Historic Main Street Walking Tours

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Learn all about Park City’s history while enjoying our beautiful Main Street.

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

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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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.

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

PCHS Band, 1950

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Going Places

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

NEH on the Road

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

Go Figure!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

In Cahoots

On a guided hike with Hal

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

The Way We Worked

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

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.

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Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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December 28, 2011

Halloween at the Glenwood

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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.

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Test your flexibility!

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

National Constitution Center

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

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

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

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Going Places

The National Archives Experience

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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