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

Test your flexibility!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

The Way We Worked

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Go Figure!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

PCHS Band, 1950

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

2018-Ornament

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.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

PCHS Band, 1950

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

NEH on the Road

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.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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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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.

Test your flexibility!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

On a guided hike with Hal

December 28, 2011

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

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!

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Thaynes Headframe

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

In Cahoots

Going Places

Silver-to-Snow

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Crossing the Border

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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.

Crossing the Border

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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.

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

Silver King Headframe

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

The National Archives Experience

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

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

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

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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Going Places

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

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.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Make your own sock-puppet.

National Constitution Center

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

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