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Test your flexibility!

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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.

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

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

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

NEH on the Road

Wedding party at the Utah Central 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?

Go Figure!

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

National Constitution Center

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Test your flexibility!

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

In Cahoots

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

December 28, 2011

Crossing the Border

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

Crossing the Border

Museum-Art

December 28, 2011

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Utah Humanities Council

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Silver-to-Snow

Going Places

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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Make your own sock-puppet.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The National Archives Experience

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

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

Going Places

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Raffle

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The Way We Worked

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

2018-Ornament

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Barn-Postcard

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.

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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