# List of museums in Wisconsin

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. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
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## Museums

| Name | Location | County | Region | Type | Website/Summary |
| A World Of Accordions Museum | Superior | Douglas | Lake Superior Northwoods | Music | website, features over 1000 accordions, figurines, and related artifacts, located in the Harrington ARTS Center |
| Above & Beyond Children's Museum | Sheboygan | Sheboygan | Lake Michigan | Children's | |
| Adams County Heritage Center | Friendship | Adams | Central Sands Prairie | Historic house | website, operated by the Adams County Historical Society in the historic Gunning–Purves Building, also tours of the late 19th-century period McGowan House |
| Albany Historical Museum | Albany | Green | Southern Savanna | Local history | |
| Alexander House Center for Art & History | Port Edwards | Wood | Central Sands Prairie | Multiple | Art gallery and historical museum emphasizing local lumbering and papermaking industries |
| Alexander Noble House | Fish Creek | Door | Lake Michigan | Historic house | Late-19th-century period house, operated by the Gibraltar Historical Association |
| Alma Area Museum | Alma | Buffalo | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Local history | website, operated by the Alma Historical Society |
| Almond Historical Museum | Almond | Portage | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | Operated by the Almond Historical Society |
| Amberg Historical Museum Complex | Amberg | Marinette | Lake Michigan | Open-air | Includes a fire station, early 20th century period house, industrial displays, household items, operated by the Amberg Historical Society |
| America's Black Holocaust Museum | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | History | website, Museum is a memorial museum dedicated to the history of the Black Holocaust in America which explores the history of African-Americans in America from chattel slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow era, the civil rights movement, all the way to the current day. |
| Americanism Center Museum | Waubeka | Ozaukee | Lake Michigan | History | website, operated by the National Flag Day Foundation, includes military artifacts, local history displays, life of Bernard J. CiGrand, considered the founder of Flag Day |
| Anderson Arts Center | Kenosha | Kenosha | Lake Michigan | Art | website, part of the Kemper Center, multifunctional arts center showcasing the work of a variety of local, regional and national artists |
| Angel Museum | Beloit | Rock | Southern Savanna | Commodity - Angel-themed items | Private collection of angel figurines |
| Ariens Company Museum | Brillion | Calumet | Central Sands Prairie | Industry | Seven decades of the company's power equipment, including tillers, tractors, riding mowers and snow blowers |
| Arvid E. Miller Library & Museum | Bowler | Shawano | Central Sands Prairie | Ethnic - Native American | website, history and culture of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community |
| Ashland Historical Museum | Ashland | Ashland | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | website, operated by the Ashland Historical Society |
| Ashwaubenon Historical Society Museum | Green Bay | Brown | Lake Michigan | Local history | website |
| Aztalan Museum | Lake Mills | Jefferson | Southern Savanna | Open-air | website, operated by the Lake Mills Aztalan Historical Society, includes Mississippian culture artifacts found in nearby Aztalan State Park and a mound, local history exhibits, log cabins, two pioneer churches and a schoolhouse |
| Badger Mine and Museum | Shullsburg | Lafayette | Southern Savanna | Industry - Mining | website, lead mine tours, life in Wisconsin's early mining communities, local history |
| Bangor and Area Historical Society Museum | Bangor | La Crosse | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Local history | website |
| Bayfield Heritage Center | Bayfield | Bayfield | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | website, open seasonally |
| Bayfield Maritime Museum | Bayfield | Bayfield | Lake Superior Northwoods | Maritime | Facebook site |
| Beckman Mill | Beloit | Rock | Southern Savanna | Mill | website, located in Beckman Mill Park |
| Ben Hunt Cabin | Hales Corner | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Historic house | Operated by the Hales Corners Historical Society, 1920s log cabin with artifacts and memorabilia about author W. Ben Hunt, Native American artifacts |
| Benjamin Boorman House | Mauston | Juneau | Central Sands Prairie | Historic house | Operated by the Juneau County Historical Society, late 19th-century period house |
| Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass | Neenah | Winnebago | Central Sands Prairie | Art | website, regional art museum with collection of paperweights and glass art |
| Berlin Area Historical Society Museums | Berlin | Green Lake | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | website, includes the Museum of Local History, the Berlin Bottling Works with an early 20th century living and kitchen area, ice harvesting equipment and early print shop equipment, and the Huser Blacksmith Shop |
| Bernard Schwartz House | Two Rivers | Manitowoc | Lake Michigan | Historic house | 1930s house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Beth Israel Synagogue Museum | Stevens Point | Portage | Central Sands Prairie | Religious | Operated by the Portage County Historical Society |
| Betty Brinn Children's Museum | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Children's | website |
| Beulah Brinton House | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Historic house | Operated by the Bay View Historical Society for events and programs |
| Beyer Home Museum | Oconto | Oconto | Lake Michigan | Historic house | website, operated by Oconto County Historical Society, 1890s period house |
| Black Earth Museum | Black Earth | Dane | Southern Savanna | Local history | Operated by the Black Earth Historical Society in a historic depot |
| Black Point Estate | Linn | Walworth | Southern Savanna | Historic house | Late-19th-century Queen Anne-style mansion and grounds |
| Blanchardville Museum | Blanchardville | Lafayette | Southern Savanna | Local history | Operated by the Blanchardville Historical Society |
| Boscobel Depot Museum | Boscobel | Grant | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Local history | Area railroad and turn-of-the-century life |
| Boscobel Grand Army of the Republic Hall | Boscobel | Grant | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Military | American Civil War exhibits |
| Bowman House | Wisconsin Dells | Columbia | Southern Savanna | Historic house | Operated by the Dells Country Historical Society, 20th-century house with period furnishings and items of local history |
| Brandon Historical Society Museum | Brandon | Fond du Lac | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | Located upstairs in the Brandon Library |
| Branstiter Museum | Greenwood | Clark | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | website, website, features historical store front displays and a boardwalk, miniature antique toy cars, over 200 toy tractors, antique tools, and a life-size fire engine |
| Brickyard School Museum | Merrill | Lincoln | Lake Superior Northwoods | School | Operated by the Merrill Historical Society |
| Brillion History House Museum | Brillion | Calumet | Central Sands Prairie | History | website, operated by the Brillion Historical Society |
| Brodhead Depot Museum | Brodhead | Green | Southern Savanna | History | website, operated by the Brodhead Historical Society |
| Browntown Historical Museum | Browntown | Green | Southern Savanna | Local history | |
| Bruce Area Historical Museum | Bruce | Rusk | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | Operated by the Bruce Area Historical Society |
| Building for Kids | Appleton | Outagamie | Central Sands Prairie | Children's | website, also known as Fox Cities Children's Museum |
| Burlington Historical Society Museum | Burlington | Racine | Lake Michigan | Local history | website |
| Cable Natural History Museum | Cable | Bayfield | Lake Superior Northwoods | Natural history | website |
| Cadott Area Historical Society Museum | Cadott | Chippewa | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Local history | Includes Baker School Museum |
| Calumet County Historical Museum | Chilton | Calumet | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | website, operated by the Calumet County Historical Society |
| Cambridge Historic School Museum | Cambridge | Dane | Southern Savanna | Local history | |
| Camp Five Museum | Laona | Forest | Lake Superior Northwoods | Multiple | Logging camp, includes farm, nature center, Lumberjack Steam Train, nature tours |
| Cana Island Light | Baileys Harbor | Door | Lake Michigan | Maritime | Operated by the Door County Maritime Museum, lighthouse tower to climb and keeper's quarters |
| Carlin House and Turner Museum | Palmyra | Jefferson | Southern Savanna | Local history | website, operated by the Palmyra Historical Society, mid 19th-century period house and local history museum |
| Cedarburg Cultural Center | Cedarburg | Ozaukee | Lake Michigan | Multiple | Performing arts center, art gallery and education facility, operates tours of the 1849 Kuhefuss House Museum and restored 1920s schoolroom |
| Cedarburg History Museum | Cedarburg | Ozaukee | Lake Michigan | Local & Americana History | website, free & rotating exhibits of artifacts from 1840s to 21st century with a Cedarburg emphasis |
| Center for Visual Arts | Wausau | Marathon | Central Sands Prairie | Art | website, offers free exhibits in three professional gallery spaces |
| Center Valley Grade School | Center | Outagamie | Central Sands Prairie | School | Open by appointment |
| Central Wisconsin Children's Museum | Stevens Point | Portage | Central Sands Prairie | Children's | website |
| Chalet of the Golden Fleece | New Glarus | Green | Southern Savanna | Historic house | Copy of a Swiss Bernase mountain chalet including furnishings |
| Charles A. Grignon Mansion | Kaukauna | Outagamie | Central Sands Prairie | Historic house | 1837-62 period mansion |
| Charles Allis Art Museum | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Art | 19th-century mansion with 19th-century French and American paintings, furnishings and decorative arts, and changing exhibits |
