Atom Bomb! Here is the full story

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The Atom Bomb, 1945, paper and ink, private collection. Image: E. G. Schempf.

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Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

The National Archives Experience

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

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

National Constitution Center

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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PCHS Band, 1950

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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.

Crossing the Border

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

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.

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

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Going Places

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

2018-Ornament

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Go Figure!

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

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

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

Going Places

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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.

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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December 28, 2011

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Barn-Postcard

In Cahoots

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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Utah Humanities Council

PCHS Band, 1950

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

NEH on the Road

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

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

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

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

December 28, 2011

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

Test your flexibility!

On a guided hike with Hal

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

The Way We Worked

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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Date October 15, 2008
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