Sheboygan County Historical Museum, Local museum in Sheboygan, United States.
The Sheboygan County Historical Museum is a local museum complex in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, spread across multiple historic buildings. The collection spans thousands of objects documenting various aspects of regional life, from farming and trades to maritime activities and local industries.
The David Taylor House, built in the early 1850s by County Judge David Taylor, became county property around 1900 and housed the Sheriff's Office and county jail from 1915 to 1936. It was leased to the Sheboygan County Historical Society in 1949, and the museum opened on its first floor before expanding to the whole building in the early 1970s. A new museum building opened across the grounds in 1997.
Changing exhibits at the museum cover Native American history, ice harvesting, maritime life, the circus, local sports and early agriculture. The 1890s Schuchardt Barn holds rural agricultural displays, while the 1867 Bodenstab Cheese Factory keeps early commercial cheese-making implements. A classroom and museum store are also on the grounds.
The complex sits in Taylor Park on the city's west side, reached by Taylor Drive, the west-side beltline road. The David Taylor House, Weinhold homestead, Schuchardt Barn and Bodenstab Cheese Factory stand on the same grounds, so allow time to walk between them. Taylor Park also holds the county veterans memorial and the Taylor Park Reservoir.
The 1867 Bodenstab Cheese Factory is one of the buildings on the grounds, kept with early commercial cheese-making implements. It shows how cheese was made for sale rather than only for a household, a trade tied to the county's dairy farms.
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