Park City Museum

Glenwood Cemetery Tour
2025-08-09 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-08-12 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-08-21 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Denver)
Glenwood Cemetery Tours 2025
Park City Museum will be giving tours of the Historic Glenwood Cemetery located at the end of Silver King Drive on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. from June 24th to September 11th. We have also added two Saturday dates this year including July 19th and August 9th from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., and three evenings including Monday, July 7th, Wednesday, July 23rd, and Thursday, August 21st all starting at 6 p.m.
Discover the history of the Cemetery and those residents who are buried there. Please register for a tour at www.parkcityhistory.org. Tours will be $15 per person. Please meet at Glenwood Cemetery by the gate, bring a water bottle, wear sunscreen and comfortable walking shoes. Parking will be on Silver King Drive near the Cemetery. If you have any questions, please contact Diane Knispel education@parkcityhistory.org or call 435-574-9554.

Main Street Public Walking Tours 2025
2025-08-11 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-08-12 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-08-13 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-08-14 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-08-15 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-08-18 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-08-19 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-08-20 14:00 - 15:30 and 7 more dates
Put on your walking shoes and explore Park City’s Historic Main Street! Explore the architecture and stories of Park City’s unique history—from the days as a booming mine town to an emerging ski town. The Park City Museum’s popular Historic Main Street Public Walking Tours are Monday through Friday at 2 p.m. from July 1st to September 5th. Meet at the Museum store. Cost is $10 per person. Please call 435-216-9693 to make a reservation as space is limited to fifteen people on each tour this year.
No tours on July 4 (holiday), August 1 (Kimball Arts Festival), and September 1 (Labor Day/Miners’ Day).
The tour is most appropriate for ages 13 and up. Please arrive 10 minutes early, wear comfortable walking shoes, bring water, and wear sun protection. The tour lasts about one hour and fifteen minutes. If you have general questions about the tour or want to schedule a private tour for twelve or more people, please contact Diane at 435-574-9554.

The Opera in Utah lecture given by Benjamin Beckman
2025-08-13 17:00 - 18:00
Park City Museum will host a lecture called The Opera in Utah given by Benjamin Beckman on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 from 5-6 p.m. held at the Education and Collections Center located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive. More information can be found at www.parkcityhistory.org.
While we often think of opera as a tradition rooted in Europe, opera has a long and rich history in Utah. Its presence in the Mountain West stretches back over 150 years, from early pioneer performances to grand touring productions that brought world-renowned artists to the region. Utah’s opera legacy includes forgotten opera houses, groundbreaking broadcasts, and internationally celebrated singers who once called the state home. Join us to learn more about the fascinating history of opera in Utah and explore how this vibrant art form continues to evolve in the state, including with the newly founded Park City Opera.
Benjamin Beckman is a composer, conductor, and pianist who serves as the Artistic Director of Park City Opera, a newly-founded opera company serving Park City and the surrounding communities. He studied at Yale and the University of Southern California, and has worked with opera companies around the US, including Sarasota Opera, Festival Napa Valley, Pacific Opera Project, The Opera Guild of Palm Springs, Opera Company of Middlebury Vermont, and Chicago Summer Opera. He will be conducting Park City Opera’s inaugural mainstage production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville at the Park City Library on August 24th, and at the Premiere Park City on August 29th and 30th.

Swaner and Spring Creek Trailhead Hike with Michael O’Malley and Wendy Fisher
2025-08-14 09:00 - 12:00
If you are a member and would like to join us on this hike, please contact Diane Knispel at education@parkcityhistory.org with the following information:
• Names of people going on the hike.
• Email address associated with your membership.
• A contact phone number (preferably a cell phone that you will have with you morning of the hike)
If you are not a member and would like to join us for a hike, please register as a member on our website at https://parkcityhistory.org/membership. Once you are registered, please contact Diane Knispel with the information needed that is listed above. Thank you!
I will send you a confirmation email closer to the time with the place to meet and parking information.
Swaner and Spring Creek Trailhead Hike with Michael O’Malley and Wendy Fisher on August 14th at 9:00 a.m.
On this five and a half-mile, easy hike along the Millennium Trail, led by Wendy Fisher of Utah Open Lands, Swaner EcoCenter staff, and local history researcher Michael O’Malley, we’ll walk from the Swaner EcoCenter to the Hi-Ute Barn to Spring Creek Trailhead and back to the EcoCenter. Besides discussing some of the conservation easements along the route, we’ll learn about the Snyder family, the Swaner family, an old railroad, the Pony Express, beaver dams, and elk migration.

