Lost 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 10 A.M. Click here to buy tickets
Want to meet Lake City's early residents in a new way? They're still around - come take a turn about the cemetery and visit them; learn about who they were and how they shaped the Lake City you see today
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. Starts at museum. Adults $15 / Children under 10 - $5 Click here to buy tickets
Returning, triumphant, for its 10th season - Lake City's own Scarlet Belles musical performance! Written by Grant Houston and Mary Stigall, directed by Alice Curry, this play will introduce you to some (fictional) characters from Lake City's historic red light district. Doors at 6:30pm, Music at 7:00pm, Show at 7:30pm
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. Click here to buy tickets
Stop by the museum for a free 30-minute performance by the participants in the Lake City String Academy!
Joe Fox will be discussing the connections between Lake City (the Black Wonder Mine, Carson Ghost Town, and the town's first hospital) the town of Marble, Colorado, and the Lincoln Memorial. He'll also be discussing Kate Manning's latest book, Gilded Mountain, and how it connects to Lake City! Click here to buy tickets
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. Starts at museum. Adults $15 / Children under 10 - $5 Click here to buy tickets
Join local historian Grant Houston for a short walk through downtown Lake City. Learn about our floods, fires, early businesses and pioneers. Perfect for anyone who loves good stories.
Begins at 10 A.M. at the Hinsdale County courthouse. This tour explores the fascinating trials, laws, and officials who shaped Colorado's oldest continuously operating courthouse. Click here to buy tickets
Join us for a rare opportunity to visit the historic Crystal Lake Lodge Masonic Building on Silver Street. The Masons have been active in Lake City since 1875, and this building has served as their lodge since 1908. It is a fascinating time capsule, with many original pieces of furniture as well as lodge fixtures […]
Vickers Ranch is hosting a party! Come see the Vickers Ranch House and Rec Hall (Perk's Place), and enjoy dinner on us. There will also be a special showing of a collection of Lake City memories with Perk Vickers, Joel Swank and Herman Heath from 1994
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. Starts at museum. Adults $15 / Children under 10 - $5 Click here to buy tickets
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. Click here to buy tickets
This presentation will examine real promotional objects, devices and signs used for the advertising of goods and services in America beginning in the late 1800’s through the early 1900’s. Featured pieces will come from the speaker’s collection as well as rarely-seen holdings from the basement of the Lake City Museum. Come see the many clever and whimsical ways that stores, service providers and consumer brands attempted to reach their customers in days gone by.
Returning, triumphant, for its 10th season - Lake City's own Scarlet Belles musical performance! Written by Grant Houston and Mary Stigall, directed by Alice Curry, this play will introduce you to some (fictional) characters from Lake City's historic red light district. Doors at 6:30pm, Music at 7:00pm, Show at 7:30pm
Join us at the museum with author Don Booher! He will be speaking, answering questions, and signing copies of his book, Fortress San Juans! The book is on sale at the museum store now! Overview of Fortress San Juans: To nineteenth-century gold-seekers, the San Juans Range was a formidable natural fortress. Moat-like rivers, towering rock […]
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. Starts at museum. Adults $15 / Children under 10 - $5 Click here to buy tickets
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. Starts at museum. Adults $15 / Children under 10 - $5 Click here to buy tickets
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. Starts at museum. Adults $15 / Children under 10 - $5 Click here to buy tickets
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. Click here to buy tickets
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. Starts at museum. Adults $15 / Children under 10 - $5 Click here to buy tickets
Visit the Hinsdale County Museum for FREE! We're open 1 - 4 PM this Sunday with free admission to all of our exhibits!
Join us on Thanksgiving Day for a fun walk beginning at the Hinsdale County Museum on 10 AM. Please bring a donation to benefit the Hinsdale County Sheriff's Office 'Toys for Tots', which provides toys and warm clothing for children in our community this Christmas. Refresments will be served.
The Hinsdale County Museum will be open from 11 AM - 2 PM during Christmas in Lake City. Stop by to shop our museum store for great stocking stuffers and Christmas presents!