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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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

Going Places

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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.

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Go Figure!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

In Cahoots

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Crossing the Border

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Test your flexibility!

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

December 28, 2011

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

NEH on the Road

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

PCHS Band, 1950

The National Archives Experience

Going Places

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

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National Constitution Center

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

The Way We Worked

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

December 28, 2011

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

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2018-Ornament

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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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.

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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On a guided hike with Hal

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

Crossing the Border

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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