Dunn Historical Society

Museums, libraries, schools, parks and cultural arts enhance the quality of life in Dunn community. Quality of life is a major factor in the area's recent strong economic growth and why businesses, employees and their families choose to settle here. As the "keeper" of local history, the Dunn County Historical Society has added to that quality of life for more than 50 years. Also invites you to celebrate a quarter century of The Studio Gallery (1982–2007) and mark the tenth time that Bill and Shirley have participated in a duo exhibition.

Relive the logging camp era of Dunn County's early day. Visitors are treated to displays depicting operations of the Knapp, Stout & Company, once the largest white pinery in the world. On display are muzzle-loading bunks; recreation of a lumber camp kitchen and a blacksmith shop; records from the Knapp, Stout, & Company offices; a bateau; Caddie Woodlawn artifacts; Civil War weapons; household accessories. Also on the premises are a one-cell village jail; an 1865 post office which served the Louisville area until the advent of rural delivery; early farm machinery; tools from the Dunnville limestone quarry; and two railroad handcarts.

Menomonie, Wis., is not to be confused with Menominee, Mich. Just know that if you pass through Eau Claire to get to Menomonie and find a University of Wisconsin campus nearby, you are likely in the right place.

The Dunn County Historical Society also brought a nationally recognized exhibit, Trilobite Treasures, Arthropods of the Ancient Seas, to Menomonie. This exhibition of World Class Trilobite Specimens, by award winning Palentologist Joseph "PaleoJoe" Kchodl, a rare and beautiful Trilobite to life.

The heritage museum undoubtedly ranks as one of the top three museums in northwest Wisconsin. The society actively promotes other historical attractions in the county. The Dunn County Historical Society operates a county-wide network of historical sites listed below:

• Empire in Pine Museum

• Russell J. Rassbach Heritage Museum

• Fulton and Edna Holtby Museum of Science and Technology (External Link)
  

• Caddie Woodlawn Historical Park

• Hilkrest School and Tainter Playhouse (External Link)
  

• Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater

Other Museums and Historical Sites:

Red Cedar State Trail: Depot Information Center

Hwy 29 West
Menomonie, Wisconsin 54751
Contact: 715-235-1425 or-9087

Downtown Historic District: Menomonie

Includes these historic buildings:

• Bowman Hall, 1897, UW-Stout
• Harvey Hall, 1917, UW-Stout
• Louis Smith Tainter House, 1889, UW-Stout
• Mabel Tainter Memorial, 1890

Wilson Place Mansion

101 Wilson Circle
Menomonie, Wisconsin 54751
Contact: 715-235-2283

Colfax Railroad Museum

500 Railroad Avenue
Colfax, Wisconsin 54730
Contact: 715-962-2076

Location And direction:

Dunn County Historical Society
PO Box 437, Menomonie, WI 54751

Contact:

Dunn County Historical Society
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Phone: (715) 232-8685
Website: http://www.discover-net.net/~dchs/index.html