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The Park City Military Band was a staple in parades and at concerts on Main Street.

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Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.

Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

December 28, 2011

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.

NEH on the Road

Going Places

Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.

Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

Raffle

PCHS Band, 1950

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.

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401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs

Early stock options. Click to view more.

View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

artist known as “Army,” Organized Crime—Oklahoma City, 1940; 12 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches, ink on paper; Courtesy of University of Central Oklahoma Galleries and Collections.

Highline spur during the winter

Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.

Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening

Jacob A. Riis, “I Scrubs” – Little Katie from the West 52nd Street Industrial School, 1891-1892; reproduction on modern gelatin printing out paper, original 4 x 5 inches; From the Collection of the Museum of the City of New York, 90.13.4.132.

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Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.

December 28, 2011

Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II was developed by the National Museum of American History and adapted for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The national tour received federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, the Terasaki Family Foundation, and C. L. Ehn & Ginger Lew.

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.

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Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Crossing the Border

The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.

Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

The National Archives Experience

UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils

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Go Figure!

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Utah Humanities Council

Book card in the Park City Library

Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum

Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!

John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.

Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.

Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.

Crossing the Border

On a guided hike with Hal

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Test your flexibility!

Halloween at the Glenwood

Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.

Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening

Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives

Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.

Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.

Museum-Art

PCHS Band, 1950

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Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908 Credit: Summit County Historical Museum

Park City Museum New Harmonies Exhibit — Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould

Postcard, “Entrance to Luna Park, Coney Island, N.Y.” c. 1914. 4 x 6 in. Published by the American Art Publishing Co., New York. Private Collection.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

2018-Ornament

PCHS Band, 1950

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.

Going Places

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?

A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.

Just as in the early days, no one wears an apron to Club, although at a recent FCE convention, there was a program on aprons, and we all wore ours and participated in an apron parade. The styles reminded us of how much has changed for country women, but the apron and its strings still draw the family together, and home life will always be our first and highest priority. ©EllynAnne Geisel

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Silver-to-Snow

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

New Harmonies Park City Local Sponors — PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County

Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

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Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.

Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.

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Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.

National Constitution Center

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!

Test your flexibility!

In Cahoots

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

The Way We Worked

Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

Make your own sock-puppet.

Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.

• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.

George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.

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The Museum is CLOSED Wednesday, January 19 and Thursday, January 20