| Chazen Museum of Art | Madison | Dane | Southern Savanna | Art | Part of University of Wisconsin–Madison, formerly known as Elvehjem Museum of Art, includes American and European paintings, sculpture, prints, drawing, photography and decorative arts |
| Chetek Area Museum | Chetek | Barron | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | website, operated by the Chetek Area Historical Society |
| Children's Museum of Eau Claire | Eau Claire | Eau Claire | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Children's | website |
| Children's Museum of Fond du Lac | Fond du Lac | Fond du Lac | Central Sands Prairie | Children's | website |
| Children's Museum of La Crosse | La Crosse | La Crosse | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Children's | website, also known as Gertrude Salzer Gordon Children's Museum |
| Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology | Chippewa Falls | Chippewa | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Technology | website, area industries and technology, including the Seymour Cray Supercomputer Collection, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company, Hubbard Scientific and other area companies |
| Chippewa Valley Museum | Eau Claire | Eau Claire | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Local history | website, Native Americans, pioneers, city development, farming, includes a one-room school and a log house, located in Carson Park |
| Chocolate Experience Museum | Burlington | Racine | Lake Michigan | Food | website, history of chocolate |
| Christopher Columbus Museum | Columbus | Columbia | Southern Savanna | Local history | Located in an antiques mall, features souvenir memorabilia from Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and explorer Christopher Columbus |
| Christ Church Museum of Local History | Germantown | Washington | Southern Savanna | Local history | |
| Circus World Museum | Baraboo | Sauk | Southern Savanna | Circus | Circus artifacts and exhibits, also hosts daily live circus performances throughout the summer |
| Civil War Museum (Wisconsin) | Kenosha | Kenosha | Lake Michigan | Military | website, American Civil War as seen and experienced on the home front in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin |
| Clark County Jail | Neillsville | Clark | Central Sands Prairie | Jail | Period sheriff residence and jail cells, period business and room displays, local history |
| Colfax Railroad Museum | Colfax | Dunn | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Railroad | |
| Cook-Rutledge House | Chippewa Falls | Chippewa | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Historic house | Late 19th century Victorian mansion |
| Copper Culture State Park | Oconto | Oconto | Lake Michigan | Archaeology | Includes Charles Werrenbroeck Museum with artifacts of Copper Culture peoples |
| Crivitz Area Museum | Crivitz | Marinette | Lake Michigan | Local history | Operated by the Crivitz-Stephenson Historical Society |
| Cross Plains-Berry Historical Society Museum | Cross Plains | Dane | Southern Savanna | Local history | |
| Grant County History Museum | Lancaster | Grant | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Local history | website, operated by the Grant County Historical Society |
| Dartford Historical Society Museums | Green Lake | Green Lake | Central Sands Prairie | History | website, 1870s railroad depot and the former public library |
| Death's Door Maritime Museum | Gills Rock | Door | Lake Michigan | Maritime | website, operated by the Door County Maritime Museum, focus is area's commercial fishing tradition, includes 45-foot wooden fishing tug Hope, replica net shed |
| Deke Slayton Memorial Space and Bike Museum | Sparta | Monroe | Central Sands Prairie | Multiple | website, career of "Deke" Slayton, Wisconsin astronauts and aviation in Monroe County, history of bicycling |
| Dells Mill | Augusta | Eau Claire | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Mill | 1864 water-powered grist mill |
| Dinosaur Discovery Museum | Kenosha | Kenosha | Lake Michigan | Natural history | Dinosaurs and fossils, focus on the link between birds and meat-eating dinosaurs |
| Discovery World | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Science | Innovation and technology, Great Lakes natural history and conservation |
| Dodge Center Museum | Juneau | Dodge | Southern Savanna | Local history | |
| Dodge County Historical Museum | Beaver Dam | Dodge | Southern Savanna | Local history | Located in the former Williams Free Library |
| Dodge Mining Camp Cabin | Dodgeville | Iowa | Southern Savanna | Historic site | Open by appointment, designated Iowa County's oldest building, displays of local history |
| Door County Historical Museum | Sturgeon Bay | Door | Lake Michigan | History | website |
| Door County Maritime Museum | Sturgeon Bay | Door | Lake Michigan | Maritime | Exhibits include lighthouses, model ships and boats, shipwrecks, area's shipbuilding companies, restored 1960s-era tug boat |
| Douglas County Historical Society Museum | Superior | Douglas | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | website |
| Dousman Stagecoach Inn | Brookfield | Waukesha | Southern Savanna | Historic site | website, operated by the Elmbrook Historical Society, mid-19th century period inn |
| Dr. Kate Newcomb Museum | Woodruff | Oneida | Lake Superior Northwoods | Biography | website, life of Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb, local history |
| Drummond Historical Museum | Drummond | Bayfield | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | website, includes wildlife exhibit |
| Durkee Mansion | Kenosha | Kenosha | Lake Michigan | Historic house | website, part of the Kemper Center, Victorian period mansion |
| EAA AirVenture Museum | Oshkosh | Winnebago | Central Sands Prairie | Aviation | Historic and hand-made aircraft |
| Eagle Bluff Lighthouse Museum | Ephraim | Door | Lake Michigan | Maritime | Lighthouse open for tour, located in Peninsula State Park |
| Eagle Historical Society Museum | Eagle | Waukesha | Southern Savanna | Local history | website |
| East Troy Electric Railroad Museum | East Troy | Walworth | Southern Savanna | Railroad | Heritage railroad and historic electric railway equipment |
| Elkhart Lake Depot Museum | Elkhart Lake | Sheboygan | Lake Michigan | Railroad | Area railroad and local history artifacts |
| Elmer's Auto & Toy Museum | Fountain City | Buffalo | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Transportation, Toy | website, features five museum buildings with muscle, antique, classic cars and trucks, bicycles, motorcycles, pedal cars, antique toys, tools, and dolls |
| Elroy Historical Society Museum | Elroy | Juneau | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | |
| Empire in Pine Museum | Downsville | Dunn | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Industry - Logging, quarry | Logging and sandstone quarry history of Red Cedar Valley, may be closed, formerly operated by the Dunn County Historical Society |
| Ephraim Village Museums | Ephraim | Door | Lake Michigan | Open-air | website, includes the Anderson Barn History Center, Anderson Store Museum, Goodletson Cabin Museum and Iverson House Museum |
| Fairlawn Mansion | Superior | Douglas | Lake Superior Northwoods | Historic house | website, part of Superior Public Museums, Victorian period house museum |
| Fennimore Doll & Toy Museum | Fennimore | Grant | Southern Savanna | Toy | website, classic and collectible dolls and toys from around the world |
| Fennimore Railroad Historical Society Museum | Fennimore | Grant | Southern Savanna | Railroad | website |
| First Capitol | Belmont | Lafayette | Southern Savanna | History | Birthplace of Wisconsin territorial government |
| Flyways Waterfowl Museum | Baraboo | Sauk | Southern Savanna | Natural history | website, antique and modern waterfowl decoys, bands and calls, showcases over 50 North American waterfowl species in their natural settings, duck blind theatre, duck stamp art, duck hunting, wetlands conservation |
| Foreaker One Room Schoolhouse | Viroqua | Vernon | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | School | website, operated by the Vernon County Historical Society for school programs and by appointment |
| Forest County Museum | Crandon | Forest | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | website, operated by the Forest County Historical & Genealogical Society |
| Forest County Potawatomi Cultural Center and Museum | Crandon | Forest | Lake Superior Northwoods | Ethnic - Native American | History, culture and traditions of the Potawatomi people |
| Fort Crawford Museum | Prairie du Chien | Crawford | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Military | 19th century military hospital for the fort, exhibits about the fort, city history, frontier medicine |
| Fort McCoy Commemorative Area | Fort McCoy | Monroe | Central Sands Prairie | Military | website, open by appointment for groups of 20 or more, includes World War II-era buildings and exhibits about the fort's history during the war, the History Center with exhibits about the fort's history and the Equipment Park |
| Fort Winnebago Surgeon's Quarters | Portage | Columbia | Fox/Wisconsin Rivers | Historic site | 1824 log building, owned and operated by the Wisconsin Society Daughters of the American Revolution |
| Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park | Danbury | Burnett | Lake Superior Northwoods | Open-air | website, reconstructed fur trade post, authentic Woodland Indian village |
| Fountain City Area Historical Society Museum | Fountain City | Buffalo | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | History | website |
| Fox Lake Depot Museum | Fox Lake | Dodge | Southern Savanna | Local history | Operated by the Fox Lake Historical Society in the 1884 Milwaukee Road Depot |
| Frederic Soo Line Depot/Frederic Area Historical Museum | Frederic | Polk | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | website, operated by the Frederic Area Historical Society |
| Freedom Area Historical Society Museum | Freedom | Outagamie | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | |
| Gallery 450 | Marshfield | Wood | Central Sands Prairie | Art | website, located in the lobby of the Helen Connor Laird Fine Arts Building of University of Wisconsin–Marshfield/Wood County |
