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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

PCHS Band, 1950

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

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Book card in the Park City Library

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

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Crossing the Border

National Constitution Center

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Going Places

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Test your flexibility!

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

Test your flexibility!

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

In Cahoots

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

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.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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.

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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.

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

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

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

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Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Going Places

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

The National Archives Experience

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Museum-Art

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Crossing the Border

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

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.

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Halloween at the Glenwood

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

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

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

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

NEH on the Road

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Go Figure!

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

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

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December 28, 2011

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

The Way We Worked

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.

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