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 Museum

Going Places

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

In Cahoots

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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.

The Way We Worked

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Barn-Postcard

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

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

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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

Going Places

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

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The National Archives Experience

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

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

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

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

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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Muckers and Millionaires Case

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

December 28, 2011

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

On a guided hike with Hal

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Silver King Headframe

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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.

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.

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

NEH on the Road

Thaynes Headframe

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

Go Figure!

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Crossing the Border

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

PCHS Band, 1950

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

December 28, 2011

PCHS Band, 1950

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

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