List of museums in Wisconsin
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This list of museums in Wisconsin encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
To use the sortable table, click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order.
Name | Image | Location | Region | Type | Website/Summary |
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Above & Beyond Children's Museum | Sheboygan | Children's | website | ||
Albany Historical Museum | Albany | History | information | ||
Alexander House Center for Art & History | Port Edwards | Central Plain | Multi | website, art gallery and historical museum which emphasizes local lumbering and papermaking exhibits | |
Alexander Noble House | Fish Creek | Historic house | website | ||
Alma Historical Society Museum | Alma | History | information, information | ||
Almond Historical Society /Old Bank Building-Local Historical Museum | Almond | History | information | ||
Amberg Museum | Amberg | History | information | ||
Americanism Center Museum | Fredonia | America | information | ||
American Legion State Headquarters and Museum | Portage | Military | information | ||
America's Black Holocaust Museum | Milwaukee | Ethnic - African American | website | ||
Angel Museum | Beloit | Commodity - Angel-themed items | website, angel collection | ||
Ariens Museum | Brillion | Technology | information, scroll down to museums, seven decades of power equipment including two-wheel tractors, snow blowers, lawnmowers, riding lawnmowers, tractors, and commercial mowers and tillers, open by appointment only | ||
Artasia Gallery & Museum | Milwaukee | Art | website, museum of Chinese folk statues, store with items from China, Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia & Southeast Asia | ||
Arvid Miller Memorial Library Museum | Bowler | History | website | ||
Ashland Historical Museum | Ashland | History | website | ||
Ashwaubenon Historical Cultural Center Museum | Green Bay | History | website, information | ||
Badger Mine and Museum | Shullsburg | Industry - Mining / Science - Geology | website | ||
Baker School Museum | Cadott | School | information | ||
Bangor and Area Historical Society Museum | Bangor | History | information | ||
Bayfield Heritage Center | Bayfield | History | website | ||
Bayfield Maritime Museum | Bayfield | Maritime | website | ||
Beckman Mill | Beloit | Mill | website, located in Beckman Mill Park | ||
Benjamin Church House | Shorewood | Historic house | website | ||
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum | Neenah | Commodity - Glass | website | ||
Bernard Schwartz House | Two Rivers | Historic house | website, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright | ||
Berlin Area Historical Society's Museums of Local History | Berlin | Central Plain | History | website | |
Beth Israel Synagogue Museum | Stevens Point | Central Plain | Religious | website | |
Betty Brinn Children's Museum | Milwaukee | Children's | website | ||
Beyer Home Museum | Oconto | History | website | ||
Black Earth Depot and Museum | Black Earth | History | website | ||
Black Point (estate) | Linn | Historic house | website, Black Point Estate | ||
Blanchardville Historical Society Museum | Blanchardville | History | information | ||
Brandon Historical Society Museum | Brandon | History | website | ||
Branstiter Museum | Greenwood | History | information | ||
Brickyard School Museum | Merrill | School | information | ||
Brillion History House and Museum | Brillion | History | website | ||
Brodhead Depot Museum | Brodhead | History | information | ||
Browntown Historical Museum | Browntown | History | information | ||
Bruce Area Historical Museum and Genealogical Library | Bruce | History | information | ||
Building for Kids | Appleton | Children's | website, also known as Fox Cities Children's Museum | ||
Burlington Historical Society Museum | Burlington | History | website | ||
Cable Natural History Museum | Cable | Natural history | website | ||
Cadott Area Historical Society Museum | Cadott | History | information | ||
Calumet County Historical Museum | Chilton | History | information, scroll down to museums, information | ||
Cambridge Historic Museum | Cambridge | History | website | ||
Camp Five Museum and Farm Complex | Laona | Industry - Logging / Railroad / Nature center | website, logging camp, includes farm, nature center, steam train, nature tours | ||
Carlin House & Turner Museum | Palmyra | History | information | ||
Cedarburg Cultural Center | Cedarburg | Multiple | website, performing arts center, art gallery and education facility, Cedarburg General Store Museum and community gathering place | ||
