SWC History Museum

Check out the new tab on our website to see pics of previous events at the Museum! swch-museum.com/events/

The South Wood County Historical Museum is open! Come view the exhibits on Tuesday-Thursday and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4.m. We can’t wait to welcome you!

With the announcement that Verso is indefinitely closing its Wisconsin Rapids division, we've got a new blog post discussing the history of paper mills in Wisconsin Rapids-swch-museum.com/blog/

We can’t wait to open our exhibits to the public on Sunday, June 14! Until then, enjoy the beauty of spring around the SWCH Museum!

New blog post about the history of local newspapers! swch-museum.com/examining-the-…

Photos from this year's #ChristmasTreeWalk are up on our blog! You can still see the trees at the Museum tonight 4 to 8 pm, tomorrow 12 to 4 pm, and Sunday 12 to 4 pm. swch-museum.com/photos-from-ch…

Historic buildings razed on West Grand Ave! See our blog post of some photos: swch-museum.com/west-grand-ave…

We posted on our blog! At the Museum, we have poster boards outlining each of the decades in the Old LHS / East Junior High School building's history. swch-museum.com/1931-lincoln-h…

See photos of old LHS (also formerly East Junior High) in our new post: swch-museum.com/photos-of-form…

See examples of old Christmas cards sent or received in the Wisconsin Rapids area: swch-museum.com/greeting-cards… #wisconsinrapids #christmascards

Read some reflections on 2017 from one of our staff members and see photos from our #christmastreewalk #wisconsinrapids swch-museum.com/connected-to-o…

Reminiscences of members of LHS Class of 1965 and friends now available on our website: swch-museum.com/collections/di… #wisconsinrapids #lincolnhighschool

Read our latest post, written by #wisconsinrapids Historian Dave Engel on the death of a close high school friend. swch-museum.com/good-friend-go…

Check out our new blog post: Witter History, Family Style swch-museum.com/witter-history…

Mrs. Emily (Mead) Baldwin (Bell) in 1972, our first year of operation. See more photos from those years on our blog: swch-museum.com/photos-from-th…

New blog post by historian Dave Engel about saying goodbye to #wisconsinrapids in 1967 swch-museum.com/goodbye-foreve…