Lake City Museum

Alfred Packer Lecture and Courthouse Tour with Mike Harrington
2026-07-22 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | 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

Ghost Tour with Jesse Kendall
2026-07-24 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-07-31 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

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.
Tickets Available

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
