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Gallery

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

NEH on the Road

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Test your flexibility!

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

Crossing the Border

Book card in the Park City Library

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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.

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Going Places

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Barn-Postcard

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

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

Museum-Art

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Halloween at the Glenwood

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.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

In Cahoots

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

National Constitution Center

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The National Archives Experience

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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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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.

The Way We Worked

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Silver King Headframe

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.

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Silver-to-Snow

Highline spur during the winter

Park City Museum

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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Going Places

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

December 28, 2011

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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.

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Crossing the Border

Thaynes Headframe

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

Go Figure!

On a guided hike with Hal

2018-Ornament

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

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

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

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

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