Atom Bomb! Here is the full story

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

Gallery

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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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On a guided hike with Hal

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Museum-Art

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Thaynes Headframe

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Silver King Headframe

Silver-to-Snow

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Highline spur during the winter

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Going Places

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

The Way We Worked

Park City Museum

Utah Humanities Council

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

Crossing the Border

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In Cahoots

Raffle

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

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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December 28, 2011

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Going Places

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

PCHS Band, 1950

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Raffle

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

NEH on the Road

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

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.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Go Figure!

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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?

National Constitution Center

Crossing the Border

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The National Archives Experience

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.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Test your flexibility!

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

December 28, 2011

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

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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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