Park City Museum

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401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs

Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.

Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection

Crossing the Border

Park City Museum New Harmonies Exhibit — Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould

Crossing the Border

Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.

Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.

A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.

Thaynes Headframe

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Just as in the early days, no one wears an apron to Club, although at a recent FCE convention, there was a program on aprons, and we all wore ours and participated in an apron parade. The styles reminded us of how much has changed for country women, but the apron and its strings still draw the family together, and home life will always be our first and highest priority. ©EllynAnne Geisel

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

The Way We Worked

Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.

Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.

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Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.

National Constitution Center

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908 Credit: Summit County Historical Museum

The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.

Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.

Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.

Raffle

Silver-to-Snow

John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.

Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.

Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

New Harmonies Park City Local Sponors — PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County

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.

The National Archives Experience

UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils

Test your flexibility!

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

December 28, 2011

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.

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.

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.

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Go Figure!

Going Places

Utah Humanities Council

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

2018-Ornament

Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

December 28, 2011

Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.

Test your flexibility!

Book card in the Park City Library

Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.

Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.

Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum

Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.

View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.

Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?

Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

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George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

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.

• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.

Barn-Postcard

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection

Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.

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Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

PCHS Band, 1950

PCHS Band, 1950

Silver King Headframe

Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.

Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.

The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.

Make your own sock-puppet.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.

Highline spur during the winter

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!

Park City Museum

Going Places

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Raffle

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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.

Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

On a guided hike with Hal

Museum-Art

Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

Halloween at the Glenwood

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NEH on the Road

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Early stock options. Click to view more.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

In Cahoots

Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.

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