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Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Test your flexibility!

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Going Places

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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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.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

National Constitution Center

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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

Barn-Postcard

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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Silver King Headframe

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.

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

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

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

Going Places

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

In Cahoots

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Thaynes Headframe

Park City Museum

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Crossing the Border

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

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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.

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

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

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.

The National Archives Experience

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

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.

Book card in the Park City Library

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

PCHS Band, 1950

Go Figure!

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

2018-Ornament

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

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

The Way We Worked

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Crossing the Border

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

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.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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.

NEH on the Road

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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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?

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

PCHS Band, 1950

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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.

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Museum-Art

December 28, 2011

Test your flexibility!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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