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

On a guided hike with Hal

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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December 28, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Museum-Art

Go Figure!

National Constitution Center

Utah Humanities Council

2018-Ornament

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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NEH on the Road

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Test your flexibility!

The Way We Worked

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

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Crossing the Border

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Going Places

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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Silver-to-Snow

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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Going Places

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

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In Cahoots

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Crossing the Border

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

The National Archives Experience

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

Barn-Postcard

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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.

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.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Test your flexibility!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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.

December 28, 2011

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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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.

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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