| Galloway House and Village | Fond du Lac | Fond du Lac | Central Sands Prairie | Living | website, late 1800s village, includes Blakely Museum with historical collections from Native American to present |
| George W. Brown Jr. Ojibwe Museum and Cultural Center | Lac du Flambeau | Vilas | Lake Superior Northwoods | Ethnic - Native American | website, culture of Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians |
| Gordon-Wascott Historical Museum & Depot | Gordon | Douglas | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | website, operated by the Gordon-Wascott Historical Society |
| Grand River Valley Museum | Markesan | Green Lake | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | website, operated by the Markesan Historical Society |
| Grandview | Hollandale | Iowa | Southern Savanna | Art | website, farmhouse covered in concrete inlaid with shards of china, glass, beads, buttons, and sea shells, and 40 concrete sculptures, copies of artist Nick Engelbert's paintings |
| Grantsburg Area Historical Society Museum | Grantsburg | Burnett | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | website, located in a former Norwegian Methodist Church, includes the original three cell county jail |
| Green County Historical Museum | Monroe | Green | Southern Savanna | History | website, operated by the Green County Historical Society |
| Grohmann Museum | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Art | Collection dedicated to the evolution of human work. features European art, particularly German and Dutch |
| H. H. Bennett Studio | Wisconsin Dells | Columbia | Southern Savanna | History | Restored nineteenth century photography studio and museum about famous landscape photographer H.H. Bennett |
| Haas Fine Arts Center | Eau Claire | Eau Claire | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Art | Part of University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, features the Foster Gallery with exhibits works by faculty, BFA degree candidates and internationally known artists |
| Haese Memorial Village | Forest Junction | Calumet | Central Sands Prairie | Open-air | Remnants of a historic business district |
| Haggerty Museum of Art | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Art | Part of Marquette University, European and American visual art |
| Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum | Two Rivers | Manitowoc | Lake Michigan | Industry - Printing | Operated by the Two Rivers Historical Society, focus is the preservation, study, production and printing of wood type used in letterpress printing |
| Hamlin Garland House | West Salem | La Crosse | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Historic house | Home of author Hamlin Garland |
| Hansen-Newell-Bennett House Museum | DeForest | Dane | Southern Savanna | Local history | website, operated by the DeForest Area Historical Society, |
| Hardy Gallery | Ephraim | Door | Lake Michigan | Art | website, community gallery of the Peninsula Arts Association, located on the historic Anderson Dock |
| Harley-Davidson Museum | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Transportation - Motorcycles | History of Harley-Davidson and motorcycles |
| Hawks Inn Historical Museum | Delafield | Waukesha | Southern Savanna | History | website, mid 19th-century stagecoach stop |
| Hazelwood Historic House Museum | Green Bay | Brown | Lake Michigan | Historic house | website, operated by the Brown County Historical Society, Victorian period house |
| Hearthstone Historic House Museum | Appleton | Outagamie | Central Sands Prairie | Historic house | Late 19th-century mansion that was the first local house to be powered by electricity, features original electrical fixtures |
| Helen Jeffris Wood Museum | Janesville | Rock | Southern Savanna | Local history | website, operated by the Rock County Historical Society |
| Henschel's Indian Museum | Sheboygan | Sheboygan | Lake Michigan | Ethnic - Native American | website, includes stone tools, projectile points, pottery, copper implements, bone tools |
| Herb and Helen Haydock World of Beer Memorabilia | Monroe | Green | Southern Savanna | Beverage | website, located at the Minhas Craft Brewery, includes brewery lithographed pictures, cooper tools, wooden keg and cases, steins, growlers, NASCAR cars, bar and beer lights, model brewery trucks, cars, trains and other brewery vehicles |
| Heritage Hill State Historical Park | Green Bay | Brown | Lake Michigan | Open-air | 48-acre (19 ha) open-air museum of 25 historical structures |
| Heritage Historical Village | New London | Outagamie | Central Sands Prairie | Open-air | website, includes an octagon shaped house, school, church, log cabin, and a train depot that are furnished with original or period furnishings |
| Heritage Park | Plover | Portage | Central Sands Prairie | Open-air | Operated by the Portage County Historical Society, includes Old Plover Methodist Church, houses, school, depot, stores, represents life between 1870 and 1910 |
| Herman C. Timm House | New Holstein | Calumet | Central Sands Prairie | Historic house | Late 19th century Victorian mansion, operated by the New Holstein Historical Society |
| Historic Indian Agency House | Portage | Columbia | Southern Savanna | Historic house | Mid 19th-century period house |
| Historic Washington House | Two Rivers | Manitowoc | Lake Michigan | Local history | Mid 19th-century hotel for immigrants, serves as a history museum, ice cream parlor and visitor center |
| History Museum at the Castle | Appleton | Outagamie | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | Includes collections of magician Harry Houdini, author Edna Ferber, operated by the Outagamie County Historical Society |
| Hixon House | La Crosse | La Crosse | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Historic house | Victorian period house, operated by the La Crosse County Historical Society |
| Hoard Historical Museum | Fort Atkinson | Jefferson | Southern Savanna | Multiple | Local cultural and natural history exhibits and the National Dairy Shrine visitor center with exhibits about dairying |
| Hollenstein Wagon & Carriage Factory Museum | Mayville | Dodge | Southern Savanna | Local history | Operated by the Mayville Historical Society, displays on city history, people and businesses, includes adjoining house with antique furnishings and pictures and a farm shop with agricultural tools and machinery |
| Honey of a Museum | Ashippun | Dodge | Southern Savanna | Food - Honey | website, live bees, history of beekeeping, natural history of bees, honey, established in 1852. |
| House on the Rock | Spring Green | Iowa | Southern Savanna | Historic house | Complex of architecturally unique rooms, streets, gardens and shops |
| Howard Morey House | Birchwood | Washburn | Lake Superior Northwoods | Historic house | Operated by the Birchwood Area Historical Society |
| Hutchinson House Museum | Waupaca | Waupaca | Central Sands Prairie | Historic house | website, operated by the Waupaca Historical Society |
| International Clown Hall of Fame | Baraboo | Sauk | Southern Savanna | Hall of fame - Clowns | Clown performers, art and achievement |
| Iola Historic Village | Iola | Waupaca | Central Sands Prairie | Open-air | website, operated by the Iola Historical Society, includes a depot and caboose, town hall and outdoor privy, schoolhouse, firehouse and log cabin |
| Iowa County Historical Society Museum | Dodgeville | Iowa | Southern Savanna | Local history | website, includes the Floyd School |
| Iron County Historical Museum | Hurley | Iron | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | |
| I. S. Horgen Farm Museum | Wausau | Marathon | Central Sands Prairie | Agriculture | Historic farm machinery, hand tools, household utensils, and other related items, open by appointment and during the Wisconsin Valley Fair |
| Jackson County Historical Society Museum | Black River Falls | Jackson | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers Region | Local history | website, operated by the Jackson County Historical Society, located in a former Carnegie library |
| Jackson Historical Society Museum and One-Room Schoolhouse | Jackson | Washington | Southern Savanna | Local history | |
| James Newman Clark Bird Museum | Eau Claire | Eau Claire | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Natural history | Part of University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, bird specimens and dioramas of birds in their native habitat, located in Phillips Hall |
| Jeremiah Curtin House | Greendale | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Historic house | Operated by the Milwaukee County Historical Society, mid-19th-century house, open by appointment |
| Jewish Museum Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Ethnic - Jewish | Jewish heritage and culture, Jewish experience through the lens of Greater Milwaukee |
| John Beck Log House | Solon Springs | Douglas | Lake Superior Northwoods | Historic house | Also known as the Solon Springs Historical Museum, operated by the Solon Springs Historical Society |
| John Hustis House/Museum | Hustisford | Dodge | Southern Savanna | Historic house | Operated by the Hustisford Historical Society, includes exhibits on local history |
| John Michael Kohler Arts Center | Sheboygan | Sheboygan | Lake Michigan | Art | Includes ten galleries, a theater, performance and meeting spaces, studio classrooms |
| Jolivette Historic House | Lodi | Columbia | Southern Savanna | Local history | website, operated by the Lodi Valley Historical Society |
| Jonathan Clark House | Mequon | Ozaukee | Lake Michigan | Historic house | 1848 house displaying pioneer life, numerous open house events, rentals and tours by appointment |
| Julaine Farrow Museum | Winnebago | Winnebago | Central Sands Prairie | Medical | website, history of mental health treatment at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute |
| Jump River Valley Historical Museum | Catawba | Price | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | |
| Kenosha History Center | Kenosha | Kenosha | Lake Michigan | Local history | website, operated by the Kenosha County Historical Society, includes the Southport Light Station Museum, a restored light keeper's home and lighthouse |
| Kenosha Public Museum | Kenosha | Kenosha | Lake Michigan | Multiple | Natural history, fine and decorative arts |
| Kewaskum Historical Society Museum and Log Cabin | Kewaskum | Fond du Lac | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | |
| Kewaunee County Historical Museum | Kewaunee | Kewaunee | Lake Michigan | Local history | website, operated by the Kewaunee County Historical Society |