Glenwood Cemetery Tour
2025-08-14 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-08-19 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-08-21 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-08-26 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-08-28 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-09-02 10:30 - 12:00
Park City Museum will be giving tours of the Historic Glenwood Cemetery located at the end of Silver King Drive on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. from June 24th to September 11th. We have also added two Saturday dates this year including July 19th and August 9th from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., and three evenings including Monday, July 7th, Wednesday, July 23rd, and Thursday, August 21st all starting at 6 p.m.
Discover the history of the Cemetery and those residents who are buried there. Please register for a tour at www.parkcityhistory.org. Tours will be $15 per person. Please meet at Glenwood Cemetery by the gate, bring a water bottle, wear sunscreen and comfortable walking shoes. Parking will be on Silver King Drive near the Cemetery. If you have any questions, please contact Diane Knispel education@parkcityhistory.org or call 435-574-9554.

Two Kings and a Queen Hike for members with Sandy Brumley
2025-08-19 09:45 - 14:30
If you are a member and would like to join us on one of these hikes, please contact Diane Knispel, at education@parkcityhistory.org with the following information:
• Names of people going on the hike.
• Email address associated with your membership.
• A contact phone number (preferably a cell phone that you will have with you morning of the hike)
• Do you need a lift ticket for your hike or not?
If you are not a member and would like to join us for a hike, please register as a member on our website at https://parkcityhistory.org/membership. Once you are registered, please contact Diane Knispel with the information needed that is listed above. Thank you!
I will send you a confirmation email closer to the time with the place to meet and parking information.
Two Kings & a Queen hike with Sandy Brumley, Tuesday, August 19th at 9:45 A.M.
This hike will visit “The Two Kings Mines”: The Silver King Coalition Mine and Silver King Consolidated Mine. We will ascend The Crescent Express Chairlift to the top of Crescent Ridge, where we’ll view King Con Ore Bin, discuss the history of the Crescent and Bogan Mines, which were combined by Solon Spiro to form Silver King Consolidated, or King Con, as it was known.
We’ll then hike past the yurt and take a trail to the Silver Queen water towers where we’ll talk about the “famous” Susanna Bransford and how the water towers were stabilized. From there we continue the hike down to the Silver King Coalition Mine, which is located at the base of the Bonanza Chairlift. Here we’ll discuss: The Headframe and Steam Engine Buildings, the boarding house and other aspects of the mine complex.
At this point we’ll head over to the trail above the Silver King Mill where we’ll discuss the function of a silver mine mill and its roll in refining to ore to obtain the valuable metallic elements sought by the mining company. Since we’ll be near the Mayflower and Woodside Mines, which were predecessors to The Silver King, we’ll also discuss how activities in these mines lead to the eventual development of Park City’s largest mine. We’ll also discuss the lawsuit where Susanna Bransford protected her fortune in a lawsuit with R.C. Chambers.
When we wrap at the mill, we’ll walk up a small hill to take the Payday Express Chairlift back to the Park City Mountain Village. This hike will take approximately 2.5 to 3 hours, cover about 2.1 miles and require a climb of 322 vertical feet.

