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Hear Ralph Gates talk about his experiences at Los Alamos on August 7 at the Park City Museum, your local history museum!

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Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.

Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.

Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.

Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening

Halloween at the Glenwood

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.

Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.

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Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Barn-Postcard

Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Raffle

Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.

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Park City Museum New Harmonies Exhibit — Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould

Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.

New Harmonies Park City Local Sponors — PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County

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?

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.

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.

George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening

A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.

Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

December 28, 2011

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The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.

The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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.

Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908 Credit: Summit County Historical Museum

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Test your flexibility!

Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Silver King Headframe

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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.

Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.

Highline spur during the winter

Park City Museum

Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

Thaynes Headframe

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Silver-to-Snow

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

December 28, 2011

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

The National Archives Experience

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Go Figure!

Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

NEH on the Road

Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.

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National Constitution Center

Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum

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.

Test your flexibility!

PCHS Band, 1950

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives

Utah Humanities Council

Going Places

Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.

401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs

Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.

On a guided hike with Hal

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

• 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.

Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.

Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!

Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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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.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Museum-Art

Just as in the early days, no one wears an apron to Club, although at a recent FCE convention, there was a program on aprons, and we all wore ours and participated in an apron parade. The styles reminded us of how much has changed for country women, but the apron and its strings still draw the family together, and home life will always be our first and highest priority. ©EllynAnne Geisel

PCHS Band, 1950

Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.

Crossing the Border

Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.

Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.

PCHS Band, 1950

Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection

In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

The Way We Worked

Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.

Going Places

Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.

Book card in the Park City Library

The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.

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.

Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

2018-Ornament

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

In Cahoots

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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Make your own sock-puppet.

Crossing the Border

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