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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Test your flexibility!

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Crossing the Border

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

The Way We Worked

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Utah Humanities Council

PCHS Band, 1950

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Going Places

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Silver-to-Snow

Going Places

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

2018-Ornament

NEH on the Road

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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.

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.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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On a guided hike with Hal

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

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The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

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

Go Figure!

Crossing the Border

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

National Constitution Center

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

The National Archives Experience

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Museum-Art

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

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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.

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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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

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The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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?

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

In Cahoots

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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