Park Avenue Hike for members with Jane Perkins at 10 a.m.
2025-08-22 10:00 - 12:00
If you are a member and would like to join us on one of these hikes, please contact Diane Knispel, at education@parkcityhistory.org with the following information:
• Which hike you would like to go on?
• Names of people going on the hike.
• Email address associated with your membership.
• A contact phone number (preferably a cell phone that you will have with you morning of the hike)
If you are not a member and would like to join us for a hike, please register as a member on our website at https://parkcityhistory.org/membership. Once you are registered, please contact Diane Knispel with the information needed that is listed above. Thank you!
I will send you a confirmation email closer to the time with the place to meet and parking information.
Park Avenue Hike with Jane Perkins in July and August
Jane offered this Park Avenue walk in June, and will also be offering the same tour on July 31 and August 22nd. Please let me know which one you want to attend. (The June tour is full.) Both tours begin at 10 a.m.
Please join us as we explore Park Avenue’s charming history with a walking tour that will feature unique and special homes, churches, and schools leading to the transportation hub of our historic mining town.
This brand-new tour will start at 10am. We will ride the free Trolley to the top of Main and wander downhill from St. Mary’s Church to High West Distillery. Estimated time 1.5hrs.

Silver King Mine Hike for members with Heather Tourkin-REGISTRATION CLOSED
2025-08-29 08:15 - 13:00
If you are a member and would like to join us on one of these hikes, please contact Diane Knispel, at education@parkcityhistory.org with the following information:
• Names of people going on the hike.
• Email address associated with your membership.
• A contact phone number (preferably a cell phone that you will have with you morning of the hike)
• Do you need a lift ticket for your hike or not?
If you are not a member and would like to join us for a hike, please register as a member on our website at https://parkcityhistory.org/membership. Once you are registered, please contact Diane Knispel with the information needed that is listed above. Thank you!
I will send you a confirmation email closer to the time with the place to meet and parking information.
Silver King Mine Hike August 29th with Heather Tourkin
This hike has a vertical elevation of nearly 1,200 feet and is eight miles plus the walk between the parking lot at PCMR and the trailhead. Definitely a strenuous hike, but it is shaded, filled with mining relics, and the views of downtown Park City are gorgeous.
The hike follows the extant Silver King Aerial Tramway towers, skirting the counterweight, as we make our way up Sweeny’s Switchback/John’s Trail/Jenny’s Trail to the Silver King Mine Coalition Shaft House at the base of Bonanza lift. Just east of the shaft house in Woodside Gulch is the Silver King Mill. The Silver King Mine has the largest remaining collection of mining structures within the Park City Mining District, so lots to look at and talk about here.
Bring a snack to enjoy as we are looking at the mining structures, water, sunscreen and comfortable hiking shoes. This hike will take 3.5 to 4 hours.

Darren Parry Tending the Sacred Book Signing
2025-08-29 17:30 - 19:00
Park City Museum will host a book signing with Darren Parry, author of the book Tending the Sacred, on Friday, August 29th from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Park City Museum located at 528 Main Street. Darren spoke about his book and philosophy of the environmental and spiritual wisdom during the lecture he held for the Museum in May called The Land is Alive: Indigenous Views on Nature. His new book just recently was published. The Museum will have copies to buy that night.
Tending the Sacred is a reflection on the deep environmental and spiritual wisdom held within Indigenous lifeways. Drawing from his Shoshone heritage and lived experience as a tribal elder and storyteller, Darren Parry shares teachings that center on kinship, humility, and a sacred relationship with the Earth. The book challenges modern systems of consumption, disconnection, and dominance, offering instead a worldview rooted in reciprocity and respect. It speaks to the urgency of our environmental crisis and the need to return to Indigenous values that see land not as property or resource, but as a living relative. This work is both a memoir and a call to action—urging readers to reimagine how we live on this planet by honoring ancestral knowledge and tending the sacred relationships that sustain life.
Darren Parry is the former Chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation. Darren serves on the Board of Directors for Utah Humanities and the PBS Utah. He attended the University of Utah and Weber State University and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Education. In 2024, he received an Honorary PhD in Education from Utah State University. Darren is the author of “The Bear River Massacre, A Shoshone History” and teaches in the Environmental Humanities department at the University of Utah. He lectures around the country on Native American issues surrounding history and Indigenous views related to sustainability. He recently gave a lecture at the University of Copenhagen and spoke about Indigenous views to Climate and Environment. His passions in life are his wife Melody, 7 children and 17 grandchildren. His other passion is his Tribal family. He wants to make sure that those who have gone before him are not forgotten.
