Lake City Museum

Ghost Tour w/ Jesse Kendell
2025-09-12 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-19 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Come learn about our local ghosts on a walking tour of Lake City’s Historic District – from town-wide arsenic poisonings to corpse amputations, duels to hangings, child poltergeists to apparitions, we’ve got it all. Meet at museum at 7:15 PM.
Adults $15 and Children under 10 $5
Tickets Available Here!

Last Ghost Tour of the Season w/ Jesse Kendell
2025-09-26 19:00 - 21:00

Volcano Field Trip W/ Harvey DuChene
2026-05-23 09:00 - 13:00 | Hinsdale County Museum, 130 Silver St., Lake City, CO, 81235, United States
Meet at the Museum at 8:45 A.M. with a vehicle (carpooling encouraged) for a 4-hour tour about local volcanoes from geologist Harvey DuChene. We suggest bringing water and a folding camp chair. Sorry, no children under 12 years old and tours are limited to 15 people.
May 23rd, 2026, at 8:45am to 1:00pm
Tickets Available Here

First Ghost Tour of The Season
2026-05-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Hinsdale County Museum, 130 Silver St., Lake City, CO, 81235, United States
Come learn about our local ghosts on a walking tour of Lake City’s Historic District – from town-wide arsenic poisonings to corpse amputations, duels to hangings, child poltergeists to apparitions, we’ve got it all. Meet at museum at 7:15 PM, please be sure to arrive before the tour leaves at 7:30pm.
Adults $15 and Children under 10 $5
Ticket Available Here

Ghost Tour with Jesse Kendall
2026-06-05 19:00 - 21:00

Ute-Ulay Mine Tour W/ Dr. Mette Flynt
2026-06-10 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-07-06 09:30 - 13:00 | Hinsdale County Museum, 130 Silver St., Lake City, CO, 81235, United States
The Ute-Ulay tour will take visitors through one of Hinsdale County’s most significant mining complexes. We will explore the history of the Henson community, the infamous 1899 strike, the technology of mining, and more. This is a walking tour with steeper inclines, please make sure to wear the proper attire for this tour.
Tickets Available Here

Ghost Tour with Jesse Kendall
2026-06-12 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-06-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-06-26 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-07-03 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-07-10 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-07-17 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-07-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Hinsdale County Museum, 130 Silver St., Lake City, CO, 81235, United States

Helen's Garden W/ Horticulturist Alice Attaway
2026-06-13 09:00 - 22:00, 2026-06-22 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-07-11 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-07-20 09:00 - 10:00 | Hinsdale County Museum, 130 Silver St., Lake City, CO, 81235, United States
Take a tour of Helen’s Garden at 9 am with horticulturist Alice Attaway, who maintains the museum’s extravagant outdoor high-altitude floral displays. The garden is a memorial for Helen Ewart, a Lake City native. During the tour, you will learn about the pleasures and pains of modern high-altitude gardening and farming compared with what people in the 19th century had to grow.
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Volcano Field Trip W/ Harvey DuChene
2026-06-14 09:00 - 13:00
Meet at the Museum at 8:45 A.M. with a vehicle (carpooling encouraged) for a 4-hour tour about local volcanoes from geologist Harvey DuChene. We suggest bringing water and a folding camp chair. Sorry, no children under 12 years old and tours are limited to 15 people.
June 14th, 2026, at 8:45am to 1:00pm
Tickets Available Here

Inspiration of Harvey and Kathryn DuChene Mineral Collection
2026-06-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Hinsdale County Museum, 130 Silver St., Lake City, CO, 81235, United States
Join us with the donor of the new collection as he goes into the inspiration and some details about the specifics of the collection. This is a free-to-attend lecture at the museum. It starts at 6 PM.

Alfred Packer Lecture and Courthouse Tour with Mike Harrington
2026-06-24 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-07-08 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-07-22 14:00 - 16:00 | Hinsdale County Museum, 130 Silver St., Lake City, CO, 81235, United States
Learn about the entire lifetime of Alferd Packer. From birth through the Civil War, his times and trials in Colorado, his hardship with survival and starvation, to his trial and punishment for cannibalism.
Tickets Available Here or at Hinsdale County Museum

Hidden Histories of Lake City with Dr. Mette Flynt
2026-07-06 14:00 - 15:30
Once Lost Lake City, returns this summer as Hidden Histories of Lake City explores forgotten people and places erased by fire, flood, and social change. Learn about early Black entrepreneurs, Jewish community leaders, the railroad, Red Light District, and more on this 1.5-hour walking tour. Begins at the museum at 2 P.M.
Tickets Available Here

Cemetery Tour with Grant Houston
2026-07-17 14:00 - 16:30
Join us July 17th and August 8th for a tour of Lake City’s historic graveyard. Dive into the past and learn about the twilight tales of former Lake City. Meet at the museum (130 N Silver Street) at 1:45 pm and leave at 2pm. Signup sheets available at the door.
Tickets available here

Volcano Field Trip W/ Harvey DuChene
2026-07-18 09:00 - 13:00 | Hinsdale County Museum, 130 Silver St., Lake City, CO, 81235, United States
Meet at the Museum at 8:45 A.M. with a vehicle (carpooling encouraged) for a 4-hour tour about local volcanoes from geologist Harvey DuChene. We suggest bringing water and a folding camp chair. Sorry, no children under 12 years old and tours are limited to 15 people.
July 18th, 2026, at 8:45am to 1:00pm
Tickets Available Here

Town Walking History Tour with Grant Houston
2026-07-18 14:00 - 15:30
Join Grant Houston in a historical tour of our beloved Lake City. In this thrilling tour learn about: Lake City’s volcanic and glacial era, Ute Indian lands, and several of Lake City’s most historic and important landmarks.
Tickets available here

Rocks and Minerals 101 w/ Harvey Duchene
2026-07-25 09:00 - 12:00 | Hinsdale County Museum, 130 Silver St., Lake City, CO, 81235, United States
In this three-hour class, you will learn about the volcanic origin of rocks and minerals found around Lake City. You will also learn the difference between igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. The last half of the class focuses on minerals common around Lake City and includes hands-on analysis of a mystery specimen. August 10th at 9 AM Till 12 PM. $40 for adults and $25 for children 11-14.
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Beneath Blue Mesa with David Primus
2026-07-27 18:00 - 19:30
Join us for a lecture with author David Primus on the history of the Gunnison River Valley before Blue Mesa Reservoir was completed in 1965. He will discuss fishing resorts, ranches, towns, and the narrow-gauge railroad that now lie beneath the reservoir as remembered by local residents.
Tickets available here
