Rosalie Kittleson darose@centurytel.net  ~ Judy Wester westdale@centurytel.net  

Thank you for visiting the Polk County Museum Website!
Our website address is PolkCountyMuseum.com
We are located on Main Street in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin
Hours:
Sundays thru Saturday 12:00 - 4:00
Including Holidays
Admission Prices
Adults $3 ~ Students $1
Children Under 12 Free when accompanied by an adult

Thanks to efforts of the Polk County Historical Society, much of our county's past has been preserved for future generations. Preserving our rich heritage began when the society was formed in 1937. Perhaps its most important accomplishment is the operating of the Polk County Museum. The old courthouse that was built in 1899 and is on the National Register of Historic Places was converted into three floors of galleries in 1976.

If you walk through the museum, you get a sample of life around the early 1900's. The more than fifty galleries feature a fully equipped general store, blacksmith shop, barbershop, early kitchen, hardware store, bedroom and parlor, ethnic exhibits, military room, and the Native American room which even houses a wigwam.

 
Join the Polk County Historical Society. Meetings are on the 4th Tuesday of every month at the Polk County Center Building. This old courthouse is the museum, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

<< First Floor Galleries

  • Early Polk County
    • Barber Shop
    • County Store
    • Doctor's Office
    • Hat & Shoe Shop
    • Insurance Office
    • Town Square
  • Fine Arts
    • China
    • Glass
    • Pottery
    • Lighting
    • Clocks
  • Military
    • Civil War - Iraq
  • Native American
    • Wigwam
    • Arrowheads
    • 1880 Canoe
    • Beadwork
  • Fishing & Hunting
  • Life & Times Exhibit
    • Court Chamber
    • Victorian Parlor
    • Victorian Bedroom
    • School
    • Log Cabin Furnishings
    • Church
    • Fashions
    • Buttons
    • Cards
    • Musical Instruments
    • Cards
    • Musincal Instruments
    • Polk County Communities
  • Ethnic Exhibits
    • Danish
    • Swedish
    • Norwegian
    • German
    • Irish
    • Scottish
    • English
    • French
    • Jail
    • Shop
    • Farming
    • Railraod
    • Electricity
    • Toys/ Dolls
    • Post Office
    • Brick Making
    • Hardware Store
    • 1930 Gas Station
    • Kitchen
    • Laundry
    • Tin Shop
    • Saddles
    • Honey Extraction
    • Saddles
    • Sleighs
    • Potato Farming

 
 

Tours and Information
(715) 485-9269
Rosalie Kittleson darose@centurytel.net
Judy Wester westdale@centurytel.net
   
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