SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new museum is opening to honor thousands of Japanese-Americans held in a remote Utah internment camp during World War II, and the family of one its designers was among those that suffered during that era.

The Ogden Standard-Examiner reported Friday (http://bit.ly/2uzthWS) the Mano family was forced to hide in a chicken coop in Layton to avoid being interred, and dealt with years of grinding poverty after being forced to leave their California home.

Descendant Darin Mano served a designer on the Topaz Museum, which is celebrating its grand opening Friday and Saturday.

The museum honors the 11,000 Japanese-Americans processed through the Topaz internment camp, which was open from 1942 to 1945.

It was located near Delta, about 130 miles south of Salt Lake City.