Park City Museum

Main Street Public Walking Tours 2025
2025-08-04 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-08-05 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-08-06 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-08-07 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-08-08 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-08-11 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-08-12 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-08-13 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Denver) and 8 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.

Glenwood Cemetery Tours
2025-08-05 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-08-07 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.

Thaynes Canyon Hike for members with Melissa Clark and Kelly Riley
2025-08-06 09:45 - 13:30
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.
August 6th hike- Meet at 9:45 a.m.
This hike is a 5.5 to 6 mile hike. It is long but not too steep. It is considered moderately difficult with a 900-foot elevation gain. We will stop at the turnaround point at Shadow Lake (by the Jupiter Lift base) for a 30-minute break for snack/lunch. Please bring water, snacks and sunscreen! Because of our stops at mine sites allow 3.5 hours for this hike.
If you have a pass, please bring it, if not a lift ticket will be provided. We will be riding The Crescent Lift. We’ll start our hike at the top of the Crescent Lift. We’ll visit the King Con Ore Bin and see the area where the King Con Tram brought ore over the ridge. Here we’ll also discuss the history of the Crescent and Bogan Mines, which were combined by Solon Spiro to form the Silver King Consolidated, or the King Con, as it was known.
We’ll then hike down into Thaynes Canyon, where we will see The California-Comstock Mine, perhaps the oldest of the remaining buildings on the PCMR property. We’ll also hike close to the Thaynes Complex. Along the way we will talk about the old rail system that was used to move ore down the mountain.
We’ll hike the area of the 1883 Matt Brennan murder. He was shot by a sniper as he observed a geological survey conducted for E.M. Wheeler by Will Gorlinski. John “Black Jack” Murphy was accused of being the shooter and was hung by vigilantes several days later. Was Black Jack the real killer? Dramatic speculation will ensue.
We’ll then hike up to Shadow Lake near the base of the Jupiter Lift for a snack/lunch break. After our break we will hike back to the Crescent chair for the ride down to the PC base!

Glenwood Cemetery Tour
2025-08-09 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-08-12 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-08-21 18:00 - 19:30
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.

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

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.
