waukesha county historical society & museum
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We are Les Paul fans, which drew us here for the special exhibit honoring "The Wizard of Waukesha," but enjoyed the other exhibits, as well. Very nice Civil War displays and a travelling program from Canada that chronicled the Underground Railway and some of the local contributions to that effort. Yes, it's a small museum, but, in our experience, sometimes those are the best!
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We had been hoping to make it here on one of our trips to Wisconsin ever since we learned about the opening of the "Wizard of Waukesha" exhibit devoted to the life of native son Les Paul. We were not disappointed!The historical society has done a lovely job with the museum including many local items of interest in this historic building. The Les Paul section contains guitars and other items one might expect, but also delightfully personal touches such as trophies he constructed and awarded to his mother and to his wife, Mary Ford.Very enjoyable!
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We visited during their "Night at the Museum" event. There were some interesting exhibits that I didn't expect for a small, local museum. The actors in the "Night at the Museum" show were working their hearts out to engage our somewhat-shy boys. I've recommended this museum to other moms in my neighborhood. It's a nice little diversion some weekend afternoon that provides some variation from the usual min-golf/sports/movie theater recreation that we all typically engage in with our kids. We haven't gotten around to it yet, but I fully intend to plan another trip to the museum to enjoy it when it's not a "Night at the Museum" event
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This was a nice little museum three floors with the best of it being the Les Paul exhibit. I stress little because not all rooms were filled on all the floors but still was informative the price was fairly reasonable.if you're into guitars you would know about the Les Paul guitars. That was a great exhibit. get your picture with Les Paul, play a Les Paul guitar and learned about some of his inventions ,very informative.
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There is everything you wanted to know about Waukesha in this small museum. Also just added a small section on Les Paul.
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The one thing about this museum that is good is the exterior architecture of the building and you can enjoy that without wasting your money on the admission fee.It would be suitable for a grade-school field trip, but beyond that, don't bother.
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A great County Museum with a focus on County history. Now working a Les Paul Museum! This Museum has a great program for students and a wonderful summer program!
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This museum has a little bit of everything - some exhibits better than others.Their featured exhibits are usually good like the current Les Paul exhibit. Last year we saw a biographical exhibit on Owen Gromme, a WI artist. Check before you go.
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They just recently opened a brand new exhibit honoring Les Paul. Les Paul was known for his guitars and great music. He also was born here in Waukesha and would return here once in awhile. He is also buried here at the Prairie Home Cemetery. The grave site can also be visited.They do have other exhibits not pertaining to him in the museum. Also Gibson guitar picked Waukesha as one of the guitar cities. There are huge guitars on display in the downtown area. Including one in front of the museum. Also on Friday nights through the summer they close Main Street for Friday night live. They have 9 different stages with all different type of music being played. The groups change weekly. They have 1000's of people show up most weeks. No fee for FNL but the museum does charge. Food available for FNL.
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After moving to this area and visiting the museum, I was amazed to learn the history of the "healing waters" of Waukesha. Apparently, people used to come to Waukesha from all over the world to drink and/or bathe in the water from the springs, which were thought to have healing properties. There are still one or two springs in the area that have not been capped off and can be viewed. Being the birthplace of Les Paul, there are now numerous artistic guitars, large and small to be viewed throughout the town as well as some history in the museum. Well worth the time!