New exhibit is open!
See how Marathon County's rural areas became thriving dairy farms in our newest exhibit, Milking Time: Evolution of the Dairy Industry in Marathon County.
Intergenerational Fun with Vintage Board Games
Everyone is welcome to our Vintage Board Game Nights at the Woodson History Center. Fourth Friday evenings in 2018.
History Speaks: Civil War Medicine
What's real and what's "made for the movies" when it comes to medical practices in history? Dr. Gordon Dammann will talk about Civil War Medicine, and how Hollywood gets it right or wrong.
Vintage Games 21+ Nights
Don't forget our 21-and-older version of Vintage Game Night, first Thursdays at Limerick's Public House!
Preserve memories with our new I Remember When club
Yesterday is gone, and maybe some of those memories are fading, too. Your stories are important - to you, to your family, and to your community! Our new opportunity will help preserve some of those memories!
Bring the kids to our new summer Story Times!
Vintage picture books find a place outdoors as we offer Story Times in the Garden once a month during the summer of 2018.
New Dairy Exhibit shows farming history
Post date: 05/31/2018Our exhibit on dairy farming is now open!
MCHS is a Blue Star Museum
Post date: 04/03/2018
The Marathon County Historical Society is participating in the Blue Star Museum program again this summer.
Houses in Bloom 2018
Post date: 01/16/2018Did you miss Houses in Bloom? You can tour the Yawkey House Museum all year to see the beautifully restored home of Cyrus and Alice Yawkey and their beloved daughter, Leigh.
Rural Electrification exhibit is open through November 2019
Post date: 05/09/2017
We invite everyone to visit our newest exhibit to see how electricity moved into rural areas of Marathon County in the 1930s and '40s, and how life changed when it did.
2018 topics for History Speaks at the Woodson History Center
Post date: 11/29/2017Our topics for 2018 range from milk to medicine, from the Packers to ancient rock art, and lots more. Here's our full list. Mark your calendar now and plan to attend as many as you can!
"Pieces of the Past: Quilts Tell a Story" exhibit closed but we have created a slide program
Post date: 10/02/2016
Our quilt exhibit is now closed, However, we have created a PowerPoint slide program with photos of the quilts and their makers, and would be happy to schedule a presentation for your group!
Voices from the Past tour was a great success! Thank you!
Post date: 08/30/2017What a great weekend for our biennial cemetery tour! Nearly 400 people visited for "Voices From the Past: A Discovery Walk Through Pine Grove Cemetery" on Sunday, Sept. 24. We appreciate all who made this year's tour a success!
Fromm fox fur coat added to Wisconsin 101 online ‘museum’
Post date: 01/18/2017A silver fox fur produced in the 1930s by the Fromm brothers of Hamburg in western Marathon County is now included in Wisconsin 101, the online museum of state history.
We are now included in the WI 101 online museum!
Post date: 11/30/2016Archivist Ben Clark compiled the history of the Employers Mutual Audiometer, and the “exhibit” is now live at the Wisconsin 101 website.
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