Central Wisconsin Children's Museum | Stevens Point | Central Plain | Children's | website | |
Chalet of the Golden Fleece Museum | New Glarus | Historic house | information, copy of a Swiss Bernase mountain chalet including furnishings | ||
Charles Allis Art Museum | Milwaukee | Art | website | ||
Charles A. Grignon Mansion | Kaukauna | Historic house | website | ||
Chazen Museum of Art | Madison | Central Plain | Art | website, part of University of Wisconsin-Madison, formerly known as Elvehjem Museum of Art | |
Children's Museum of Eau Claire | Eau Claire | Children's | website | ||
Children's Museum of Fond du Lac | Fond du Lac | Children's | website | ||
Children's Museum of La Crosse | La Crosse | Children's | website, also known as Gertrude Salzer Gordon Children's Museum | ||
Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology | Chippewa Falls | Technology | website | ||
Chippewa Valley Museum | Eau Claire | History | website | ||
Chocolate Experience Museum | Burlington | Food - Chocolate | website | ||
Christ Church Museum of Local History | Germantown | History | website | ||
Circus World Museum | Baraboo | Circus | website | ||
Civil War Museum (Wisconsin) | Kenosha | Military | website, opening June 2008 | ||
Clark County Jail House Museum | Neillsville | Jail | information, information, information with photos | ||
Colfax Railroad Museum | Colfax | Railroad | information | ||
Cook-Rutledge Mansion | Chippewa Falls | Historic house | information | ||
Copper Culture State Park | Oconto | Archaeology | website, includes Charles Werrenbroeck Museum with artifacts of Copper Culture peoples | ||
Cottage Museum | Appleton | Decorative arts | website | ||
Crivitz Area Museum | Crivitz | History | information | ||
Cross Plains-Berry Historical Society Museum | Cross Plains | History | information, information | ||
Cunningham Museum | Lancaster | Ethnic - African American | information, information | ||
Dartford Historical Society Museum | Green Lake | History | website, 1870's railroad depot and the former public library | ||
Deke Slayton Memorial Space and Bike Museum | Sparta | Multiple | website, career of Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton, history of Bicycling, Wisconsin astronauts and aviation in Monroe County | ||
Dells Mill and Museum | Augusta | Mill | website | ||
Dinosaur Discovery Museum | Kenosha | Paleontology | website | ||
Discovery World Museum | Milwaukee | Science | website | ||
Dodge Center Museum | Juneau | History | website | ||
Dodge County Historical Society and Museum | Beaver Dam | History | website, information | ||
Dodge Mining Camp Cabin | Dodgeville | Historic site | website | ||
Door County Maritime Museum | Sturgeon Bay | Maritime | website | ||
Douglas County Historical Society Museum | Superior | History | website | ||
Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum | Brookfield | Historic site | website | ||
Dr. Kate Newcomb Museum | Woodruff | Biography | information, photos, information | ||
Drummond Historical Museum | Drummond | History | website, also includes wildlife exhibit | ||
Durkee Mansion | Kenosha | Historic house | website, part of the Kemper Center | ||
EAA AirVenture Museum | Oshkosh | Aviation | website | ||
Eagle Historical Society Museum | Eagle | History | website | ||
East Troy Electric Railroad Museum | East Troy | Railroad | website | ||
Elkhart Lake Depot Museum | Elkhart Lake | History | information | ||
Elroy Historical Society Museum | Elroy | History | website | ||
Empire in Pine Museum | Downsville | Industry - Logging, quarry | website, logging and sandstone quarry history of the Red Cedar Valley | ||
Ephraim Village Museums | Ephraim | Open air | website | ||
Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art | Sturgeon Bay | Art | website | ||
Fairlawn Mansion and Museum | Superior | Historic house | website, part of Superior Public Museums | ||
Fennimore Doll & Toy Museum | Fennimore | Toy | website | ||
Fennimore Railroad Historical Society Museum | Fennimore | Railroad | website | ||
Fields of Honor Military Veterans Museum | Oshkosh | Military | website, planned to open in 2008 | ||
First Capitol | Belmont | Historic site | website, birthplace of Wisconsin territorial government | ||
Forest County Historical Museum | Crandon | History | website, information | ||
Forest County Potawatomi Cultural Center and Museum | Crandon | Ethnic - Native American | website, French and Indian War era | ||
Fort Bon Secours | Cadott | Living | website, French and Indian War era | ||
Fort Crawford Museum | Prairie du Chien | Medical | website | ||
Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park | Danbury | Living history | website, reconstructed fur trade posts alongside an authentic Woodland Indian Village | ||
Fort McCoy History Center | Fort McCoy | Military | website | ||
Fort Winnebago Surgeons' Quarters | Cadott | Historic site | website | ||
Fountain City Area Historical Society Museum | Fountain City | History | information, information | ||
Fox Lake Depot Museum | Fox Lake | History | website | ||
Frederic Soo Line Depot/Frederic Area Historical Museum | Frederic | History | website, [information] | ||
National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum | Hayward | Hall of fame - Sports | website | ||
Galloway House and Village | Fond du Lac | Living history | website, late 1800s village, includes Blakely Museum with historical collections from Native American to present day | ||
General Store Museum | Cedarburg | Advertising | website, part of Cedarburg Cultural Center | ||
George W. Brown Jr. Ojibwe Museum and Cultural Center | Lac du Flambeau | Ethnic - Native American | website, customs, traditions and arts of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | ||
Gills Rock Museum | Gills Rock | Maritime | website | ||
Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Hall Museum | Boscobel | Military | information | ||
Grand River Valley Museum & Train Depot | Markesan | History | website | ||
Grantsburg Area Historical Society Museum | Grantsburg | History | website | ||
Green County Historical Museum | Monroe | History | information, information | ||
Grohmann Museum | Milwaukee | Art | website | ||
Haggerty Museum of Art | Milwaukee | Art | website | ||
Hamburger Hall of Fame | Seymour | Hall of fame | website | ||
Hamilton Woodtype and Printing Museum | Two Rivers | Industry - Printing | website | ||
Hansen-Newell-Bennett House Museum | DeForest | Historic house | website | ||
Harley-Davidson Museum | Appleton | Transportation - Motorcycles | website opening in 2008 | ||
Hawks Inn Historical Museum | Delafield | History | website | ||
Hazelwood Historic House Museum | Green Bay | Historic house | website | ||
Hearthstone Historic House Museum | Appleton | Historic house | website | ||
Helen Jeffris Wood Museum | Janesville | History | website | ||
Henschel's Indian Museum | Sheboygan | Ethnic - Native American | website | ||
Heritage Hill State Historical Park | Green Bay | Living history | website | ||
Heritage Park (Wisconsin) | Plover | Open air | website | ||
Herman C. Timm House | New Holstein | Historic house | website | ||
Heritage Hill State Historical Park | Green Bay | Living history | website | ||
H. H. Bennett Studio & History Center | Wisconsin Dells | Central Plain | Historic house | website, famous landscape photographer | |
The Hideout - Al Capone's Northwoods Retreat | Couderay | Historic house | website, includes museum of the roaring 20s | ||
Historic Cheesemaking Center | Monroe | Industry - Cheese | website, information, photos | ||
Historic Indian Agency House | Portage | Historic house | information | ||
The History Museum at the Castle | Appleton | History | website, local history, collections of Harry Houdini, Edna Ferber | ||
Hixon House | La Crosse | Historic house | website | ||
Hoard Historical Museum | Fort Atkinson | History | website | ||
Honey of a Museum | Ashippun | Food - Honey | website | ||
House on the Rock | Spring Green | Historic house | website | ||
Howard Morey House | Birchwood | Historic house | information, information | ||
Hutchinson House Museum | Waupaca | Central Plain | Historic house | website | |
International Clown Hall of Fame | Milwaukee | Hall of fame - Clowns | website | ||
Iowa County Historical Society Museum | Dodgeville | History | website | ||
Iron County Historical Museum | Hurley | History | website | ||
Jackson Historical Society Museum and One-Room Schoolhouse | Jackson | History | information | ||
Jacob Van Orden Mansion | Baraboo | Historic house | website, also known as Sauk County Historical Museum | ||
James Newman Clark Bird Museum | Eau Claire | Natural history | website, ma, part of University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | ||
Jeremiah Curtin House | Greendale | Historic house | website | ||
Jewish Museum Milwaukee | Milwaukee | History | website | ||
John Beck Log House | Solon Springs | Historic house | information | ||
John Hustis House/Museum | Hustisford | Historic house | information (scroll down to Hustisford Historical Society), website | ||
John Michael Kohler Arts Center | Sheboygan | Art | website | ||
Jolivette Historic House | Lodi | Historic house | website | ||
