Park City Museum

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Park City Museum

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

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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.

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

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

NEH on the Road

National Constitution Center

PCHS Band, 1950

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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On a guided hike with Hal

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

PCHS Band, 1950

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Going Places

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Museum-Art

Highline spur during the winter

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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.

Crossing the Border

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

The Way We Worked

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Test your flexibility!

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

In Cahoots

December 28, 2011

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Thaynes Headframe

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

Crossing the Border

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The National Archives Experience

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Go Figure!

Going Places

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.

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

December 28, 2011

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Utah Humanities Council

Silver King Headframe

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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.

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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

2018-Ornament

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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

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