PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County
Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection
Make your own sock-puppet.
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Early stock options. Click to view more.
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
Highline spur during the winter
Test your flexibility!
The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
PCHS Band, 1950
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Crossing the Border
Book card in the Park City Library
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
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.
Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.
PCHS Band, 1950
George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
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Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz
Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.
Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.
Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
On a guided hike with Hal
Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.
Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum
The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
1943 McAllen, TX Main Street
Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.
Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.
Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.
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Going Places
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
Test your flexibility!
Crossing the Border
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.
Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.
Thaynes Headframe
Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.
Halloween at the Glenwood
The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908
Credit: Summit County Historical Museum
Come “Savor the Summit” with us!
Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!
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.
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Go Figure!
Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
The Way We Worked
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
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.
The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
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.
Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.
Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!
Thomas Kearns building on Main Street
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
In Cahoots
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Utah Humanities Council
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives
View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.
Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.
PCHS Band, 1950
December 28, 2011
Silver King Headframe
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
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Going Places
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.
From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.