The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.
Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!
In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
In Cahoots
Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
PCHS Band, 1950
Make your own sock-puppet.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
PCHS Band, 1950
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Utah Humanities Council
The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Going Places
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.
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.
George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
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.
Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum
Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.
Silver King Headframe
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
Halloween at the Glenwood
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Crossing the Border
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz
The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.
From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.
Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs
Book card in the Park City Library
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.
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.
Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.
Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908
Credit: Summit County Historical Museum
Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
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PCHS Band, 1950
Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.
Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
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
Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.
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Test your flexibility!
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.
Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.
Thomas Kearns building on Main Street
Go Figure!
Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
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.
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Thaynes Headframe
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
December 28, 2011
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
1943 McAllen, TX Main Street
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Come “Savor the Summit” with us!
Crossing the Border
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
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Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!
Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.
Early stock options. Click to view more.
Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection
Watchman’s Cabin-Today
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
The Way We Worked
Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!
On a guided hike with Hal
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Test your flexibility!
Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!
Highline spur during the winter
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
December 28, 2011
Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.
