The Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum offers unique tours designed to excite your curiosity and stretch your imagination as you peer into Waukesha County’s past, contemplate the present, and dream about the future.

The New Berlin Historical Museum is comprised of four buildings, a general store and barn, an 1863 school house, an 1850s log cabin, and an 1870s farm house. The 1870s farm house was occupied by only two families, the second of which resided there until 1969. The...

This stately Greek Revival Inn, once stood at the corner of Bluemound and Watertown Plank Roads. It was built in 1842 by Talbot Dousman, whose brother’s son Hercules, later built the Villa Louis in Prairie du Chien. In 1857, Daniel Brown purchased the property and...

Ten Chimneys, the National Historic Landmark estate created by theatre legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, is open to the public as a world-class house museum and national resource for theatre, arts, and arts education.

This Greek Revival Inn, built by Nelson P. Hawks, has been described as an "unsurpassed example of an early stagecoach stop." It was the center of social and political life in the frontier village of Delafield, Wisconsin. Built two years before Wisconsin became a...

This eight-acre site, leased to the Muskego Historical Society, has five structures that have been relocated from the surrounding area. The site also contains an isolated natural resource area of wetlands and woodlands with a mixture of hardwood species. Historical...

The Milwaukee County Zoo is a zoo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operated by the Milwaukee County Parks Commission. The zoo houses 1,800 animals and covers an area of 200 acres (800,000 m²). It is noted for the first birth of polar bears and siamangs in captivity. The zoo...

Trace the development of West Allis from a tiny frontier settlement to a thriving city. Discover the charm of the past in the museum's collections and displays.

Boerner Botanical Gardens are botanical gardens located on the grounds of Whitnall Park in the village of Hales Corners, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. The gardens are named for Alfred Boerner, who designed the original five formal gardens. The Annual, Perennial, Rock,...

Trimborn Farm is a Victorian era estate located in Greendale, Wisconsin and owned by Milwaukee County. Spanning 7.5 acres (18.5 hectares) and nine buildings, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The farm is also a State Historic Site and...