Barbed Wire Museum — Attraction in La Crosse

Very interesting, kids loved the tour and it was perfect. Not too long and the guide kept us all interested in what was being presented. He was also able to read the kids, they would lose interest on certain things and he would move on (That was only one or two things that adults would find interesting) After the tour the kids wanted to buy everything at the gift shop! I personally recommend this for an enjoyable experience for both kids and adults. You can spend 30 min there and just kinda rush through everything OR spend about 2hrs there. Lots of information and things to see! It's truly amazing what they...

Great museum that’s kind of nondescript from the outside. You’ll see the two large balls of barbed wire. Once inside it has multiple large rooms that are super carefully curated. There’s a nice woman that takes care of the museum and keep it super tidy.

They’ve everything from the history of the south west, to the uses of Barbed wire, how it was made, all the variations, and a room that’s a route 66 museum. There is art made with Barbed wire, all carefully displayed and very informative. This was one of the highlights of our route 66 trip.

It’s free but they take donations which will...

We stumbled across this museum while on a bicycle trip and found it to be quite interesting, even for those of us who hadn't really thought about barbed wire before. The fascination with barbed wire by a few individuals and their desire to record its history led to this nice little museum. Definitely worth a visit if you're...