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