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Read all about the people who have shaped and re-shaped Park City.

Gallery

In Cahoots

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

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

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Going Places

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the 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.

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Museum-Art

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

The Way We Worked

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

Barn-Postcard

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

2018-Ornament

Crossing the Border

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

NEH on the Road

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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 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.

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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?

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Silver-to-Snow

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

Crossing the Border

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Going Places

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

PCHS Band, 1950

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Raffle

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

National Constitution Center

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

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

The National Archives Experience

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

Go Figure!

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

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Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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