Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow Curator at Park City Museum

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Michael Scheibach to talk about living during the atomic age at the Park City Museum. (Cold War History, Atomic Bomb History)

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

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

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Thaynes Headframe

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Wedding party at the 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.

National Constitution Center

Test your flexibility!

Highline spur during the winter

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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.

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

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2018-Ornament

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Going Places

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

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

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Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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

NEH on the Road

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

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

Crossing the Border

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

On a guided hike with Hal

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Test your flexibility!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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.

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Halloween at the Glenwood

Silver King Headframe

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

PCHS Band, 1950

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Go Figure!

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Utah Humanities Council

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

In Cahoots

December 28, 2011

December 28, 2011

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Going Places

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

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The National Archives Experience

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

The Way We Worked

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.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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