Open from Memorial Day through Labor Day, Tuesday through Saturday 11AM 'till 3PM. Please call for updated information and special tours.

The Three Lakes Historical Society Museum is dedicated to preserving area history, supporting community development and promoting area tourism.

The museum houses artifacts from the prehistoric past to the logging era, and into the present. It features cultural displays, pioneer musical instruments, sporting goods, old maps and much much more.

An old fashioned perennial flower garden provides the setting for this charming museum; the Johnson house, which itself is over 100 years old. Our second building, constructed in 1989, is a replica of a Civilian Conservation Corps barracks. The exterior and interior lumber of this structure was cut from trees planted by the CCC in the 1930's.

Sam Campbell, the "Philosopher of the Forest," "Cy" Williams,famous baseball great,  and Carl Marty's Northernaire & Showboat displays are but a few of the special exhibits. Our music room features many antique musical instruments and phonographs. It is named in memory of Waldemar Waech, a long time member of the historical society, and donor of many of the instruments.

Our society's project for Wisconsin's Sesquicentennial celebration is the re-assembling of an 1890 log cabin on the museum's grounds. Officially known as theGrosmann House,it has already been disassembled, and sits on the grounds where assembly will begin in spring (see above for updated information). Volunteers are welcome to lend their experience to help complete the project in time for Three Lakes Pioneer Day's celebration in August.

   The Three Lakes Historical Society sponsored and developed the Sam Campbell Forest & Hiking Trail (see above link) in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service, and was completed in 1996. This trail is one of the most popular in the Nicolet National Forest, located  on the Old Military Road which is part of the "Heritage Trail," a National Scenic Byway. A 1 mile extension of this trail was dedicated in 1997, providing a scenic hike around Vanishing Lake. Trail markings and sign posts are abundant throughout the trail, and pamphlets are available at the beginning of the trail showing sites of interest.