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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!

Gallery

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Museum-Art

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

The National Archives Experience

Crossing the Border

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

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.

Test your flexibility!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

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

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

John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.

Going Places

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.

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Park-City-Museum-Store

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Make your own sock-puppet.

Park City Museum

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Raffle

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

Go Figure!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

In Cahoots

Halloween at the Glenwood

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Silver King Headframe

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

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.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Barn-Postcard

Silver-to-Snow

PCHS Band, 1950

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Test your flexibility!

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

Thaynes Headframe

NEH on the Road

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Raffle

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

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

The Way We Worked

2018-Ornament

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.

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

December 28, 2011

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Highline spur during the winter

PCHS Band, 1950

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

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

Going Places

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

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

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

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National Constitution Center

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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