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