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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Utah Humanities Council

National Constitution Center

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

The Way We Worked

Go Figure!

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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.

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

NEH on the Road

In Cahoots

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

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Crossing the Border

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Park City Museum

Going Places

Thaynes Headframe

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.

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

December 28, 2011

Silver-to-Snow

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.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

Silver King Headframe

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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Barn-Postcard

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

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.

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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.

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

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The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Going Places

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

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

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?

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

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

The National Archives Experience

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

Raffle

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

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

On a guided hike with Hal

2018-Ornament

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Raffle

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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.

Test your flexibility!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Crossing the Border

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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.

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