Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park

The park is closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.

Current Operating Hours: (Feb 1, 2008 - Dec 31, 2008)
Open seven days a week from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Winter Operating Hours: starting (Jan 2, 2009 - March 8, 2009)
To Be Announced

Summer Interpretive Program Schedule

From Monday June 23, 2008 through Monday September 2, 2008

All programs are free and open to the public. Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is a unit of the National Park System. The park was established in 1976 to preserve and interpret the history and stories associated with the 1897-1898 stampede to the Yukon gold fields and Seattle’s role in this international event.

Program schedule based on staffing and facility availability. Seating capacity for our theater is 72. The gold panning demonstrations are limited to 30 and the walking tour to 25. No reservations are taken.

9:30 Seattle: Gateway to the Goldfields (15 minute video)

10:00 Gold Panning Demonstration (approximately 20 minutes)

10:30 Days of Adventure, Dreams of Gold (27 minute video)

11:00 Seattle: Gateway to the Goldfields

11:30 Days of Adventure, Dreams of Gold

12:00 Hiking the Chilkoot Trail (15 minute video)

12:30 Seattle: Gateway to the Goldfields

1:00 Days of Adventure, Dreams of Gold

1:30 Seattle: Gateway to the Goldfields

2:00 Walking Tour of Pioneer Square (approximately 80 minutes)

2:00 Days of Adventure, Dreams of Gold

2:30 Seattle: Gateway to the Goldfields