| Kewaunee County Jail Museum | Kewaunee | Kewaunee | Lake Michigan | Local history | Operated by the Kewaunee County Historical Society, originally built in 1876 as the sheriff's office, residence and county jail |
| Kilbourntown House | Shorewood | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Historic house | Operated by the Milwaukee County Historical Society, mid 19th century period house |
| Kneeland-Walker House | Wauwatosa | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Historic house | Late Victorian mansion, operated by the Wauwatosa Historical Society |
| Knox Creek Heritage Center | Brantwood | Price | Lake Superior Northwoods | Open-air | website, includes eight buildings and artifacts representing several ethnic groups in southeastern Price County, open by appointment and for events |
| L. R. Ingersoll Physics Museum | Madison | Dane | Southern Savanna | Science | Operated by the University of Wisconsin–Madison, interactive experiences of physical concepts ranging from mechanics to modern physics |
| La Crosse County Historical Society Museum | La Crosse | La Crosse | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Local history | website, main headquarters |
| Lafayette County Historical Society Museum | Darlington | Lafayette | Southern Savanna | Local history | website, also Depot Museum with railroad exhibits |
| Langlade County Historical Society Museum | Antigo | Langlade | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | Includes main building in a former library, 440 Locomotive, Deleglise Cabin and the AVA (Antigo Visual Arts Association) Gallery |
| Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum | Pepin | Pepin | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Biography | website, also known as Pepin Historical Museum, life of Laura Ingalls Wilder, pioneer life |
| Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum | Wausau | Marathon | Central Sands Prairie | Art | 8 to 10 exhibitions a year, housed in an updated 1931 English Tudor period Cotswold-style residence |
| Lest We Forget Military Museum | Marshfield | Wood | Central Sands Prairie | Military | Housed in the Marshfield Public Library |
| Lincoln Center | Beloit | Rock | Southern Savanna | Local history | website, operated by the Beloit Historical Society |
| Lincoln-Tallman House | Janesville | Rock | Southern Savanna | Historic house | 1850s house that Abraham Lincoln slept in, operated by the Rock County Historical Society |
| Little Chute Windmill | Little Chute | Outagamie | Central Sands Prairie | Historic site | Authentic, fully functioning 1850s design windmill and visitor center |
| Little Falls Railroad & Doll Museum | Sparta | Monroe | Central Sands Prairie | Toy - Toy railroads, dolls | website, dolls and model railroads |
| Little House Wayside | Pepin | Pepin | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Historic house | Replica of the house that was described in the book, Little House in the Big Woods |
| Little White Schoolhouse | Ripon | Fond du Lac | Central Sands Prairie | History | Site considered the birthplace of the Republican Party |
| Logic Puzzle Museum | Burlington | Racine | Lake Michigan | Toy | website, hands-on brain teaser puzzles |
| Logan Museum of Anthropology | Beloit | Rock | Southern Savanna | Anthropology | Part of Beloit College, archaeological and ethnological objects from around the world |
| Log Museum | Birchwood | Washburn | Lake Superior Northwoods | Industry | Operated by the Birchwood Area Historical Society |
| Lost Lake-Randolph Museum | Randolph | Dodge | Southern Savanna | Local history | website, operated by the Lost Lake Historical Society |
| Lowell Damon House | Wauwatosa | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Historic house | Operated by the Milwaukee County Historical Society, open on Sundays |
| Loyal Area Historical Society Museums | Loyal | Clark | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | website, includes the Railroad Museum, Gas Station Museum and Museum |
| Lynden Sculpture Garden | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Art | 40-acre outdoor sculpture park |
| Madeline Island Historical Museum | Madeline Island | Ashland | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | Operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society, local history including Native American tribes, the fur trade, early missionaries and maritime history |
| Madison Children's Museum | Madison | Dane | Southern Savanna | Children's | Exhibits on the arts, sciences, history, culture, health and civic engagement |
| Madison Museum of Contemporary Art | Madison | Dane | Southern Savanna | Art | Contemporary art |
| Malone Area Heritage Museum | Malone | Fond du Lac | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | Local history, immigrants, farming, railroad |
| Manitowoc Heritage Center | Manitowoc | Manitowoc | Lake Michigan | Local history | website, operated by the Manitowoc County Historical Society |
| Marathon County Historical Museum | Wausau | Marathon | Central Sands Prairie | Historic house | Early 20th-century mansion |
| Marinette County Historical Society Logging Museum | Marinette | Marinette | Lake Michigan | Industry - Logging | Located on Stephenson Island, regional logging & maritime history |
| Marquette County Historical Society Museum | Westfield | Marquette | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | Grounds include the Cochrane-Nelson Home, the Kerst Exhibit Building, the Henry Ellis railroad section house and a gazebo |
| Mayville Limestone School Museum | Mayville | Dodge | Southern Savanna | Local history | website |
| Mazomanie Historical Society Museum | Mazomanie | Dane | Southern Savanna | Local history | website |
| McFarland Historical Society Museum | McFarland | Dane | Southern Savanna | Local history | website, includes the Museum Building on Main Street, the Victorian-period Larson House Museum, and a log cabin |
| Mellen Historical Museum | Mellen | Ashland | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | Operated by the Mellen Area Historical Society |
| Menge House Museum | Fall Creek | Eau Claire | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Local history | website, operated by the Fall Creek Historical Society, early 20th-century house constructed of cement blocks |
| Menominee County Heritage Museum | Menominee | Menominee | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | website, operated by the Menominee County Historical Society |
| Merrill History & Culture Center | Merrill | Lincoln | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | website, operated by the Merrill Historical Society |
| Mid-Continent Railway Museum | North Freedom | Sauk | Southern Savanna | Railroad | Features restored engines and cars, historic railroad buildings, and a 7-mile round trip ride aboard preserved railroad cars |
| Middleton Area Historical Society | Middleton | Dane | Southern Savanna | Local history | website, tours of the Rowley House, displays at the Middleton Depot |
| Military Veterans Museum and Education Center | Oshkosh | Winnebago | Central Sands Prairie | Military | website, Historic military vehicles and artifacts from WWI to present. |
| Miller Art Museum | Sturgeon Bay | Door | Lake Michigan | Art | website, Wisconsin artists |
| Milton House | Milton | Rock | Southern Savanna | Historic house | 19th century inn that was part of the Underground Railroad, tours by appointment with the Milton Historical Society |
| Milwaukee Art Museum | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Art | Collections include 15th- to 20th-century European and 17th- to 20th-century American paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, decorative arts, photographs, and folk and self-taught art |
| Milwaukee Beer Museum | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Commodity - Beer | website, beer and saloon artifacts including beer bottles, signs, advertising, equipment, memorabilia |
| Milwaukee County War Memorial Center | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Military | Includes military poster collection |
| Milwaukee Public Museum | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Multiple | Natural history, state history and culture |
| Mineral Point Railroad Museum | Mineral Point | Iowa | Southern Savanna | Railroad | website, located in a historic depot |
| Mining Museum & Rollo Jamison Museum | Platteville | Grant | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Multiple | website, two adjacent museums feature underground tour of Bevans Lead Mine, ride in above-ground mine train, and exhibits on Platteville area history |
| Minocqua Museum | Minocqua | Oneida | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | Includes model train layout |
| Mishicot Historical Museum | Mishicot | Manitowoc | Lake Michigan | Local history | |
| Mitchell Gallery of Flight | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Aviation | Located inside General Mitchell International Airport, exhibits of aviation history and Milwaukee's contributions |
| Mitchell Rountree Stone Cottage | Lancaster | Grant | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Historic house | website, operated by the Grant County Historical Society |
| Monroe Arts Center | Monroe | Green | Southern Savanna | Art | Housed in a former church |
| Monroe County Museum | Sparta | Monroe | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | Exhibits about Monroe County people, pioneer history, agriculture, military history, industry, business, and the home |
| Monticello Area Historical Society Museum | Monticello | Green | Southern Savanna | History | website |
| Motorama Auto Museum | Aniwa | Marathon | Mid 20th century vehicles | History | website, rare cars from around the world, Army trucks, motorcycles, military vehicles, race cars |
| Mount Horeb Area Historical Society Museum | Mt. Horeb | Dane | Southern Savanna | Local history | website |
| Mukwonago Red Brick Museum | Mukwonago | Waukesha | Southern Savanna | Local history | website, restored Victorian period house, features Native American artifacts |
| Mueller-Wright House | Wrightstown | Brown | Lake Michigan | Historic house | Operated by the Wrightstown Historical Society, late 19th-century period house |
| Museum at the Portage | Portage | Columbia | Southern Savanna | Local history | website |
