape.
We have a collection of movie sets and props from movies shot in the area during the time when hundreds of westerns were shot in the area.
Movie Sets
Props
Memorabilia
The museum offers docent tours by appointment to groups and school classes.
Access: General Public, Students, Scholars
Appointment required: No
Eclectic gift shop selling iconic memories of the mythical American West.
We proudly carry a wide selection of the highest quality Native American and US made products from well-known and trusted brands. If you have any questions regarding our products or would like more information, please contact us.
Visit our website and print your 10% off coupon and bring it with you for gift shop purchases.
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