Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Halloween at the Glenwood
Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.
Thomas Kearns building on Main Street
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
December 28, 2011
PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!
Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.
Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.
In Cahoots
Early stock options. Click to view more.
View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum
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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.
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.
401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs
From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.
Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King
Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908
Credit: Summit County Historical Museum
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
PCHS Band, 1950
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.
Going Places
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.
Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Make your own sock-puppet.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
Go Figure!
The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.
Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.
Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Come “Savor the Summit” with us!
Book card in the Park City Library
Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!
Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!
1943 McAllen, TX Main Street
Thaynes Headframe
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.
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.
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.
Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!
The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
Watchman’s Cabin-Today
Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
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Utah Humanities Council
Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
The Way We Worked
Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.
Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.
Going Places
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
On a guided hike with Hal
Crossing the Border
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
PCHS Band, 1950
Test your flexibility!
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Test your flexibility!
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
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Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.
Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Highline spur during the winter
Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Crossing the Border
December 28, 2011
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.
Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
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.
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.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
PCHS Band, 1950
Silver King Headframe
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.