Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.
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.
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.
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz
Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
December 28, 2011
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
PCHS Band, 1950
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
In Cahoots
Make your own sock-puppet.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.
Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.
Crossing the Border
Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.
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.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
December 28, 2011
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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
The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.
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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.
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.
Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.
Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
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
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Going Places
Crossing the Border
PCHS Band, 1950
Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.
The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.
Halloween at the Glenwood
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
