Park City Museum

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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 Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Go Figure!

On a guided hike with Hal

Going Places

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December 28, 2011

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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Test your flexibility!

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

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

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

The National Archives Experience

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

In Cahoots

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Halloween at the Glenwood

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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.

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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The Way We Worked

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

2018-Ornament

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

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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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.

Going Places

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

Crossing the Border

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

NEH on the Road

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Silver-to-Snow

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Museum-Art

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

National Constitution Center

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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