History & Museums PLAN YOUR VISIT TO
135 E. Maple St., Lancaster, WI
SEE WEBSITE MON. - FRI.FOR 1 -HOURS 4PM
460 W. Madison St., Platteville, WI
Wisconsin does indeed start here and we can prove it. We’re even home to the Point of Beginnings. While we’re a big part of the reason Wisconsin is known as America’s Dairyland, Grant County has a deep history – literally! The Mining and Rollo Jamison Museums in Platteville tell the tale of how lead mining shaped the community and its university. Go underground and tour an actual lead mine used in the late 1800s. Learn about the railroad industry too with the Boscobel Depot Museum and Fennimore Railway Museum. Or, be a kid again with the Doll and Toy Museum in Fennimore! And our history certainly goes back long before the first European settlers. Mounds built by indigenous peoples centuries ago can still be found in the region. Come celebrate all that makes Wisconsin what it is today.
OPEN MOST SATURDAYS OPEN SATURDAYS
MAY - OCT. 10:00 AM 4:00 PM JUN. - 30 AUG. 1 - -4PM
grantcountyhistory.org
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Information on these and more at grantcounty.org/tourism/historical-info-sites
And for the History Buff... Boscobel Depot, Boscobel
Grant County Courthouse, Lancaster Grant County History Museum, (formerly Cunningham Museum), Lancaster Fennimore Railway Museum, Fennimore
Your Underground Adventure Awaits!
Doll & Toy Museum, 135 6th St., Fennimore, 608-822-4100, www.dollandtoymuseum.com GAR Hall, Boscobel Mitchell-Rountree Stone Cottage, Lancaster Rd. (Hwy. 81) and W. Madison St., Platteville, grantcountyhistory.org/visit/stone-cottage/
Mine Tours, Train Rides, and Exhibit Galleries Open Daily May-October and by Reservation Special Programs Offered Year-Round
Passage Through Time, Potosi
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Pendarvis, Mineral Point, 608-987-2122, pendarvishistoricsite.org Potosi Brewery and National Brewery Museum, 209 S. Main St., Potosi, 608-763-4002, www.potosibrewery.com The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums, Platteville Sinsinawa Mound Center, 585 Cty. Rd. Z, Sinsinawa, 608-748-4411, www.sinsinawa.org/moundcenter Stonefield, Cassville, 608-725-5210, stonefieldhistoricsite.org The Dickeyville Grotto, Hwy. 35 N., Dickeyville, 608-568-3119
405 EAST MAIN STREET | PLATTEVILLE
www.mining.jamison.museum
grantcounty.org/tourism
Southwest Wisconsin Room: Archives & Area Research Center, Karrmann Library, UW-Platteville Villa Louis, Prairie du Chien, 608-326-2721, villalouis.org
Learn about it. Experience it. Enjoy it.
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