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From Military Bands to Summer Symphonies, Park City’s musical history has always been entertaining.

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

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

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Crossing the Border

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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.

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Museum-Art

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

Go Figure!

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

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

National Constitution Center

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Highline spur during the winter

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

The Way We Worked

Muckers and Millionaires Case

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

PCHS Band, 1950

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Going Places

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.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Going Places

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Halloween at the Glenwood

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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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.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Thaynes Headframe

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.

The National Archives Experience

Silver-to-Snow

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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Utah Humanities Council

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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

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

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

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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Test your flexibility!

December 28, 2011

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Test your flexibility!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Barn-Postcard

2018-Ornament

December 28, 2011

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

In Cahoots

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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?

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

NEH on the Road

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

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

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Silver King Headframe

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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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The Museum is CLOSED during Sundance Film Festival from January 20 through January 30, 2025.