Bruce Museum: Preserved by Bruce Area Historical Society

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Bruce Museum: Preserved by Bruce Area Historical Society The Bruce Area Historical Society (est. 1985) oversees the Bruce Museum & Apollonia Church. Please message us if you would like to set up an appointment.

The Bruce Museum contains a collection of Digitized Bruce & Apollonia Newsletters, plat books, local cemetery records, family history files, and so much more for anyone to view and research. The Bruce Museum is also home to a collection of photographic prints, old books, memorabilia, and local artifacts. The museum is open June through August on Wednesdays from 10am-2pm or by appointment. The museum is managed and maintained entirely by volunteers. Funds for the museum in the form of membership dues and donations are always welcome and encouraged. This money is used to maintain computer equipment and the building. If you are interested in becoming a member, dues are as follows:

Annual: $5 for single, $10 for family. Life Membership: $50.00 for single, $75.00 for couples. Donations are also accepted. If you are interested in becoming a member or making a donation, send your name, address, phone number, and email address along with a check and what the money is for to Bruce Area Historical Society, PO Box 155, Bruce WI 54819

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๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ! ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ, ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ!
10/11/2026

๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ! ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ, ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ!

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜† ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜.
10/11/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜† ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜.

๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ?The Blain brothers, Claude and Bert, grew up in Weyerhaeuser. Their business history began there in the lat...
10/07/2026

๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ?

The Blain brothers, Claude and Bert, grew up in Weyerhaeuser. Their business history began there in the late 1920s, with a garage, farm implement sales, and a Chevrolet and Oldsmobile dealership. Over the years, their business interests expanded to other communities, including Bruce and Ladysmith.

So the Blain business in Bruce wasn't where their story began. Bruce was one part of their business history, which started years earlier in Weyerhaeuser.

Sources: Bruce Museum Archives; Blainโ€™s Farm & Fleet History

๐ŸŽƒ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ! ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป! ๐Ÿ‘ป
10/05/2026

๐ŸŽƒ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ! ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป! ๐Ÿ‘ป

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ.
10/03/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ.

09/30/2026
Homecoming 1966 โ€” the Homecoming floats!The juniors took first place in the float competition.From the 1967 โ€œBruceterโ€ y...
09/25/2026

Homecoming 1966 โ€” the Homecoming floats!

The juniors took first place in the float competition.

From the 1967 โ€œBruceterโ€ yearbook, the Bruce Museum archives take us back to Homecoming days in Bruce 60 years ago.

Homecoming 1966 โ€” a look at the Bruce High School football team!Bruce came out on top, 21โ€“6, over Flambeau.From the 1967...
09/23/2026

Homecoming 1966 โ€” a look at the Bruce High School football team!

Bruce came out on top, 21โ€“6, over Flambeau.

From the 1967 โ€œBruceterโ€ yearbook, the Bruce Museum archives take us back to Homecoming days in Bruce 60 years ago.

Homecoming 1966 โ€” a look back!From the 1967 โ€œBruceterโ€ yearbook, the Bruce Museum archives take us back to Homecoming da...
09/22/2026

Homecoming 1966 โ€” a look back!

From the 1967 โ€œBruceterโ€ yearbook, the Bruce Museum archives take us back to Homecoming days in Bruce 60 years ago.

09/21/2026

Another Museum Season Comes to a Close

Thank you to everyone who visited the Bruce Museum this season and to all of our volunteers who help preserve and share Bruce-area history.

The museum is now closed for the season, but visits can still be arranged by calling 71 5-415-4697 or 715-415-6314 for an appointment, as weather allows.

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115 E River Avenue, PO Box 155
Bruce, WI
54819

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