Park City Museum

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Park City Museum

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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.

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Book card in the Park City Library

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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Halloween at the Glenwood

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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Go Figure!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

PCHS Band, 1950

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

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

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.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

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

In Cahoots

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Test your flexibility!

Wedding party at 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.

Going Places

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.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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.

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

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Crossing the Border

The National Archives Experience

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

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.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

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

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.

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December 28, 2011

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Going Places

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

National Constitution Center

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

NEH on the Road

Test your flexibility!

Crossing the Border

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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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The Way We Worked

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

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

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