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