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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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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.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Barn-Postcard

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

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

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2018-Ornament

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

December 28, 2011

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

Park City Museum

On a guided hike with Hal

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Going Places

Silver King Headframe

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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.

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

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Test your flexibility!

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Book card in the Park City Library

Thaynes Headframe

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

Crossing the Border

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The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

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

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The Way We Worked

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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The National Archives Experience

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

December 28, 2011

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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.

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

Highline spur during the winter

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.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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In Cahoots

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

NEH on the Road

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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National Constitution Center

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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.

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

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.

PCHS Band, 1950

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Silver-to-Snow

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

Test your flexibility!

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Going Places

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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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

Go Figure!

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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