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Museum of Woodcarving - The Museum of Woodcarving is the world's collection of wood carvings created by one man, Joseph T. Barta.  The museum is now owned and managed by Maria McKay.  Inside, you will find 100 life-size figures and more than 400 miniature figures carved over 30 years.  Most of the life-sized carvings follow a biblical theme - his depiction of the Last Supper, for instance, took over four years to complete.  The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from May 1 through October 31.  For more information, please Click Here.  The Museum is located on Highway 63 on the north side of town.  The phone number is (715) 468-7100.

 

•Washburn County Historical Museum - Located along Highway 63 one block south of the Courthouse in the Washburn County Historical Society Museum.  It is located in what was the St. John's German Lutheran Church, built in 1888.  It was donated to the Historical Society in the late 1970's to be used as a museum.

The Museum outgrew the church and so, in 1989, the adjacent home, which had been the church parsonage, was purchased for use as an annex.  Then, in 1991, the former Beaver Brook one-room rural schoolhouse was moved to the site.  Also on the site is a building once used as a base for searching the sky for enemy aircraft during World War II.

Visitors will discover photos, furniture, clothes and hundreds of other items depicting the area's history - logging, lumbering, farming, boat building and railroading.  There are also examples of the area's military participation from Indian arrowheads to Army medals.  The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Friday and Saturday during the summer (June-Labor Day).  Their phone number is (715) 468-2982.

More information about the Washburn County Historical Society can be had by writing to PO Box 366, Shell Lake, WI 54871.

 
•Theatre in the Woods & The Erika Quam Memorial Theatre - Theatre in the Woods presents several shows throughout the year at the Erika Quam Memorial Theatre, located at 605 First Street.  For more information, please see http://www.titw.org/
 
Shell Lake Arts Center - The Shell Lake Arts Center provides several concerts throughout the summer, including several concerts at the Shell Lake Pavilion in Memorial Park.  To the right is a picture of a show choir performance.  To learn more about the educational courses offered at the center, and for a concert schedule, please visit their web site, www.shelllakeartscenter.org .
 

•Monarch Butterfly Habitat-   The habitat is located on the Shell Lake lakeside, along a multipurpose trail just north of Memorial Park.  It is only a short walking distance to downtown, and there is parking nearby.

     More information is available online at http://happytonics.wordpress.com  .  You may also visit Happy Tonics, Inc. at 23 Fifth Ave (Main Street), or by mail at PO Box 17, Shell Lake, WI 54871.

 
 
 
 

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