Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!
Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum
Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!
Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.
Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Crossing the Border
Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
December 28, 2011
Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Come “Savor the Summit” with us!
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
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.
The Way We Worked
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.
In Cahoots
Book card in the Park City Library
Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Crossing the Border
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
1943 McAllen, TX Main Street
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.
Going Places
Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
PCHS Band, 1950
Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Make your own sock-puppet.
Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!
Go Figure!
Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.
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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
December 28, 2011
George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.
Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.
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.
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.
Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs
Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
On a guided hike with Hal
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County
Early stock options. Click to view more.
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
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.
PCHS Band, 1950
Test your flexibility!
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Utah Humanities Council
View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.
Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
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Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
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.
Test your flexibility!
The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.
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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.
In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.