Julaine Farrow Museum | Winnebago | Medical | website | ||
Jump River Valley Historical Museum | Catawba | History | website | ||
Kenosha History Center | Kenosha | History | website | ||
Kenosha Public Museum | Kenosha | Multiple | website, natural history, fine and decorative arts | ||
Kewaskum Historical Society Museum and Log Cabin | Kewaskum | History | website | ||
Kewaunee County Historical Museum | Kewaunee | History | website, originally built in 1876 as the Sheriff's Office, residence and county jail | ||
Kickapoo Indian Caves | Wauzeka | Ethnic - Native American | website, includes Native American museum | ||
Kilbourntown House | Shorewood | Historic house | website | ||
Kneeland-Walker House | Wauwatosa | Historic house | website | ||
Knox Creek Heritage Center | Brantwood | Open air | website | ||
Koskonong Prairie Historical Society Library and Museum | Cambridge | History | website | ||
Kuhefuss House Museum | Cedarburg | Historic house | website, part of Cedarburg Cultural Center | ||
Lady of Loretto Church Museum | Honey Creek Township | Religious | website | ||
Lafayette County Historical Society & Museum | Darlington | Railroad | information | ||
Lake Mills Aztalan Museum | Lake Mills | Open air | website | ||
Langlade County Historical Society Museum | Antigo | Industry | website | ||
Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum | Pepin | Biography | information, photos, information, also known as Pepin Historical Museum | ||
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum | Wausau | Central Plain | Art | website | |
Lincoln Center, Headquarters & Museum | Beloit | History | website, housing the Robert and Elizabeth Solem Museum | ||
Lincoln -Tallman House | Janesville | Historic house | website | ||
Little Falls Railroad & Doll Museum | Sparta | Toy - Toy railroads, dolls | website, dolls and model railroads | ||
Little Norway, Wisconsin | Blue Mounds | Central Plain | Living history | website | |
Logic Puzzle Museum | Burlington | Toy - Puzzle | website | ||
Logan Museum of Anthropology | Beloit | Anthropology | website, part of Beloit College | ||
Log Museum | Birchwood | Industry | information | ||
Lost Lake-Randolph Museum | Randolph | History | information, information | ||
Lowell Damon House | Wauwatosa | Historic house | website | ||
Madeline Island Historical Museum | Madeline Island | History | website | ||
Madison Children's Museum | Madison | Central Plain | Children's | website | |
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art | Madison | Central Plain | Art | website | |
Manitowoc Heritage Center | Manitowoc | History | information | ||
Marathon County Historical Museum | Wausau | Central Plain | Historic house | website | |
Marinette County Historical Society Logging Museum | Marinette | Industry - Logging | website | ||
Marquette County Historical Society Museum | Westfield | Open air | website, grounds include the Cochrane-Nelson Home, the Kerst Exhibit Building, the Henry Ellis railroad section house and a gazebo | ||
Mayville Historical Society Museum | Mayville | Open air | website | ||
Mayville Limestone School Museum | Mayville | History | website | ||
Mazomanie Historical Society Museum | Mazomanie | |History | information, website | ||
McFarland Historical Society Museum | McFarland | History | website | ||
McGowan House Museum | Friendship | Historic house | website | ||
Mellen Historical Museum | Mellen | History | information | ||
Merrill Historical Museum | Merrill | History | information | ||
Mid-Continent Railway Museum | North Freedom | Railroad | website | ||
Middleton Area Historical Society Museum | Middleton | History | information, information | ||
Miller Art Museum | Sturgeon Bay | Art | website, Wisconsin artists | ||
Milwaukee Art Museum | Milwaukee | Art | website | ||
Milwaukee Beer Museum | Milwaukee | Commodity - Beer | website | ||
Milwaukee Public Museum | Milwaukee | Multiple | website, natural history, history, culture | ||
Milton House Museum | Milton | Historic house | website | ||
Mineral Point Railroad Depot Museum | Mineral Point | History | website | ||
Mining Museum & Rollo Jamison Museum | Platteville | Multiple | website, two museums side by side, underground tour of the 1845 Bevans Lead Mine, a ride in a 1931 mine train aboveground, and exhibits on Platteville and area history | ||
Minocqua Museum | Minocqua | History | information, information | ||
Mishicot Historical Museum & Resource Center | Mishicot | History | information | ||
Mitchell Gallery of Flight | Milwaukee | Aviation | website | ||
Monroe County Local History Room & Museum | Sparta | History | website | ||
