The inside looks like this. It can seat 20,000 people. They hold conference there each April and October, Music & the Spoken Word each Sunday morning during the summer months when there are so many tourists, and various holiday concerts & plays during the year.
We toured the whole building, including a special room showing the artwork of Arnold Frieberg who had just passed away. Then we went to the roof. There is a whole acre of area up there with gardens and etched mirror walls and a beautiful overlook of the Salt Lake City Temple - if you don't mind seeing all the construction cranes. The temple used to be the tallest thing around, now it's dwarfed by all the high-rise buildings being built.
The next stop was across the street to see Temple Square. We saw inside the Tabernacle where they used to hold conferences. They still do special concerts there and Music & The Spoken Word is broadcast from there during the year except the summer months.
The grounds here are beautiful and, of course, the Salt Lake City Temple is spectacular as always!
We followed the tour next door to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building where we saw the movie, Joseph Smith, Prophet of the Restoration. There wasn't a dry eye in the house, including the two oldest grandsons, Mason & Tanner sitting on each side of me ! It was very moving.
When we got out of the movie, even though it was almost 9pm, it was still light out. You exit the building at a beautiful place where you can see a huge reflecting pool and beautiful vista of the temple.
I love to see the temple...
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