| Museum of Beer and Brewing | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Commodity - Beer | Planned museum, exhibits currently hosted at temporary sites, history of beer and the brewing industry throughout the centuries |
| Museum of Historic Torture Devices | Wisconsin Dells | Columbia | Southern Savanna | History | website, collection of torture devices |
| Museum of Wisconsin Art | West Bend | Washington | Southern Savanna | Art | Wisconsin artists, focus on Carl von Marr |
| Museum of Woodcarving | Shell Lake | Washburn | Lake Superior Northwoods | Art | Collection of life-size and miniature wood carvings created by one man, Joseph T. Barta |
| Myrtle Lintner Spear Museum | Pardeeville | Columbia | Southern Savanna | Local history | Also known as the Columbia County Museum, operated by the Columbia County Historical Society in a historic hotel building |
| Nathaniel W. Dean House | Madison | Dane | Southern Savanna | Historic house | website, operated by the Historic Blooming Grove Historical Society, late 19th-century period house |
| National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Hall of fame & Museum | Exhibits 10,000 different bobbleheads from around the world. |
| National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum | Hayward | Sawyer | Lake Superior Northwoods | Hall of fame - Sports | Exhibits of over 400 mounted fish, outboard motors, records for the largest fresh water fish in the United States and the world |
| National Historic Cheesemaking Center | Monroe | Green | Southern Savanna | Industry - Cheese | website, story of early area cheesemaking, process and equipment |
| National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame | Sun Prairie | Dane | Southern Savanna | Hall of fame - Midget auto racing | Located at Angell Park Speedway, history of Midget car racing |
| National Mustard Museum | Middleton | Dane | Southern Savanna | Food - Mustard | Features mustard from around the world, mustard memorabilia and exhibits depicting the use of mustard through history |
| National Railroad Museum | Ashwaubenon | Brown | Lake Michigan | Railroad | Railroad engines, rolling stock, railroad artifacts, an archive and photography gallery |
| Neville Public Museum | Green Bay | Brown | Lake Michigan | Multiple | History, science, art |
| New Berlin Historical Museum | New Berlin | Waukesha | Southern Savanna | Open-air | website, operated by the New Berlin Historical Society |
| New Lisbon Memorial Library | New Lisbon | Juneau | Central Sands Prairie | Native American | website, features the Harry Mortensen Collection of Native American artifacts found in the county, including many arrowheads |
| New London Public Museum | New London | Outagamie | Central Sands Prairie | Multiple | website, natural history, local history, Native American culture, world cultures and more, located in the lower level of the New London Public Library |
| New Richmond Heritage Center | New Richmond | St. Croix | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Open-air | Park setting of historic buildings |
| New Visions Gallery | Marshfield | Wood | Central Sands Prairie | Art | website, non-profit community museum/gallery located in the lobby of Marshfield Clinic |
| Norskedalen | Coon Valley | Vernon | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Open-air | Norwegian culture, natural history |
| Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center | Ashland | Ashland | Lake Superior Northwoods | Multiple | History, natural history, art, located on the northern edge of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest |
| Northwestern Railroad Depot Museum and Log Cabins | Marion | Waupaca | Central Sands Prairie | Open-air | Operated by the Marion Area Historical Society, includes a railroad depot, caboose, mail car, log cabin, log school and tool museum |
| Northwoods Children's Museum | Eagle River | Vilas | Lake Superior Northwoods | Children's | website |
| Oak Creek Historical Society Museum Complex | Oak Creek | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Open-air | Includes the museum in the former town hall, 1840s period cabin, a print shop, blacksmith shop, cobbler shop, summer kitchen, farm shed with agriculture tools and equipment |
| Oconomowoc Area Historical Society & Museum | Oconomowoc | Waukesha | Southern Savanna | Local history | website |
| Octagon House (Fond du Lac) | Fond du Lac | Fond du Lac | Central Sands Prairie | Historic house | Mid-19th-century house, privately owned |
| Octagon House (Watertown) | Watertown | Jefferson | Southern Savanna | Historic house | Mid-19th-century house, operated by the Watertown Historical Society |
| Octagon House Museum | Hudson | St. Croix | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Historic house | Also known as the John S. Moffat House, mid-19th-century period house |
| Old Anderson House Museum | Sister Bay | Door | Lake Michigan | History house | website, operated by the Sister Bay Historical Society, late 19th-century farmhouse and adjoining Corner of the Past farmstead |
| Old Corners School | Neva Corners | Langlade | Lake Superior Northwoods | School | Historic schoolhouse |
| Old Courthouse Museum | West Bend | Washington | Southern Savanna | Local history | Operated by the Washington County Historical Society, area history from the glaciers to the industrial age. |
| Old Courthouse Museum & Jail | Durand | Pepin | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Historic site | Operated by the Pepin County Historical Society, exhibits include the courtroom, jail and displays of local history and culture |
| Old Falls Village Museum | Menomonee Falls | Waukesha | Southern Savanna | Open-air | website |
| Old Firehouse & Police Museum | Superior | Douglas | Lake Superior Northwoods | Firefighting/Police | website, part of Superior Public Museums, housing the State of Wisconsin Fire & Police Hall of Fame |
| Old Muskego Settlement Centre | Muskego | Waukesha | Southern Savanna | Open-air | website, operated by the Muskego Historical Society |
| Old Sheriff's Residence & Jail | West Bend | Washington | Southern Savanna | Historic house | Operated by the Washington County Historical Society, late 19th-century sheriff's residence used that served as the county jail until 1962, represents life in the first half of the 20th century |
| Old Town Hall Museum | Fifield | Price | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | Operated by the Price County Historical Society in a former town hall |
| Old World Wisconsin | Eagle | Waukesha | Southern Savanna | Open-air | Rural life, features farmsteads and settlements of various ethnic groups |
| Old Village Hall Museum | Neosho | Dodge | Southern Savanna | History | Operated by the Neosho/Rubicon Historical Society |
| Onalaska Museum | Onalaska | La Crosse | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Local history | Located in the Onalaska Public Library |
| Oneida Nation Museum | De Pere | Brown | Lake Michigan | Ethnic - Native American | website, history, art and culture of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin |
| Orchard Lawn | Mineral Point | Iowa | Southern Savanna | Historic house | website, also known as The Gundry House, 1868 Italianate home surrounded by 9 acres of lawns, flowers, and trees, operated by the Mineral Point Historical Society |
| Oregon Area Historical Society Museum | Oregon | Dane | Southern Savanna | Local history | website |
| Oshkosh Public Museum | Oshkosh | Winnebago | Central Sands Prairie | Multiple | Local history, natural history, decorative arts |
| Overture Center for the Arts | Madison | Dane | Southern Savanna | Art | Performing arts center and art gallery |
| Ozaukee County Pioneer Village | Saukville | Ozaukee | Lake Michigan | Living | website, operated by the Ozaukee County Historical Society, over 20 buildings which depict rural life in the 1800s and 1900s |
| Pabst Mansion | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Historic house | Late 19th-century mansion built by Captain Frederick Pabst, founder of the Pabst Brewing Company |
| Paine Art Center and Gardens | Oshkosh | Winnebago | Central Sands Prairie | Historic house | Historic estate, art galleries, gardens |
| Paper Discovery Center | Appleton | Outagamie | Central Sands Prairie | Industry - Paper | Paper manufacturing |
| Passage Thru Time Museum | Potosi | Grant | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Local history | website, operated by the Potosi Historical Society |
| Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Museum | Eau Claire | Eau Claire | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Forestry | website, located in Carson Park, 1890s-period logging camp |
| Pedrick-Lawson House | Ripon | Fond du Lac | Central Sands Prairie | Historic house | Operated by the Ripon Historical Society |
| Pendarvis | Mineral Point | Iowa | Southern Savanna | Industry - Mining | Former 19th century Cornish lead mining colony |
| Peshtigo Fire Museum | Peshtigo | Marinette | Lake Michigan | Firefighting | |
| Pinecrest Historical Village | Manitowoc | Manitowoc | Lake Michigan | Living | website, village and farm life in Manitowoc County from the 1850s to the early 1900s, operated by the Manitowoc County Historical Society |
| Pioneer Corner Museum | New Holstein | Calumet | Central Sands Prairie | History | website, operated by the New Holstein Historical Society, local history and culture |
| Pioneer Log Village and Museum | Reedsburg | Sauk | Southern Savanna | Open-air | website, 1890s log homes, library, and church; cemetery, blacksmith shop, country school and country store, operated by the Reedsburg Area Historical Society |
| Pioneer Park | Clintonville | Waupaca | Central Sands Prairie | Open-air | Operated by the Clintonville Historical Society |
| Pioneer Park Historical Complex | Rhinelander | Oneida | Lake Superior Northwoods | Open-air | Includes logging and railroad equipment, a schoolhouse, fire museum, outboard motor and boating museum |
| Pioneer Schoolhouse Museum | Gibraltar | Door | Lake Michigan | Education | Operated by the Ephraim Historical Foundation, 19th-century schoolhouse used until 1949 |
| Pioneer Village Museum | Cameron | Barron | Lake Superior Northwoods | Open-air | website, also known as Barron County Historical Society Museum |
| Point Beach Energy Education Center | Two Rivers | Manitowoc | Lake Michigan | Science | website, operated by NextEra Energy Resources, history and generation of electricity, nuclear energy, adjacent to the Point Beach Nuclear Plant |
