Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Book card in the Park City Library
Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!
Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.
Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908
Credit: Summit County Historical Museum
PCHS Band, 1950
Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives
From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
The Way We Worked
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
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.
PCHS Band, 1950
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Crossing the Border
Crossing the Border
Utah Humanities Council
Halloween at the Glenwood
Come “Savor the Summit” with us!
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.
Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
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.
Watchman’s Cabin-Today
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.
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.
Test your flexibility!
On a guided hike with Hal
• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs
Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.
Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.
Thomas Kearns building on Main Street
The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.
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Muckers and Millionaires Case
PCHS Band, 1950
Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.
The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.
Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.
Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King
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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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz
Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum
Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection
Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.
The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
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.
PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County
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Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.
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 Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Going Places
Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Thaynes Headframe
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.