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Join us at the McPolin Farm for a free talk with Tom Clyde. Sponsored by the Park City Museum, the best Utah Museum.

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Going Places

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Silver King Headframe

Make your own sock-puppet.

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.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

PCHS Band, 1950

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Park City Museum

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Test your flexibility!

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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Crossing the Border

Crossing the Border

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Thaynes Headframe

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

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

National Constitution Center

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

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Museum-Art

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

December 28, 2011

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

In Cahoots

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Silver-to-Snow

The Way We Worked

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

December 28, 2011

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

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.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Go Figure!

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

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.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

The National Archives Experience

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Barn-Postcard

On a guided hike with Hal

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.

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

2018-Ornament

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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NEH on the Road

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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