| Polk County Museum | Balsam Lake | Polk | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | Located in the former county courthouse, includes historic room displays, antique tools, farming equipment, toys and dolls, clothing, furniture, ceramic and glass ware items, household artifacts |
| Port Washington Historical Society Light Station Museum | Port Washington | Ozaukee | Lake Michigan | Maritime | Restored lighthouse and recreated keeper's quarters |
| Portage Center for the Arts | Portage | Columbia | Fox/Wisconsin Rivers | Art | website, performing and community arts center with Drury Gallery |
| Portage WW II History Museum | Portage | Columbia | Fox/Wisconsin Rivers | Military | Personal, military and historic artifacts about World War II |
| Potosi Brewery | Potosi | Grant | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Industry - Beer brewing | Includes the Potosi Brewing Company Transportation Museum with horse-drawn wagons and delivery trucks, and the National Brewery Museum with beer-making equipment, bottles and memorabilia |
| Pottawatomie Light | Washington | Door | Lake Michigan | Maritime | Located in Rock Island State Park, |
| Poynette Area Historical Museum | Poynette | Columbia | Southern Savanna | History | website, operated by the Poynette Historical Society |
| Prairie Moon Museum and Sculpture Garden | Cochrane | Buffalo | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Art | Folk art sculpture garden, museum open by appointment, owned by the Kohler Foundation |
| Prescott Historical Society Museum | Prescott | Pierce | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Local history | Exhibits of maritime history |
| Racine Art Museum | Racine | Racine | Lake Michigan | Art | Exhibits of contemporary crafts |
| Racine Heritage Museum | Racine | Racine | Lake Michigan | Local history | Includes area heritage of invention, innovations, and discovery, manufacturing and industry, sports, Underground Railroad |
| Rahr West Art Museum | Manitowoc | Manitowoc | Lake Michigan | Art | 1910-period Queen Anne style house with art exhibits |
| Railroad Memories Museum | Spooner | Washburn | Lake Superior Northwoods | Railroad | website, includes uniforms, bells, whistles, tools, books, train interiors, lanterns, signals |
| Randall Park Museum | Fall Creek | Eau Claire | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Local history | website, operated by the Fall Creek Historical Society |
| Rassbach Heritage Museum | Menomonie | Dunn | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Local history | website, operated by the Dunn Historical Society |
| Reed School | Neillsville | Clark | Central Sands Prairie | School | Operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society, 20th-century one-room schoolhouse |
| Richard I. Bong World War II Heritage Center | Superior | Douglas | Lake Superior Northwoods | Military | website, life of aviator Richard Bong, military history and memorabilia from World War II and subsequent conflicts |
| Ripley's Believe It or Not! | Wisconsin Dells | Sauk | Southern Savanna | Amusement | |
| Riverside Museum (Wisconsin) | La Crosse | La Crosse | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | History | Operated by the La Crosse County Historical Society, artifacts brought up from the wreck of the steamboat War Eagle and from the Mississippi Valley Archaeological Center |
| Rogers Street Fishing Village | Two Rivers | Manitowoc | Lake Michigan | Industry - Fishing | website, museum village and heritage park about commercial fishing, includes Great Lakes Coast Guard Museum and the Two Rivers Light |
| Rural Arts Museum | Colby | Clark | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | Themes include railroading, dairying, and education |
| Rusk County Historical Society Museum | Ladysmith | Rusk | Lake Superior Northwoods | Open-air | Located on the Rusk County fair grounds, local history and culture |
| Satterlee Clark Home | Horicon | Dodge | Southern Savanna | Historic house | website, operated by the Horicon Historical Society |
| Sauk County Historical Museum | Baraboo | Sauk | Southern Savanna | Historic house | website, located in the Jacob Van Orden Mansion, operated by the Sauk County Historical Society |
| Sawyer County Historical Society Museum | Hayward | Sawyer | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | website |
| SC Johnson | Racine | Racine | Lake Michigan | Multiple | Includes tours of S. C. Johnson & Son buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the SC Johnson Gallery: At Home with Frank Lloyd Wright with his drawings and artifacts |
| Schlegelmilch-McDaniel House | Eau Claire | Eau Claire | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Historic house | Operated by the Chippewa Valley Museum as a turn-of-the-century period middle-class house |
| Schumacher Farm Park | Waunakee | Dane | Southern Savanna | Living | website, 1900s farmstead & farmhouse museums |
| Seymour Community Museum | Seymour | Outagamie | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | website, operated by the Seymour Historical Society, features collection of hamburger-related items |
| Sheboygan County Historical Museum | Sheboygan | Sheboygan | Lake Michigan | History | Includes four historic buildings: the 1850s David Taylor House, the 1860s Weinhold Log House and Bodenstab Cheese Factory, and the 1890s Schuchardt Barn |
| Sherry-Butt House | Viroqua | Vernon | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Historic house | website, operated by the Vernon County Historical Society, turn-of-the-century period house |
| Sila Lydia Bast Bell Museum | Germantown | Washington | Southern Savanna | Commodity - Bells | website, operated by the Germantown Historical Society, features over 5000 bells, located in Dheinsville |
| Silver Wheel Manor Doll Museum | Fond du Lac | Fond du Lac | Central Sands Prairie | Toy - Dolls | website, over 2000 dolls, model trains, doll houses, antique toys and Christmas collectibles |
| Snowmobile Hall of Fame and Museum | St. Germain | Vilas | Lake Superior Northwoods | Hall of fame - Snowmobiling | website, includes historic race sleds, trophies, clothing and photos |
| Solomon Juneau and John Schiefer Historic Homes and Reklau Log Building | Theresa | Dodge | Southern Savanna | Historic house | Operated by the Theresa Historical Society |
| South Milwaukee Historical Society Museum | South Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Local history | website |
| South Wood County Historical Museum | Wisconsin Rapids | Wood | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | website, operated by the South Wood County Historical Society |
| Spinning Top & Yo-Yo Museum | Burlington | Racine | Lake Michigan | Toy | website, spinning tops, yo-yos, gyroscopes, spin toys |
| SS Meteor | Superior | Douglas | Lake Superior Northwoods | Ship | 1896 whaleback cargo ship used on the Great Lakes until 1969, open seasonally, part of the Superior Public Museums |
| St. Agnes Historic Convent & School | West Bend | Washington | Southern Savanna | Historic site | Operated by the Washington County Historical Society, mid 19th-century convent and school |
| St. Croix Falls Historical Society Museum | St. Croix Falls | Polk | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | Operated by the St. Croix Falls Historical Society |
| Stanley Area Historical Society Museum | Stanley | Chippewa | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Local history | website |
| Sterling North Home and Museum | Edgerton | Rock | Southern Savanna | History | Early 20th century boyhood home of author Sterling North |
| Stierle Bird Collection | Marshfield | Wood | Central Sands Prairie | Natural history | 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 | Grant | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Multiple | Includes late 19th century period Governor Dewey's Estate, the Wisconsin State Agricultural Museum, a recreated 1901 farmstead, a recreated early 20th-century farm village, operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Stony Hill School | Waubeka | Ozaukee | Lake Michigan | School | Operated by the Ozaukee County Historical Society |
| Stoughton Historical Society Museum | Stoughton | Dane | Southern Savanna | Local history | website |
| Stratford Area Historical Museum | Stratford | Marathon | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | |
| Sun Prairie Historical Museum | Sun Prairie | Dane | Southern Savanna | Local history | website |
| Superior Public Museums | Superior | Douglas | Lake Superior Northwoods | Multiple | website, includes Fairlawn Mansion, Old Firehouse & Police Museum, SS Meteor |
| Swiss Historical Village | New Glarus | Green | Southern Savanna | Open-air | website, operated by the New Glarus Historical Society, replica of an 1850 Swiss settlement village |
| Taliesin | Spring Green | Iowa | Southern Savanna | Historic house | Tours of the early 20th century summer home of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Taylor County Historical Society Museum | Medford | Taylor | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | |
| Ten Chimneys | Genesee Depot | Waukesha | Southern Savanna | Historic house | Estate created by theatre legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne |
| Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts | Fond du Lac | Fond du Lac | Central Sands Prairie | Art | website, located in a former Masonic temple, regional arts center with exhibits gallery, performing arts, also houses the Children's Museum of Fond du Lac |
| Thorp Area Historical Museum | Thorp | Clark | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | Operated by the Thorp Area Historical Society |
| Three Lakes Historical Society Museum | Three Lakes | Oneida | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | website |
| Tommy Bartlett Exploratory | Wisconsin Dells | Sauk | Southern Savanna | Science | Over 150 interactive science displays |
| Town Hall Museum | Hebron | Jefferson | Southern Savanna | Local history | Operated by the Black River Wood Historical Society |
| Town of Sullivan Historical Society Museum | Sullivan | Jefferson | Southern Savanna | Local history | website |
| Toy Train Barn | Argyle | Lafayette | Southern Savanna | Railroad | website, model train layouts |
| Trimborn Farm | Greendale | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Open-air | Operated by the Milwaukee County Historical Society, park and mid-19th-century farm buildings |
