The City Museum is offering walking tours of the Evergreen Cemetery this summer on Saturdays from 1-3pm on June 24^th, July 29th, and August 27^th. Tours begin at the City Museum located at 4^th and Main St and end at the Evergreen Cemetery. Tickets are $31.50 and must be purchased in advance at the City Museum or by calling 907-586-3572. The tour includes a pass for free admission to the City Museum and a coupon for 20% off select items in the museum store. Space is limited. Advanced reservations required.

Evergreen Cemetery was established in 1891 in what was then a location outside of the residential and commercial areas of downtown Juneau. In 1892, volunteers constructed “Cemetery Road” (currently known as Calhoun Avenue) to connect downtown Juneau to the cemetery. Now surrounded by neighborhoods, Evergreen Cemetery is the final resting place for over 8,000 Juneau residents, including many people who played an influential role in Juneau’s history.

Participants will walk from the City Museum down the old “Cemetery Road” to Evergreen Cemetery to learn about the cemetery’s history and hear the stories of some of the notable people buried there. The guide for this tour (a Juneau resident for over 50 years) will lead participants to the final resting places of several people who helped form the foundations of our city and state. Participants will hear the stories of Walter and Frances Harper, Andrew P. Kasheveroff, John Olds, Genie Chance, and many others.