Monticello Area Historical Society Museum | Monticello | History | website | ||
Mount Horeb Area Museum | Mt. Horeb | Central Plain | History | website | |
Mount Horeb Mustard Museum | Mt. Horeb | Central Plain | Food - Mustard | website | |
Mukwonago Red Brick Museum | Mukwonago | History | website | ||
Mueller-Wright House Museum | Wrightstown | Historic house | information | ||
Museum at the Portage | Portage | History | information, information | ||
Museum of Wisconsin Art | West Bend | Art | website, Wisconsin artists, focus on Carl von Marr | ||
Museum of Woodcarving | Shell Lake | Art | website | ||
Nathaniel Dean House | Madison | Historic house | website, information | ||
National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame | Sun Prairie | Hall of fame - Midget auto racing | website | ||
National Railroad Museum | Green Bay | Railroad | website | ||
Nelson Dewey Homesite | Cassville | Historic house | website, part of Stonefield | ||
Neville Public Museum | Green Bay | Multiple | website, history, science, art | ||
New Berlin Historical Museum | New Berlin | Open air | information | ||
New London Public Museum | New London | Multiple | website, natural history, local history, Native American culture, world cultures and more | ||
New Richmond Heritage Center | New Richmond | Open air | website, park setting of historic buildings | ||
New Visions Gallery | Marshfield | Art | website | ||
Norskedalen | Coon Valley | Open air | website, Norwegian culture, nature | ||
Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center | Ashland | Multiple | website, history, natural history, art | ||
Northwestern Railroad Depot Museum and Log Cabins | Marion | Open air | information | ||
Northwoods Children's Museum | Eagle River | Children's | website | ||
Oak Creek Historical Society Museums | Oak Creek | Open air | website | ||
Oconomowoc and Lake Country Museum | Oconomowoc | History | website | ||
Octagon House (Fond du Lac) | Fond du Lac | Historic house | website | ||
Octagon House (Watertown) | Watertown | Historic house | website | ||
Octagon House Museum | Hudson | Historic house | website | ||
Old Courthouse Museum | West Bend | Historic site | website | ||
Old Falls Village Museum | Menomonee Falls | Open air | website | ||
Old Firehouse & Police Museum | Superior | Fire fighting / Police | website, part of Superior Public Museums, housing the State of Wisconsin Fire & Police Hall of Fame | ||
Old Jailhouse Museum | West Bend | Historic site | website | ||
Old Muskego Settlement Centre | Muskego | Open air | website | ||
Old Town Hall Museum | Fifield | History | website | ||
Old World Wisconsin | Eagle | Open air | website, rural life | ||
Old Village Hall Museum | Neosho | History | information | ||
Onalaska Museum | Onalaska | History | website | ||
Oneida Nation Museum | Oneida | Ethnic - Native American | website, rural life | ||
Orchard Lawn | Mineral Point | Historic house | website, also known as The Gundry House | ||
Oregon Area Historical Society Museum | Oregon | History | website | ||
Oshkosh Public Museum | Oshkosh | Multiple | web, history, natural history, decorative arts | ||
Ozaukee County Pioneer Village | Saukville | Living history | web | ||
Pabst Mansion | Milwaukee | Historic house | website | ||
Paine Art Center and Gardens | Oshkosh | Historic house | website, historic estate, art galleries, gardens | ||
Paper Discovery Center | Appleton | Industry - Paper | website | ||
Passage Thru Time Museum | Potosi | History | website | ||
Pendarvis | Mineral Point | Industry - Mining | website, former Cornish lead mining colony | ||
Peshtigo Fire Museum | Peshtigo | Firefighting | information | ||
Pinecrest Historical Village | Manitowoc | Living history | information, village and farm life in Manitowoc County from the 1850's to the early 1900's | ||
Pioneer Corner Museum | New Holstein | History | website | ||
Pioneer Log Village and Museum | Reedsburg | Open air | website, 1890's log homes, log library, log church and cemetery, blacksmith shop, country school and a country store | ||
Pioneer Museum (Wisconsin) | Wild Rose | Open air | information | ||
Pioneer Park (Clintonville) | Clintonville | Open air | web | ||
Pioneer Village Museum | Cameron | Open air | website, also known as Barron County Historical Society Museum | ||
Polk County Museum | Balsam Lake | History | web | ||
Port Washington Historical Society Light Station Museum | Port Washington | Maritime | website | ||
Potosi Brewery Complex | Potosi | Industry - Beer brewing | website | ||
Poynette Area Historical Museum | Poynette | History | information | ||