| Tripp Memorial Museum | Prairie du Sac | Sauk | Southern Savanna | Local history | website, operated by the Sauk Prairie Historical Society |
| Trout Museum of Art | Appleton | Outagamie | Central Sands Prairie | Art | website, collection includes American, European, Asian and African paintings, sculptures and other decorative objects |
| Truax Prairie Home | Eau Claire | Eau Claire | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Historic house | 1864 farmhouse built by Peter Truax |
| Tufts Mansion | Neillsville | Clark | Central Sands Prairie | History | website |
| Two Rivers Historic Farm Museum | Two Rivers | Manitowoc | Lake Michigan | Agriculture | Operated by the Two Rivers Historical Society, historic farm equipment, tools and objects of rural life |
| Upham Mansion | Marshfield | Wood | Central Sands Prairie | Historic house | Mid Victorian period home of former Wisconsin governor William Henry Upham, center for the North Wood County Historical Society exhibits of local history |
| University of Wisconsin Space Place | Madison | Dane | Southern Savanna | Science | website, education and public outreach center of the UW-Madison Astronomy Department, space science exhibits and activities, roof top deck for sky viewing |
| UW–Madison Geology Museum | Madison | Dane | Southern Savanna | Natural history | Geology, fossils, dinosaurs |
| UWSP Museum of Natural History | Stevens Point | Portage | Central Sands Prairie | Natural history | website, located in the UWSP Albertson Center for Learning Resources, includes wildlife dioramas, fossils, rocks, geology, dinosaurs, area Native American artifacts, eggs |
| Van Schaick Photo Gallery Museum | Black River Falls | Jackson | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers Region | Local history | website, operated by the Jackson County Historical Society |
| Vernon County Museum | Viroqua | Vernon | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Local history | website, operated by the Vernon County Historical Society |
| Vilas County Historical Museum | Sayner | Vilas | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | website, operated by the Vilas County Historical Society |
| Villa Louis | Prairie du Chien | Crawford | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Historic house | Operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society, restored late 19th century period mansion, includes Astor Fur Warehouse with exhibits about the fur trade |
| Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Art | Historic mansion, fine and decorative arts dating from the 15th to the 18th centuries |
| Wade House Historic Site | Greenbush | Sheboygan | Lake Michigan | Historic house | Includes the 19th century Sylvanus Wade House (a stagecoach inn), Wesley Jung Carriage Museum and a blacksmith shop |
| Wally Keller Tool Museum | Mt. Horeb | Dane | Southern Savanna | History | website, located in the historic Duluth Trading store, features hundreds of antique tools dating from 1865-1950 that document the history of the American working man |
| Washburn County Historical Museum | Shell Lake | Washburn | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | Artifacts of area logging, lumbering, farming, boat building and railroading, operated by the Washburn County Historical Society |
| Washburn County Historical Museum - Springbrook | Springbrook | Washburn | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | Located in the former St. Magdalene Catholic Church |
| Washburn Cultural Center | Washburn | Bayfield | Lake Superior Northwoods | Local history | website, includes a history museum and art gallery |
| Waukesha County Museum | Waukesha | Waukesha | Southern Savanna | Local history | website, operated by the Waukesha County Historical Society |
| Waupun Heritage Museum | Waupun | Dodge | Southern Savanna | Local history | website, operated by the Waupun Historical Society in a former Carnegie library |
| Waushara County Historical Museum | Wautoma | Waushara | Central Sands Prairie | Local history | Located in the former county jail, operated by the Waushara County Historical Society, includes a school room, period rooms, county store, jail cells, doctors' room, dispatcher's office |
| Waswagoning Re-Created Ojibwe Village | Lac du Flambeau | Vilas | Lake Superior Northwoods | Living | website |
| Webster House Museum | Elkhorn | Walworth | Southern Savanna | Historic house | website, operated by the Walworth County Historical Society, features Civil War and Victorian period items |
| Weis Earth Science Museum | Menasha | Calumet | Central Sands Prairie | Geology | website, part of University of Wisconsin–Fox Valley, minerals, fossils, geology |
| West Allis Historical Museum | West Allis | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | History | Local history, culture, household items |
| West Shore Fishing Museum | Menominee | Menominee | Central Sands Prairie | Industry | website, restored commercial fisheries buildings and exhibits, located in Bailey Park |
| Western Union Junction Railroad Museum | Sturtevant | Racine | Lake Michigan | Railway | Open on Sundays, railroad artifacts |
| White Lake Area Historical Society Depot Museum | White Lake | Langlade | Lake Superior Northwoods | History | |
| White Pillars Museum | De Pere | Brown | Lake Michigan | Local history | website, operated by the De Pere Historical Society |
| Whitewater Historical Museum | Whitewater | Jefferson | Southern Savanna | Local history | website, operated by the Whitewater Historical Society |
| Wild Rose Historical Society Museum | Wild Rose | Waushara | Central Sands Prairie | Open-air | Includes the 1880s-period Elisha Stewart House, a smoke house, a carriage house and blacksmith shop, a bank and a country Progressive school house |
| Wilson Place Museum | Menomonie | Dunn | Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers | Historic house | Victorian home of prominent local families, reflect three generations family history and its original family furnishings including crystal, china, furniture, silver fabrics and clothing |
| Wind Point Light | Wind Point | Racine | Lake Michigan | Maritime | History of the lighthouse, Racine and Great Lakes maritime history, tower to climb |
| Wingspread | Wind Point | Racine | Lake Michigan | Historic house | Late 1930s house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Winneconne Historical Society Museum | Winneconne | Winnebago | Central Sands Prairie | Open-air | website, includes 1871 Winneconne railroad depot, turn of the century "Little House," 1889 one-room schoolhouse, Kay Wilde Doll Cottage and Steamboat Museum |
| Wisconsin American Legion State Headquarters and Museum | Portage | Columbia | Southern Savanna | Military | website, memorabilia about veterans and the Wisconsin American Legion |
| Wisconsin Automotive Museum | Hartford | Dodge | Southern Savanna | Transportation - Automobile | website, features over 100 classic, vintage autos and automotive artifacts |
| Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | Lake Michigan | Ethnic - African American | website, city and state African American history |
| Wisconsin Bowhunter's Museum | Clintonville | Ozaukee | Lake Michigan | Sports - Bow hunting | website |
| Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum | Spooner | Washburn | Lake Superior Northwoods | Maritime | History of the North American canoe |
| Wisconsin Concrete Park | Phillips | Price | Lake Superior Northwoods | Art - Sculpture park | Outdoor sculpture park containing 237 embellished concrete sculptures |
| Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center | Warrens | Monroe | Central Sands Prairie | Food | website, cranberry industry and history of Wisconsin cranberries |
| Wisconsin Governor's Mansion | Maple Bluff | Dane | Southern Savanna | Historic house | Also known as the Wisconsin Executive Residence |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum | Madison | Dane | Southern Savanna | History | Operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society, state history and culture from the Ice Age to the present |
| Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame | Eagle River | Vilas | Lake Superior Northwoods | Sports | Major figures in state amateur ice hockey |
| Wisconsin Maritime Museum | Manitowoc | Manitowoc | Lake Michigan | Maritime | Great Lakes maritime history, original artifacts and nautical archaeology, USS Cobia (SS-245) submarine. Website |
| Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts | Cedarburg | Ozaukee | Lake Michigan | Textiles | website |
| Wisconsin Museum of International Wildlife | Appleton | Outagamie | Central Sands Prairie | Natural history | Mounted wildlife |
| Wisconsin National Guard Memorial Library and Museum | Camp Douglas | Juneau | Central Sands Prairie | Military | |
| Wisconsin River Papermaking Museum | Wisconsin Rapids | Wood | Central Sands Prairie | Industry | Papermaking history in the Wisconsin River valley and particularly history of the Consolidated Water Power & Paper Company |
| Wisconsin Science Museum | Madison | Dane | Southern Savanna | STEM | Museum exhibits, activities and art inspire STEM interest and appreciation. We celebrate Homegrown Discoveries – the achievements of Wisconsinites. |
| Wisconsin State Capitol | Madison | Dane | Southern Savanna | Historic site | Tours available |
| Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial | Wisconsin Rapids | Wood | Central Sands Prairie | Firefighting | Park and visitor center museum dedicated to firefighters from the state of Wisconsin who have died in the line of duty |
| Wisconsin Veterans Museum | Madison | Dane | Southern Savanna | Military | Personal items and military memorabilia of state veterans |
| Wisconsin Veterans Museum | Waupaca | Waupaca | Central Sands Prairie | Military | |
| Wustum Museum | Racine | Racine | Lake Michigan | Art | Also known as Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, branch of the Racine Art Museum, exhibits of fine art and craft media, also 13 acres of park, a one-acre formal garden |
| Wright Museum of Art | Beloit | Rock | Southern Savanna | Art | Teaching museum of Beloit College, collections include American Impressionism, Modernist paintings, 19th century plaster casts, German Expressionism, and Japanese Modern prints |
| Wriston Art Center | Appleton | Outagamie | Central Sands Prairie | Art | website, part of Lawrence University, includes Leech, Hoffmaster, and Kohler Galleries |

