Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.
Book card in the Park City Library
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!
Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.
Come “Savor the Summit” with us!
Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.
Going Places
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz
Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Make your own sock-puppet.
Highline spur during the winter
Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.
Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Crossing the Border
The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.
PCHS Band, 1950
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.
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.
Go Figure!
Silver King Headframe
The Way We Worked
Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.
Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.
From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
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.
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives
December 28, 2011
George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.
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.
Crossing the Border
Going Places
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
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December 28, 2011
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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.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.
Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.
Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
On a guided hike with Hal
Thaynes Headframe
The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
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!
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.
John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908
Credit: Summit County Historical Museum
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Test your flexibility!
In Cahoots
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Halloween at the Glenwood
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.
Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
1943 McAllen, TX Main Street
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Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
PCHS Band, 1950
PCHS Band, 1950
Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!
Thomas Kearns building on Main Street
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Test your flexibility!
Early stock options. Click to view more.
Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
Utah Humanities Council
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
