November 2010

Housed in the historic Alston-Cobb house, the Clarke County Historical Museum seeks to educate the local community and visitors about the area's history.

Included on the National Register of Historic Places, the Clarke County Historical Museum is a treasure trove of local history. Housed in an 1854 Plantation Plain-style home, the museum has permanent displays about the county’s rich history.

One of the most popular exhibits is the fossils of the Zeuglodon, a prehistoric whale than swam in the ocean that covered Clarke County some 50 million years ago. The museum also features exhibits about Native Americans, the Civil War and World Wars, the county’s rural life, and an antebellum kitchen. Traveling exhibits are also featured. Visitors may also tour the other historic buildings on the museum grounds. Click on the links below to learn more about these other buildings.

This museum offers numerous ways to engage the local community in their history, such as oral history programs, lectures, and exhibits.

A local history of the town of New London is given by this public museum.

 The New London Public Museum was established in 1917 with a donation of unique taxidermy items from the collection of Charles F. Carr.  Over the decades the museum's collection has grown to include a wide variety of artifacts, documents, Native American objects, natural history items, minerals, rocks, shells, and artifacts from various world cultures.

This museum gives a glimpse of the culture and heritage of the Oneida Nation.

Current exhibits cover "Wampum Diplomacy", Iroquois beadwork and basketry, and Oneida military veterans.

This museum tells the history of the Oshkosh and Winnebago region through exhibits that range from natural history to antiques.

The museum preserves the heritage of Oshkosh and the Lake Winnebago Region of Wisconsin. Through our web site, collections, and awesome exhibits, we invite you to explore the richness of our past and discover the great stories we have to tell.

A visit to the museum is a very enjoyable experience. Our 10,000 square feet of exhibits includes the fun Grandmas Attic and new hands-on log cabin. Tour the grand 1908 Edgar Sawyer home the famous Tiffany Studios of New York designed the interiors of this magnificent home. Visitors love the eight-foot-tall 1895 Apostles Clock, considered one of Wisconsins top ten attractions.

The St. Mary's County Historical Society features two museums: one in Tudor Hall and the Old Jail.

In addition to exhibits featuring artifacts and antique furniture, also on display is a cannon from the Ark, the ship that in company with the Dove, sailed the Atlantic from the Isle of Wight bringing the first colonists to Maryland's shores in 1634. This cannon, sitting proudly in front of The Old Jail, defended Maryland's first capital, St. Mary's City, for many years.

The Oxford Museum holds a collection of artifacts that displays 325 years of the city's history.

The Oxford Museum began in 1964 with the finding of 18th and 19th century bottles and pottery shards. From these first artifacts has evolved a rare mosaic depicting Oxford's past. As such, the museum has become a valuable part of the under-standing of the more than 325 years of Oxford history. Its exhibits are exclusively devoted to its people, their way of life, and their contribution to our country since the 1600s.

The main structure of the Miller House, which serves as the Washington County Historical Society headquarters, was built for prominent young attorney William Prince, who got the house in 1823.

The mansion is a typical town house of the late Federal period. In the entrance hall is the original hanging stairway rising in a graceful curve to the third floor. There are several bedrooms with furnishings from the 1850s through the 1870s.

Wisconsin veterans are honored through this museum's exhibits on military history.

The Veterans Museum offers instructive exhibits that highlight important events in Wisconsin military history from the Civil War to the present. It
develops educational programs often focusing on specific themes such as World War II or Korea and also operates a Research Center where books, photographic materials, oral histories, and archival collections can be accessed. In addition, the Research Center provides online reference assistance. Finally, the Museum cares for and safeguards a large collection of artifacts associated with Wisconsin’s military history.

County history is preserved and shared through the museum's long-standing efforts in the community.

The Waukesha County Historical Society and Museum is a not-for-profit institution dedicated to promoting interest in the prehistory, natural history, history and culture of Waukesha County by: collecting and preserving material; interpreting and creating exhibits; and providing educational opportunities. To this end, the Museum maintains a Research Center for family and history research for Waukesha County.