## Defunct museums

* American UFO and Sci-Fi Museum, Wisconsin Dells
* Artasia Gallery & Museum, Milwaukee
* Carl's Wood Art Museum, Eagle River, Roadside America report
* Chudnow Museum of Yesteryear in Milwaukee, closed December 2020, bulk of artifacts transferred to Cedarburg History Museum
* Fairfield Art Center, Sturgeon Bay(Story on closure)
* Fort Bon Secours, Cadott
* The Hideout - Al Capone's Northwoods Retreat, Couderay
* Kickapoo Indian Caverns, Wauzeka, included a Native American museum
* Little Norway, Wisconsin, Blue Mounds, closed in 2012
* Madison Museum of Bathroom Tissue
* Museum of Norman Rockwell Art, Reedsburg, Reedsburg information about museum
* Rudy Rotter's Museum of Sculpture, Manitowoc
* Swarthout Museum, La Crosse, formerly operated by the La Crosse County Historical Society
* Thunderbird Museum, Merrilan, Roadside America - closed report
* Watson's Wild West Museum, Old west general store with American West artifacts, closed November 2018
* William F. Eisner Museum of Advertising & Design, Milwaukee, closed in 2010

## Regions defined

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) has defined five tourism regions of Wisconsin as follows below:

### Central Sands Prairie Region

Counties in the central area: Adams, Calumet, Clark, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Juneau, Marathon, Marquette, Menominee, Monroe, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood

### Lake Michigan Region

Counties in the eastern area along Lake Michigan, including the Door Peninsula: Brown, Door, Kenosha, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Marathon, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Oconto, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan

### Lake Superior Northwoods Region

Counties in the north central and northwest area: Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Florence, Forest, Iron, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Polk, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, Vilas, Washburn

### Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers Region

South central and southwest area along the Mississippi and Chippewa rivers: Buffalo, Chippewa, Crawford, Dunn, Eau Claire, Grant, Jackson, La Crosse, Pepin, Pierce, St. Croix, Trempealeau, Vernon

### Southern Savanna Region

South central area: Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha