Park City Museum

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

Go Figure!

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Test your flexibility!

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

2018-Ornament

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

In Cahoots

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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 Way We Worked

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

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Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

National Constitution Center

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Crossing the Border

Going Places

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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Halloween at the Glenwood

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Going Places

Crossing the Border

Museum-Art

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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.

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.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

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1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

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

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

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Silver-to-Snow

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

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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?

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.

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

December 28, 2011

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Barn-Postcard

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

NEH on the Road

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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.

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

The National Archives Experience

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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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