Appleton Historical Society would like to announce its grand opening of our new location of our museum – Appleton History Museum – at 231 W. Franklin Street on Wednesday, November 20th with a public open house from 5pm-8pm. At 5pm a ribbon cutting will take place with Appleton Mayor Jake Woodford and representatives from Appleton Downtown Inc. in attendance. This event is free and open to the public. Donations to Appleton Historical Society will be accepted and memberships available.
With the move to the new location, our hours have expanded to include Thursday nights from 5-8pm. Thursday nights will be free to the public.
The Appleton Historical Society was founded in 2010. Programming includes monthly speaker series; annual cemetery walks and other walking tours. In 2017 the Society opened its first museum at 128 N. Durkee. That location is now closed.
The museum will include temporary exhibits on Appleton Basketball, Air Wisconsin, Presto Products, Made in Appleton and a permanent exhibit on Courtney Woolen Mills with two woolen machines from the 1880s that were moved from the riverfront to our location in July. Both of these woolen machines will be operated for the public.
Museum admission is $5 a person or free for members. Museum hours are as follows:
Thurs. 12p.m.-5p.m., 5p.m. – 8p.m. FREE
Fri. 12p.m.-5p.m
Sat. 10a.m.-4p.m.
Sun. 12p.m.-4p.m
