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