Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.
PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.
In Cahoots
The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.
The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.
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.
Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.
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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Thomas Kearns building on Main Street
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.
The Way We Worked
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection
Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!
Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Utah Humanities Council
Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!
On a guided hike with Hal
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.
Come “Savor the Summit” with us!
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Test your flexibility!
Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
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.
Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Halloween at the Glenwood
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908
Credit: Summit County Historical Museum
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.
Make your own sock-puppet.
The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Early stock options. Click to view more.
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.
George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.
Going Places
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Thaynes Headframe
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
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.
In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.
Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould
Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives
Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.
December 28, 2011
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
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.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
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Crossing the Border
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.
Crossing the Border
View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
1943 McAllen, TX Main Street
Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!
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.
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.
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Book card in the Park City Library
December 28, 2011
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
PCHS Band, 1950
Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Go Figure!
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Silver King Headframe
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.
Highline spur during the winter
Test your flexibility!
Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!
The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
PCHS Band, 1950
Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum
Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.
