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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Gallery

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

Crossing the Border

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

PCHS Band, 1950

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Museum-Art

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

NEH on the Road

Barn-Postcard

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

Going Places

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

2018-Ornament

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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?

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The Way We Worked

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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

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Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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 National Archives Experience

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Silver King Headframe

December 28, 2011

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Park City Museum

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

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

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1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Test your flexibility!

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Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

National Constitution Center

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

In Cahoots

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

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

Go Figure!

Utah Humanities Council

Test your flexibility!

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.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Thaynes Headframe

Going Places

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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.

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The Museum is CLOSED during Sundance Film Festival from January 20 through January 30, 2025.