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Aspen Historical Society Presents: History Tours

August 26, 2026 1:30 PM

Wheeler Opera House

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The Wheeler Opera House on its street corner: three storeys of rusticated peachblow sandstone, round-arched windows on the top floor, a dentil cornice and pedimented gable, navy awnings over the shopfronts at street level, with Aspen Mountain rising behind it.
Photo: Wolfgang Moroder / CC BY-SA 3.0

Inside the house

A room built for 475 voices

The Wheeler’s balcony, proscenium, and orchestra are the room behind every seat choice. See the house before you choose a night.

The Wheeler auditorium from the balcony, with the curved rail in front, rows of orchestra seats below, and the draped proscenium beneath a cut-glass chandelier.
The room behind the seat map. Courtesy Wheeler Opera House.

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475 Seats, Since 1889

Jerome B. Wheeler built this house on silver money at the head of the Roaring Fork Valley. W. J. Edbrooke drew it in local peachblow sandstone from the Frying Pan Valley, round-arched and rusticated, and Aspen has been arguing about what to put on its stage ever since.

Silver collapsed in 1893. Fire closed the house in 1912. The City has owned it since 1918, restored it to its 1889 room, and reopened it in 1984. It seats 475 people, which is small enough that the back row can hear a whisper and large enough to bring in the people who can fill it.

Read the Wheeler’s Story

Opened
April 1889
Seats
475
Architect
W. J. Edbrooke
Stone
Peachblow sandstone

Tickets across Aspen venues

Aspen Show Tix is the Wheeler box office working for the rest of town. One account, one basket, one place to find what is on tonight, wherever it is happening.

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Before You Come

The Wheeler is on the corner of Hyman and Mill, in the middle of downtown Aspen.

Getting here, parking, and what to expect

Accessibility

Step-free entry, wheelchair spaces with companion seating on the orchestra level, and assistive listening at the box office. Tell us what you need when you book and we will hold the right seat.

Accessibility at the Wheeler