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

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

In Cahoots

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

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

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?

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Go Figure!

PCHS Band, 1950

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

On a guided hike with Hal

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

National Constitution Center

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

The Way We Worked

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

December 28, 2011

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

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

Going Places

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Museum-Art

Thaynes Headframe

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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.

Crossing the Border

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Highline spur during the winter

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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.

2018-Ornament

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Silver King Headframe

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

December 28, 2011

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

Raffle

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

The National Archives Experience

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Going Places

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Muckers and Millionaires Case

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Barn-Postcard

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

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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Test your flexibility!

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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.

Book card in the Park City Library

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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.

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

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

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

NEH on the Road

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

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.

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

Silver-to-Snow

Utah Humanities Council

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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