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

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

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

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Go Figure!

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Going Places

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

On a guided hike with Hal

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

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

Going Places

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.

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

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

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Test your flexibility!

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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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NEH on the Road

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

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

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Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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

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Test your flexibility!

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Thaynes Headframe

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

The Way We Worked

Silver King Headframe

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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In Cahoots

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

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

National Constitution Center

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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.

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The National Archives Experience

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

PCHS Band, 1950

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Crossing the Border

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

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