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