Annual Holiday Ornaments

What are the holidays without history and tradition? Collect a piece of Park City history.

Collect your piece of Park City history!

All ornaments are $30. Remember, Museum members get a 10% discount!

To purchase your ornaments, visit the Museum Store at 528 Main Street or call 435-649-7457 ext. 136

The Museum’s Holiday Ornaments have become a tradition for many locals (and many who think of Park City as home).

Featuring different elements of Park City’s history, each year we create a new and unique ornament. Buy this year’s or collect them all. Either way, you’ll be supporting the Park City Museum’s efforts to save the last remaining historic mining structures and acquiring a family keepsake.

Looking for a unique Christmas gift?

Why not consider an elegantly crafted holiday ornament from the Park City Museum’s original series? These unique ornaments have become treasured collectibles over the years.

2019 Holiday Ornament

Thaynes Conveyor Mine

Designed by local artist Peg Bodell

As the Great Depression swept across the USA, metal prices plummeted nationwide and Park City's mining economy struggled. In 1933, President Roosevelt announced the government would purchase domestically-mined silver at a premium. The new prompted the Silver King Mining Company to dig a deep shaft (near today's loading station of the Thaynes Chair Lift) to access the Spiro Tunnel 1,800 feet below and explore for ore. None was found.

Sinking the shaft, however, created vast quantities of waste rock. Needing to remove this overburden material quickly and inexpensively, a long wooden conveyor was installed to carry the rock away from the shaft, creating the huge waste dump that still exists today.

On Sale at the Museum Store