Best places: Local history museums in Rochester

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Cantigny
Park
500 acres of gardens, golf, camping & picnic grounds, plus 2 museums, eateries & a bandshell.
4.80 (4.9K reviews) (~98.83 km from centre)
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Volkening Heritage Farm at Spring Valley
Open air museum
👍👍 Very nice farm and wonderful place to go with your family. It’s a great place to escape from urban life and to enjoy the beauty of each season. Don’t forget to visit the museum and the old house. There are a lot things you would like to see.
4.80 (458 reviews) (~80.89 km from centre)
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Chicago History Museum
History museum
Photos, artifacts, newsreels & dioramas bring to life historical events, architecture & culture.
4.60 (2.3K reviews) (~104.33 km from centre)
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Midway Village Museum
Local history museum
Exhibits of historic artifacts, household items, documents & photos plus a living Victorian village.
4.70 (578 reviews) (~80.69 km from centre)
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Heritage Hill State Historical Park
State park
48-acre outdoor living history museum on the Fox River dedicated to showcasing Wisconsin’s past.
4.70 (485 reviews) (~193.22 km from centre)
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Door County Maritime Museum
Museum
Waterfront museum with exhibits exploring the area’s maritime history & a restored tug boat.
4.60 (961 reviews) (~241.89 km from centre)
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The Toy Train Barn Museum
Museum
👍👍 This toy train barn was on our list to visit for a long time. It was closed for last two years and has reopened this year. It provides a nice time for many train enthusiast. There are many trains in the setup which are controlled through push button switches which is kind of a major attraction for t...
4.90 (200 reviews) (~129.58 km from centre)
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Oshkosh Public Museum
Museum
Local history exhibitions & programs delving into 13,000 years of human presence in the region.
4.70 (321 reviews) (~146.2 km from centre)
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Naper Settlement
Open air museum
12-acre pioneer reenactment village & indoor/outdoor museum with many artifacts & outbuildings.
4.50 (1.6K reviews) (~108.22 km from centre)
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Historic Wagner Farm
Farm
👍👍 What's not to love about this Wagner Farm?! After visiting other farms in the north/ northwestern suburbs, Wagner's farm feels so much more organic to m e. While Zebras, Camels and Giraffes are awesome to see up close, and pony rides are fun for the kids, these added attractions can also make the fa...
4.60 (355 reviews) (~81.88 km from centre)
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Norskedalen Nature & Heritage Center, Inc.
Local history museum
👍 This place is great, and a fun place to bring kids. The trails are very well maintained and would be walkable even for elderly people. I subtracted a star because the pet turtles do not have a UV light. This is inhumaine. The tank for the turtles was very clean and nice but inadequate tempreature (...
4.70 (212 reviews) (~249.83 km from centre)
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Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum and Gardens
Museum
Guided tours of a restored, Swiss-style 1865 home boasting its original furnishings.
4.70 (203 reviews) (~89.46 km from centre)
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Galena - Jo Daviess County Historical Society
Local history museum
Quaint museum in a stately Italianate mansion with exhibits on Ulysses S. Grant & the Civil War.
4.70 (171 reviews) (~184.22 km from centre)
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Chicago Tattoo & Piercing Co.
Tattoo shop
😠 I wanted to write this review only because of the after treatment I've received. The day I got my piercing everything went fine, and as they recommended, I went back 6 weeks later to check it. They didn't even take the time to check me properly, they saw it, said it was still inflamed and I should g...
4.50 (355 reviews) (~100.68 km from centre)
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The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums
Museum
Museum with tours of the Bevans Lead Mine as it was in 1845, with rides in a 1931 mine train.
4.70 (170 reviews) (~183.66 km from centre)
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Elgin History Museum
Local history museum
👍👍 Museum was extremely interesting. Love the amount of information, interactive things, history and all things on display. Totally worth the trip! Very clean place and lots of fun!
4.70 (155 reviews) (~77.98 km from centre)
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Milwaukee County Historical Society
Historical society
Small museum in a former bank building with displays on Wisconsin & Milwaukee history.
4.60 (194 reviews) (~41.88 km from centre)
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The History Museum at the Castle
Local history museum
Converted Masonic temple houses exhibits on Houdini & other significant Fox Valley people & events.
4.30 (374 reviews) (~169.7 km from centre)
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The Tower Heritage Center
Non-profit organization
👍👍 Absolutely wonderful museum. Historical items presented in each room. Loved learning about the area and its ancestors.
4.70 (89 reviews) (~75.51 km from centre)
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Galena - U.S. Grant History Museum
Museum
👍👍 This museum is a great blessing for history lovers ! It's also housed in a historic 19th century house. The exhibits are dating from the time first settlers came to Galena. Museum takes one through history, and its chronological display sails one through the timeline. Displays range from the city...
4.70 (83 reviews) (~184.22 km from centre)
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