Prairie Moon Museum and Sculpture Garden | Cochrane | Art | information, information, information, photos | ||
Racine Art Museum | Racine | Art | website | ||
Racine Heritage Museum | Racine | History | website, also known as Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts | ||
Rahr-West Art Museum | Manitowoc | Art | website | ||
Railroad Memories Museum | Spooner | Railroad | website | ||
Rassbach Heritage Museum | Menomonie | History | website | ||
Reed School | Neillsville | Historic school | website, information | ||
Richard I. Bong World War II Heritage Center | Superior | Military | website | ||
Ripley's Believe It or Not! | Wisconsin Dells | Central Plain | Art | website | |
Ripon Historical Society Museum | Ripon | History | website | ||
Riverside Museum | La Crosse | History | website, artifacts brought up from the wreck of the steamboat War Eagle and from the Mississippi Valley Archaeological Center | ||
Rogers Street Fishing Village | Two Rivers | Industry - Fishing | website, museum village and heritage park about commercial fishing | ||
Rudy Rotter's Museum of Sculpture | Manitowoc | Art | website | ||
Rural Arts Museum | Colby | History | website, information | ||
Rusk County Historical Society Museum | Ladysmith | Open air | website, located on the Rusk County fair grounds | ||
Salem (Ragatz) Church Museum | Prairie du Sac | Religious | website | ||
Satterlee Clark House | Horicon | Historic house | website | ||
Sawyer County Historical Society Museum | Hayward | History | website | ||
Schlegelmilch-McDaniel House | Eau Claire | Historic house | website | ||
Schumacher Farm County Park | Waunakee | Living history | website, 1900s farmstead & farmhouse museums | ||
Seymour Museum | Seymour | History | information, information | ||
Sheboygan County Museum | Sheboygan | History | website, includes four historic buildings: the 1850s Taylor House, the 1860s Weinhold Log House and Bodenstab Cheese Factory, and the 1890s Schuchardt Barn | ||
Sherry-Butt House | Viroqua | Historic house | website | ||
Sila Lydia Bast Bell Museum | Germantown | Commodity - Bells | website | ||
Silver Wheel Manor Doll Museum | Fond du Lac | Toy - Dolls | website | ||
Snowmobile Hall of Fame and Museum | St. Germain | Hall of fame - Snowmobiling | website | ||
Solomon Juneau and John Schiefer Historic Homes and Reklau Log Building | Theresa | Historic house | information, brochure | ||
South Milwaukee Historical Society Museum | South Milwaukee | History | website | ||
South Wood County Historical Museum | Wisconsin Rapids | Central Plain | History | website | |
Spinning Top & Yo-Yo Museum | Burlington | Toy - Spinning tops, Yo-yos | website | ||
SS Meteor | Superior | Ship | website | ||
St. Agnes Historic Site | West Bend | Historic site | website | ||
Stanley Area Historical Society Museum | Stanley | History | website | ||
Sterling North Home and Museum | Sterling | Central Plain | History | website | |
Stierle Bird Collection | Marshfield | Natural history | website, over 380 birds representing 140 species and over 1,890 eggs representing 110 species, permanent exhibit housed in the Beebee Forum Room of the Marshfield Public Library | ||
Stonefield | Cassville | Multiple | website, includes Nelson Dewey Homesite, Wisconsin State Agricultural Museum | ||
Stoughton Historical Society Museum | Stoughton | History | website | ||
Stratford Area Historical Museum | Stratford | History | website | ||
Sun Prairie Historical Museum | Sun Prairie | History | website | ||
Superior Public Museums | Superior | Multiple | website, includes Fairlawn Mansion and Museum, Old Firehouse & Police Museum, housing the State of Wisconsin Fire & Police Hall of Fame, SS Meteor | ||
Swarthout Museum | La Crosse | History | website | ||
Swiss Historical Village | New Glarus | Open air | website | ||
Taliesin (studio) | Spring Green | Historic house | website, includes Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center | ||
Taylor County Historical Society Museum | Medford | History | information | ||
Ten Chimneys | Genesee Depot | Historic house | website, estate created by theatre legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne | ||
Thorp Area Historical Society Museum | Thorp | History | website | ||
Three Lakes Historical Society Museum | Three Lakes | History | website | ||
Tommy Barlett Exploratory | Wisconsin Dells | Science | website | ||
Town of Sullivan Historical Society Museum | Sullivan | History | information | ||
Toy Train Barn | Argyle | Railroad | information | ||
Trimborn Farm | Greendale | Open air | website | ||
Tripp Memorial Museum | Prairie du Sac | History | website | ||
