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Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

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Go Figure!

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

National Constitution Center

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

Going Places

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Utah Humanities Council

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

Going Places

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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

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

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.

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb 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.

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

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.

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.

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Highline spur during the winter

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Test your flexibility!

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

PCHS Band, 1950

NEH on the Road

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

In Cahoots

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

2018-Ornament

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

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

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

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

Raffle

Test your flexibility!

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

The National Archives Experience

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Silver King Headframe

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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.

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Crossing the Border

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

The Way We Worked

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Thaynes Headframe

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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