Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives
Jacob Riis (1849–1914) was a pioneering newspaper reporter and social reformer in New York at the turn of the twentieth century. His then-novel idea …
Past Tozer Gallery Exhibits
Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II
The Park City Museum is proud to host the Smithsonian traveling exhibition “Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II” from June 19 …
A World Transformed: The Transcontinental Railroad and Utah
May 10, 2019 marked the 150th anniversary of the completion of the first North American transcontinental railroad. At a ceremony at Promontory Summit on …
A Woman Speaking to Women: The Political Art of Nina Allender
From 1914 until her final cartoon appeared in 1927, Nina Allender contributed over 150 cartoons to the suffrage campaign, mostly original drawings. …
Patios, Pools & the Invention of the American Backyard
These are the perennial signs of a suburban summer: the smell of hot dogs on the grill, the sound of a mower on a Saturday afternoon, pool parties and get-togethers on the patio.
Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861-2008
For more than 150 years, Coney Island, a strip of sand at the mouth of New York Harbor, has occupied a singular place in …
Lines with Power and Purpose
On a daily basis, editorial cartoonists deliver biting social commentary made palatable through amusing and well-crafted illustration. Lines with Power and Purpose: Editorial Cartoons …
Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined
Throughout the nineteenth century as Americans pushed west toward the Pacific, they were fascinated by westward expansion in North America. Printed imagery—lithographs and engravings—played …
Once Upon a Playground
The classic metal and wood structures that have populated playgrounds for most of the twentieth century—towering metal slides, giant jungle gyms, whirling merry-go-rounds, bouncing …
America’s Road: The Journey of Route 66
Route 66 is emblematic of the American experience. Nearly every aspect of 20th century United States history is reflected in the story of the …
The Way We Worked and The Way Park City Worked
The Park City Museum is thrilled to announce a collaboration with Utah Humanities to bring The Way We Worked, a Museum on Main Street (MoMS) exhibition from the Smithsonian …
The Hunt for Treasure!
The Hunt for Treasure! has four themes: sunken treasure, buried treasure, metal detecting, and the modern treasure hunt. Visitors will love hunting for “treasures” with …
Spirited: Prohibition in America
Last call, last call! The Park City Museum is going dry with its newest traveling exhibit, Spirited: Prohibition in America. On display from April 5 …
Apron Chronicles
Apron Chronicles: A Patchwork of American Recollections presents the American experience through photographs, accompanying text in story form and over 100 vintage aprons. The …
House & Home
What make a house a home? Throughout American history, people have lived in all sorts of places, from military barracks and two‐story colonials to …
Go Figure!
This sensational exhibit transforms charming children’s books into a kid-sized world where children and adults delight in exploring math and books. The exhibit offers …
Plastics Unwrapped
Can you imagine a time when there were no waterproof raincoats? No plastic buckets? Humans existed without plastics for centuries. Now, we rely on …
Step Right Up! Behind the Scenes of the Circus Big Top, 1890 – 1965
In an era spanning the early 20th century, through depression ridden times and a dust bowl, one form of revelry thrived – the circus. Traveling from …
The Bison: American Icon
For thousands of years until the early 1860s, there were tens of millions of bison roaming the plains of North America. By 1890, there …
Wild Land: Thomas Cole and the Birth of the American Landscape Painting
Wild Land: Thomas Cole and the Birth of American Landscape Painting explores the world of Thomas Cole, an English immigrant painter who revolutionized American landscape …
Mines to Moguls: 50 Years of Park City Skiing
In December 2013, Park City Mountain Resort turned fifty. To help celebrate the history of the resort and its impact on Park City’s development …
Mail Call
A name is shouted out, and a parcel is handed through the crowd to its eager recipient—mail call is a moment when the front …
Eat Well, Play Well
What is in the food we eat? Are fruits and vegetables important? Can everyday activities burn calories? Visitors will find the answers to these …
Linedrives and Lipstick
Sounds of America’s pastime: the crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd, the cheers of “Atta girl!”. While the 1992 film, A League …
Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow: Living with the Atomic Bomb, 1945 – 1965
On August 6, 1945, a specially-equipped American B-29 Superfortress dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. On August 9, another atomic bomb fell on …
Going Places
Before the dawn of the automobile, horse-drawn carriages were essential for providing Americans with goods, services and leisure opportunities. As the standard of living …
Park City Pets: Our Lives with Animals
What would our lives be like without animals? For a town whose nickname is “Bark City,” it was only a matter of time before …