Tufts' Mansion | Neillsville | History | website | ||
Two Rivers Museum | Two Rivers | History | website | ||
Upham Mansion | Marshfield | Historic house | website | ||
UW-Madison Geology Museum | Madison | Geology | website | ||
UWSP Museum of Natural History | Stevens Point | Central Plain | Natural history | website, part of University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | |
Vernon County Museum | Viroqua | History | website | ||
Vilas County Historical Museum | Sayner | History | website | ||
Villa Louis | Prairie du Chien | Historic house | website | ||
Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum | Milwaukee | Art | website, historic mansion, fine and decorative arts dating from the 15th to the 18th centuries | ||
Wade House | Greenbush | Historic house | website, includes Wesley Jung Carriage Museum | ||
Washburn Historical Museum & Cultural Center | Washburn | History | information, information | ||
Watson's Wild West Museum | Elkhorn | History - Old West | website | ||
Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum | Waukesha | History | website | ||
Waupun Heritage Museum | Waupun | History | information, information | ||
Waushara County Historical Museum | Waushara | History | website | ||
Waswagoning Re-Created Ojibwe Village | Lac du Flambeau | Living history | website | ||
Webster House Museum | Elkhorn | Historic house | website | ||
Weis Earth Science Museum | Menasha | Geology | website, part of University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley | ||
Wesley Jung Carriage Museum | Greenbush | Transportation - Carriages | website, located at Wade House | ||
West Allis Historical Museum | West Allis | History | website, information | ||
Western Union Junction Railroad Museum | Sturtevant | Railway | website | ||
White Glove Collection | La Crosse | Automotive | website | ||
White Lake Area Historical Society Depot Museum | White Lake | History | information | ||
White Pillars Museum | De Pere | History | website, information | ||
Whitewater Historical Museum | Whitewater | History | information, information | ||
William F. Eisner Museum of Advertising & Design | Milwaukee | Industry - Advertising, design | website | ||
Wilson Place Museum | Menomonie | Historic house | website | ||
Winneconne Historical Society Museum | Winneconne | Open air | website, includes 1871 Winneconne Railroad Depot, the turn of the century "Little House", an 1889 one-room schoolhouse, the Kay Wilde Doll Cottage and the Steamboat Museum | ||
Wisconsin Automotive Museum | Hartford | Transportation - Automobile | website | ||
Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum | Milwaukee | Ethnic - African American | web | ||
Wisconsin Bowhunter's Museum | Clintonville | Sports - Bow hunting | web | ||
Wisconsin Concrete Park | Phillips | Art - Sculpture park | website, outdoor museum comprised of 237 embellished concrete sculptures | ||
Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center | Warrens | Food - Cranberry | website | ||
Wisconsin Historical Museum | Madison | Central Plain | History | website | |
Wisconsin Maritime Museum | Manitowoc | Maritime | website | ||
Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts | Cedarburg | Textiles | website | ||
Wisconsin River Papermaking Museum | Wisconsin Rapid | Industry | information, information | ||
Wisconsin State Agricultural Museum | Cassville | Industry - Agriculture | website, part of Stonefield | ||
Wisconsin State Capitol | Madison | Historic site | website | ||
Wisconsin Veterans Museum | Madison | Central Plain | Military | website | |
Wright Museum of Art | Beloit | Art | website, part of Beloit College |
[edit] Defunct museums
- Madison Museum of Bathroom Tissue
- Museum of Norman Rockwell Art, Reedsburg, Reedsburg information about museum, Article about museum being closed
- Thunderbird Museum, Merrilan, Roadside America - closed report
- American UFO and Sci-Fi Museum, Wisconsin Dells, information
- Carl's Wood Art Museum, Eagle River, Roadside America report
[edit] See also
- Arboreta in Wisconsin (category)
- Botanical gardens in Wisconsin (category)
- Historic landmarks in Wisconsin
- Houses in Wisconsin (category)
- Forts in Wisconsin (category)
- Museums list
- Nature Centers in Wisconsin
- Observatories in Wisconsin (category)
- Registered Historic Places in Wisconsin
[edit] External Links
- Wisconsin Federation of Museums
- Wisconline Attractions: Museums
- Wisconsin Arts Board
- Wisconsin Historical Societies
- Portal Wisconsin
- Wisconsinosity - odd and unusual sites in Wisconsin
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