Established 1904

Walworth County Historical Society

The mission of the Walworth County Historical Society is to collect, preserve and share the rich history of Walworth County, the State of Wisconsin and the United States.

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Benefits of membership include unlimited use of research and genealogy centers, admission to all WCHS exhibits, quarterly newsletter from the WCHS, and invitation to the annual meeting and dinner.

The Walworth County Historical Society is an affiliate of the Wisconsin State Historical Society and has been in existence since 1904. The society is a 501 (c)3 not for profit organization.

Highlighted Collections

Webster House

Open Spring through fall
Thursday & Friday 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Saturdays 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Webster House Museum is a well maintained white clapboard house, containing Civil War and Victorian period items. The composer Joseph Philbrick Webster once owned the home. Both the structure and its famous owner played an important part of the history of Elkhorn.

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Doris M. Reinke Research Center

Open Year Round
Wednesday & Thursday 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

The Doris M. Reinke Research Center is an integral part of the Walworth County History Center. It contains a vast collection of rare books, documents, maps, photos and 3-D artifacts as well as other ephemera related to the history of the county, the State of Wisconsin and the United States.

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Veterans Museum

Open Mid May through Mid October

Thursday & Friday 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Saturdays 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Our Veteran’s Museum in the Walworth County History Center is a place honoring the men and women from those generations who served and are serving in the armed forces of the United States of America. We have artifacts from Revolutionary War until present day.
Hours are Thursday-Friday from 1-4 and Saturday 10-2.

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Genealogy Center

Open Year Round

Wednesday & Thursday 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

The Genealogy Center at the Walworth County Historical Society is a composite of donated county family histories, diaries and photo albums, county cemetery information, an obituary file, as well as a county surname file.The materials are non-circulating and access to research is available under staff supervision.

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