COME HOME TO BYU

The place has likely changed a bit since you left, but underneath the new exterior, a familiar spirit welcomes you back. This guide will help you find your way around during your next campus visit.

If you last checked books out of BYU’s library in the 1960s, you may become lost in the library of today. In the decades you’ve been away, the library has expanded—twice. Moreover, in a portion of their realm today, librarians encourage talking (gasp!); in another, they show movies. And all those rows of card-catalog drawers? Gone.

Other parts of BYU may have also changed since you left.For instance, if the last art exhibit you attended at BYU was the Ramses II show—when Egyptian pharaohs invaded the Bean Museum in the Holland dynasty—then you have likely never sipped an Italian soda in the Museum of Art’s mezzanine café after pondering paintings in the galleries below.

And progress continues. As you read this, crews are working on a replacement for the 44-year-old Alumni House, where you may have picked up your cap and gown before graduation (see “A Welcoming Campus Home”).

How does that saying go? You can never go home again?

There may be some truth to that. Today’s BYU is likely not your day’s BYU. Statues have moved, buildings have changed shape, and iPod cords now dangle from students’ ears.

But some things endure. The Maeser Building stands where it has for nearly a century. You can get mint brownies in the Cougareat. Students gather for weekly devotionals. The life of the mind and the life of the spirit are actively cultivated, and BYU brims with youthful energy and engaging ideas. The essential personality of BYU persists.

And so, although you can’t return home to the same BYU you left, you can come home to BYU.

When you do come, BYU will open its arms to receive you, and this guide can lead you to performances, museums, restaurants, lectures, and other campus attractions. Whether you spend a weekend in Provo or visit regularly, options abound for stimulating your mind, expanding your spirit, or just having fun.

Follow the links below for descriptions, prices, schedules, and other details of campus attractions. The information listed applies to fall and winter semesters (September through April); spring and summer information is available by following the links to the attraction web sites.

Campus Cuisine (Restaurants)

Campus for Kids

Campus Shopping

Enter to Learn (Educational Services)

Hidden Gems

On Display (Museums)

Playful Cougars (Sports and Exercise)

Stage and Screen (Entertainment)