Wisconsin
Balsam Lake
Polk County WI Museum
Old Courthouse
Balsam Lake WI
Phone 715 485-3292
Web Site http://www.co.polk.wi.us/museum/
E-mail mailto:bgarrish@win.bright.net
Description 50 galleries on 3 floors of renovated courthouse display local artifacts, example rooms and stores; Rural school museum 1 block away
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Courthouse
Era 1899
Owner/Operator: Polk County Historical Society
WI
Durand
Old
Courthouse Museum
Washington Square
PO Box 74
Durand
WI
54736
Phone
715 672-5423
Web Site
http://www.portalwisconsin.org/location.cfm?startrow=1&locid=68&loctype=3
Description
last woodframe courthouse in Wisconsin
Type of
Resource
Museum
Primary
Focus
Local History
Building
Type
Courthouse
New or Updated:
9/28/2004
WI
Hurley
Iron County
Historical Museum
303 Iron Street
Hurley WI 54534
Phone
715 561-2244
Web Site
http://www.hurleywi.com/IronCountyHistory/
Description
local logging, agricultural, mining history
Type of
Resource
Museum
Primary
Focus
Local History
Building
Type
Courthouse
New or Updated:
9/18/2004
WI
Ladysmith
Rusk County
Historical Society Museum
Ladysmith Fairgrounds
Ladysmith WI
Phone
715 532-6450
Web Site
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wirusk/museum.htm
Toll Free
8005357875
Description
located on county fairgrounds, contains a dozen
buildings filled with local
Type of
Resource
Museum
Primary
Focus
Building Collection
Building
Type
Courthouse
New or Updated:
10/6/2004
Wisconsin
Waukesha
Waukesha County Museum
101 West Main Street
Waukesha WI
Phone 262 521-2859
Web Site http://www.waukeshacountymuseum.org/
Description local fur trading, Civil War, Springs, toy exhibits
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Courthouse
Industry Profession Fur Trading
Collection N-Z Toys
Research/Reading Library
Era 1893
Wisconsin
West Bend
Old Courthouse Square Museum
320 South Fifth Avenue
West Bend WI 53095
Phone 262 335-4678
Web Site http://www.co.washington.wi.us/data/historicalsoc.html
E-mail mailto:webmaster@co.washington.wi.us
Description local history in renovated courthouse with interactive exhibit space, circuit courtroom and period display rooms
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Courthouse
Research/Reading Archives
Era 1889
Owner/Operator
Washington
County WI Historical Society |
