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From the Manager of the Barron County Historical Society Museum
Pat Knapp

Pioneer Village Museum is nestled in the pines 1-1/2 miles West of Cameron, WI on Hwy.W(Museum Road). You will find the Pioneer Village a delight to the eye and a true educational experience as you tour through over forty buildings consisting of five large display buildings, including a one-of-a-kind exhibition hall with forty glass-front display cases filled with items from the distant pass. You will also inspect five historic log buildings that bring to mind the pioneer days. Along your way down Pioneer Street you will come across an early railroad depot, country school, dentist office, doctor's office, jail, blacksmith shop, newspaper office, library, meeting house, general store, post office, historic Ebenezer Lutheran Church, entertainment pavilion. There are ample rest areas, modern rest room facilities plus a gift shop filled with numerous hand crafted items including beautiful hand-loomed rugs.

The museum is open on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 1:00p.m. to 5:00p.m. June through Labor Day Sunday. We will open other days for group tours by appointment. For further information please call 715-458-2080 (museum) or 715-642-1327 (cell). 8a.m. to 8p.m.

The first meeting of the Barron Historical Society was held in March of 1960.
The articles of Incorporation was signed in May 18,1967.
The first activity was to organize a Junior Historical Contest for children in the Barron County Schools in April of 1961.
In 1966 a pole type building was built.
The first building moved to the museum site was the Joliet School in 1967.
Then in 1967 a 30 by 42 addition was built. Following this building, two more pole buildings were constructed
The Hedin Log House was moved to the museum in 1967.
In 1972 the Ebenezer Swedish Lutheran Church was moved to the site.
Other buildings that arrived in 1972 were the Dentist Office, Farmstead Log House, Soo Line Depot, Barbershop, General Store, and the Dallas Jail.
In 1973 the Log Barn, Post Office, and Windmill were moved to the site.
In 1973 the 4th Grade School Tours were organized. During the 3rd and 4th week in May, nearly 2,000 children from Barron County Schools and from the surrounding area tour the Pioneer Village Museum each spring.
In November of 1974 the Doctors Office arrived and the Nine-Sided Silo came in October.
In June of 1974 the large Arrowhead Museum Sign was put up across the street from the museum entrance.
In 1975 the Gas Station and Meeting House took their place on Pioneer Street.
Jerome Hall construction started in the spring of 1976 and was completed in 1978.
The Ulysses School, now the town hall, arrived in 1978.
In 2003 construction began on a new West entrance road to the museum avoiding heavy traffic through the center part of the museum.
Many new events have been added to the museum schedule during the summer, please see the Events Page for more details.

Pioneer Village Museum PO Box 242 Cameron, WI 54822
715-458-2080 (museum) or 715-642-1327 (cell)
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