The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
Going Places
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!
Watchman’s Cabin-Today
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.
Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.
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.
Early stock options. Click to view more.
From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.
View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.
Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
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Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
In Cahoots
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.
In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.
Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.
The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.
PCHS Band, 1950
Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
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.
Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
December 28, 2011
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
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.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Come “Savor the Summit” with us!
December 28, 2011
Crossing the Border
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!
Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.
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
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
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
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould
Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection
Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.
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The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
Thomas Kearns building on Main Street
Thaynes Headframe
Make your own sock-puppet.
PCHS Band, 1950
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Highline spur during the winter
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
Test your flexibility!
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Going Places
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
The Way We Worked
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.
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Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King
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!
Crossing the Border
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Halloween at the Glenwood
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
PCHS Band, 1950
Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
