Topaz listed on National Register of Historic Places

Japanese American Citizen League chapters from Salt Lake City erect a monument at Topaz.

The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians established by Congress.

Delta High Journalism classes, led by teacher Jane Beckwith, investigate connections between Topaz and Delta by interviewing Deltans who had worked at the site. The students enter the Utah History Fair and win the right to compete at the National History Fair held in Washington, D.C.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act authorizing redress, and later President George H.W. Bush issues a formal apology and reparations of $20,000 to those who are still alive.

Eldro Jeffrey family of Delta donates half of an original Topaz recreation hall that they had purchased after Topaz closed in 1945. The building was used at Topaz as the Boy Scout lodge and on the family farm as a storage shed.

50th year Topaz Reunion and Pilgrimage is held in Delta.

Topaz Museum Board begins plans to purchase and preserve 640 acres of the incarceration site.

An ad hoc committee, now known as the Topaz Museum Board, forms to restore the recreation hall to its original wartime condition. A gratifying response of donations allows work to begin on preserving and restoring the recreation hall, used as the Boy Scout lodge on Block 42 at Topaz.

Restored recreation hall is dedicated during a ceremony that includes former Topaz internees, former Topaz administrative employees, and local Delta residents

Topaz Museum is designated a charitable, 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation.

Board purchases 417 acres of the total 640 acres of the residential area of the Topaz site.

Billed as “Ties that Bind,” the Topaz Pilgrimage, features a 16-mile bike ride to the site.

Board purchases various pieces of the Topaz site.

Topaz is designated a National Historic Landmark.

Museum Board breaks ground for the construction of the museum.

Museum building completed

Inaugural Topaz Museum exhibition “When Words Weren’t Enough: Works on Paper from Topaz, 1942-1945” opens, showcasing the artists of the Topaz Art School.

Over 500 people attend the Topaz Museum Official Grand Opening

The Topaz Museum closes due to the Covid pandemic.

Wakasa Memorial Stone moved to the Topaz Museum grounds for its protection.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox signs S.B. 58, designating February 19th as an annual Day of Remembrance, observing the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Commemorative ceremonies and programs held in collaboration with the Wakasa Memorial Committee at the Salt Lake City Buddhist Temple and Topaz Museum and historic site to honor and remember the unjust death of Mr. James Hatsuaki Wakasa.