Sheboygan County Museum

09/04/2026

Visit the Museum Friday—Sunday for crafts, games, fires, and fun at the FREE) Plank Road Rendezvous 2026!

09/02/2026

September is full of exciting programs at Sheboygan County Museum!

For more information, or to pre-register for any of these events, visit https://sheboyganmuseum.org/upcoming-programs/

09/01/2026

🦫Free Weekend of Programs at the Museum this Labor Day Weekend!🪵

Beaver was the name of the game in North America from 1750-1840, and Wisconsin had them!

It’s easy to forget how important our location was to the international fur trade. That era changed Wisconsin food pathways, racial and cultural make-up, and our natural resources.

Sheboygan County Museum hosts reenactors, speakers, hands-on activities, and more at the annual Plank Road Rendezvous to help visitors step into the the truly unfathomable Fur Trade Era.

Plank Road Rendezvous will take place Friday–Saturday September 4-5, 10:00am-5:00pm, and Sunday September 6, 10:00am-1:00pm.

08/27/2026

🎉🎉100 Years is something to celebrate 🎉🎉

Rocky Knoll Health Care Center is celebrating a Centennial milestone. From the early days of open-air sun porches and tuberculosis treatment to today's modern facility providing short and long-term care, the history of Rocky Knoll is a story of a century of care for Sheboygan County and beyond.

We look forward to joining Rocky Knoll for the celebration and hope to see you there.

08/25/2026

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September 25, 5:00pm-7:15pm, walk alongside beauty, light, history, and good company as we learn about the lives of six churches in Sheboygan.

Pre-registration is required for the Historic Church Architecture of Sheboygan Walking Tour at https://sheboygancountyhistoricalsocietyandmuseum.square.site/product/historic-church-architecture-of-sheboygan-tour-september-25-/PNI7CDD5VEEOGBQIQOMUMYUG?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=false&category_id=ZAB7LQPGMRLGVSGZCWMDSKRX

08/24/2026

3 Free Talks this Labor Day Weekend!

During the Museum's annual Plank Road Rendezvous 2026, go behind-the-scenes with information on...
✨Wisconsin's Tribal Courts (Badger Talks)
✨The ups and downs in the life of Sheboygan's first fur trader
✨A family-friendly Camp Tour of the cool collections of the camper reenactors

The Museum will be buzzing with the free rendezvous all weekend, Friday-Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm and Sunday 10:00am-1:00pm!

Find out more at https://sheboyganmuseum.org/event/plank-road-rendezvous-2026/

08/21/2026

It's a wonderful life!

The Vollrath Bowl Lantern Parade has always been good at helping children and adults alike reflect on the rich life we share in the Sheboygan community. From 1935 as a Sheboygan Community Recreation Department playground program to 2026 as a historical unifier with Sheboygan County Museum, we bond over time shared together.

See SCM's large lantern at the Museum throughout September, stop by for the FREE Plank Road Rendezvous 2026 over Labor Day Weekend, and soak up a little more summer with us!

08/19/2026

💡This lightbulb maze burned out today!

📍 This NAPP Aero Map Film Test lit a false color infrared (FCIR) aerial photo series compiled by Sheboygan’s own Aero-Metric Inc in 1992.

🪾Rather than capturing colors according to the naked eye, FCIR uses color to show live vegetation (in red) versus dying (pink) or dead (green or tan) vegetation. Water appears blue with very dark areas indicating clean water and pale areas signaling high sediment levels.

🗺️ We keep this film test lit whenever the Museum is open to bring the object to life for our visitors! You can interpret the maps immediately!

It was fun to see what was providing the light all these years and, don’t worry, we have a plan so that when you visit us, it will be lit once again!

💡Visit M-F, 10:00am-5:00pm or Saturday, 10:00am-3:00pm

08/14/2026

🎆Kids are history-makers, too 🎇

See you on Monday August 17 at 8:00pm to see all the passions of our children, drawn and marked on their lanterns and illuminated proudly at the Vollrath Bowl Lantern Making & Parade!

Everyone is welcome to walk in the parade, children and adults alike. North High Drumline will lead the way, and the following organizations will join us with a large, wooden lantern, inspired by the past and by their work with youth today:

*Above & Beyond Children's Museum
*YMCA Camp Y-Koda
*Mead Public Library
*Child and Family Resource Unit Birth to Three Program
*Sheboygan Community Recreation Department

We hope we see families from our summer partnerships at
Here We Grow
Child's Play Academy
Sheboygan County YMCA
Sheboygan LGBTQ Alliance
KidStop
Mead Library Tween STEAM Camp
Mead Library Family Drop-in
Play is Healing
Hello Happiness Creativity Center

Programming sponsored in part by Kohler Foundation, Inc.

08/10/2026