The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County
Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.
Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
1943 McAllen, TX Main Street
Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.
Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection
PCHS Band, 1950
Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!
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.
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.
Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.
Going Places
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.
Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.
PCHS Band, 1950
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
In Cahoots
Highline spur during the winter
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.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
Early stock options. Click to view more.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Go Figure!
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Thaynes Headframe
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.
Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.
Muckers and Millionaires Case
The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.
Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould
From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.
Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.
Book card in the Park City Library
Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908
Credit: Summit County Historical Museum
Test your flexibility!
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!
Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
On a guided hike with Hal
Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.
Going Places
View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.
Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!
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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Crossing the Border
Muckers and Millionaires Case
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.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Silver King Headframe
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
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.
401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
December 28, 2011
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Halloween at the Glenwood
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum
The Way We Worked
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
December 28, 2011
Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Make your own sock-puppet.
Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
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.
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.
Crossing the Border
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
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.
Test your flexibility!
Come “Savor the Summit” with us!
Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
• 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.
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Thomas Kearns building on Main Street
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
PCHS Band, 1950
Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!
