Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Make your own sock-puppet.
Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Come “Savor the Summit” with us!
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
PCHS Band, 1950
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.
Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!
The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.
Halloween at the Glenwood
PCHS Band, 1950
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Book card in the Park City Library
View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.
The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.
Going Places
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
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.
Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!
Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
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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.
Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.
Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
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Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.
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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Go Figure!
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
December 28, 2011
Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.
Going Places
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.
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Test your flexibility!
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum
Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz
Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.
The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
Thomas Kearns building on Main Street
Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
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.
Muckers and Millionaires Case
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Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.
From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.
PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County
Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908
Credit: Summit County Historical Museum
In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.
PCHS Band, 1950
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Test your flexibility!
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!
On a guided hike with Hal
In Cahoots
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
Crossing the Border
John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!
• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives
Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Utah Humanities Council
Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Crossing the Border
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Early stock options. Click to view more.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
Highline spur during the winter
Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.
