Wisconsin Logging Museum — Attraction in Eau Claire

This museum is a wonderful place! They have a visitors center which contains the gift shop, historical film theater, a childrens play area, and displays. There are also 4 "outside" buildings. They are all fully walkable and wheelchair accessible being connected by new sidewalks. Extra buildings include Lumberjack Cook Shanty/Bunk House, Heavy Equipment Shed, Barn, and Blacksmith Shop. All out buildings are stocked with accurate equipment and interactive displays that put you up close and personal with the history of the 1800s.

What makes this museum completely worth the visit is the price! 7$ for adults and 4$ for kids aged 6-17 That's the cheapest Museum I've ever...

Good way to spend 45 minutes to an hour. Eau Claire really boomed as a logging town in the late 1800s - when Wisconsin forests were at their prime. The museum provides a short video (10 minutes or so) of the start of the industry, the heyday, and the decline. Exhibits in the museum provide information and artifacts of life in the heyday of logging. Finally, there are a few outbuildings to give one a sense for life in a camp. It was a hard way of life; and one that only lasted for a couple decades - but shows what put Eau...

I didn't actually get to go inside when I stopped by because it was closed for rhe season! 😔 But it seems like a nice place to visit when it's open. Eau Claire was well known for logging back in the day and this seems like a great place to get to know the history. It is in Carson Park next to the Chippewa Valley Museum. The Paul Bunyan and Babe rhe Blue Ox statues in the front are a fun photo op and the trees around the museum are...