Reviews of Wade House Historic Site (Museum)

Paula Gottschalk

Beautiful location, loved the Civil War event!!!

Nicholas Dassow

Fun and informative museum. Learn something new every time I go.

chris tabb

I would say it's worth the admission...

Sarah Drevs

Et us walk through

Marilyn Vander Sanden

Very interesting

Devon Sweetser

It was cool

Carl Utecht

Great place to hangout for an afternoon. We'll done exhibits

Jesse Smith

I was not prepared for how comprehensive this place is. It combines everything there is to love about participatory historical reenactment with expert knowledge about the history of Transit through Wisconsin and an amazing variety of experiences.

dforce70

Quaint historic village.

William Johnson

A nice slice of history

Maria del Carmen Arce

Very interesting...nice facility and very informative.

JP Maschke

Experienced a civil war reenactment after Parson Maschke lead a rousing tent worship service. Wade House, always reinventing itself!

Kim r

A must visit

Angela Cadena

Great experience great place to bring kids

Heather Mcgregor

Great place to visit and learn about some history.

Laurie Knobbe

Stopped by on a whim and spent 3 hours there! Costumed docents were fantastic, loved horse carriage ride around trails, grounds were beautiful! Well worth it, Lovely place for a wedding!

Kyle Kozlowski

Great property, friendly staff, and a great experiance!

Alice Andrews

Great place for family and events are well planned and interesting for all levels of people

Donald Tollefson

Went to the wade house half way point on us 23 from Fondulac people who work there very informative on the history of the wade house and its history. Would recomend going there if interested in history

Cheryl Schwahn

Spent 3 hours total here, touring the museum,horse drawn wagon ride down to saw mill,blacksmith shop,Wade house. Lot of history here.

Linda Viloria

Learned so much. Thought it would have been just another historic building. But it really was so much more with the carriage ride and if one times it right they have a civil war reenactment. Cool place a must see

Debra Sommerfeld

Got there right before closing reenactment was over.

peter rusch

Great historical tour done by a professional staff

MADISON GILMORE

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Patty Block

This place is amazing to step back into history. I especially love the civil war reenactment they have in September!

Qadgop the Mercotan

A fascinating historical display. Worth the stop and the time

Justine Barker

Been there a few times now, always something new to learn. Staff is very friendly and knowledgeable. Good family fun!

Dave Sutherland

Pricey stage coach ride for the duration, $1/min.

Pat Molitor

Went to the annual Civil War reenactment. Excellent except for the food. Too' little and not great.

John Halbach

Nice state park, clean and well organized.

Peter Grafton

Interesting place but not really all that significant. A hotel half way between two cities. I think the people of that time would find our interest in this rather amusing. There are some interesting things to do in the area though. Elkhart lake Road America raceway is nearby, and the Kettle Moraine northern unit is a mile south with some great hiking, mountain biking and camping.

Leia Stephens

My dad and I had such a great time at the Civil War weekend...I wish they had more food options though... definitely recommend this place.

Ty Arneson

Great place for historical events.

Lynn Egeland

Great historical site.

Terry Rood

Great little museum off the beaten path.

Melodie HADDON

This was an awesome place. The grandkids loved it

Sabrina Weidner

Awesome historical place to take the kids.

Deanna Krebs

Way too expensive. Not enough staff.

rose wood

Part guided. Part self guided. Ride the wagon to the Wade House. Ride back or walk the nature path to see the wagon & carriage museum.

Kari White

This was the 3rd time my family has visited the Wade House and we always enjoy it! We went to the Christmas celebration and enjoyed seeing the period decorations, strung cranberries and popcorn, made old fashioned toys, enjoyed hot cider and plum pudding, went on a scavenger hunt, and decorated gingerbread cookies. It was a very fun afternoon!

Suzanne Ramirez

My girls loved participating in their Pioneer day camp and we had a good time touring the site. I would love to go back another time when it wasn't raining.

Janet

This is a local gem I had never visited before. During the winter months the building and grounds are closed except for their monthly Hearthside Dinners. This was an opportunity for 15 visitors to participate in preparing a meal like the Inn would have served to the stagecoach passengers. The docents were delightful and kept the experience very close to authentic. I loved this experience!

J S

Great museum, friendly staff and a good learning experience.

K UU

State of the art building and property. Historic horse carriage museum, gift shop, small restaurant, large conference room. Perfect for enlightenment, weddings, reunions or events.

Jeff Filen

Cool blacksmith shop

Sally Balson

If you love interactive history visit to discover a stage coach stop and carriage collection

Alan Jilla

Lots of fun

Cori Lorenson

Nice

Paul Mongin

We had a wedding here, and we're absolutely floored by how great the venue and staff were. The costs were very affordable and the event coordinator helped us out a ton with a few thorny issues that popped up during planning. The day of she was there the entire time and helped in a hundred large and small ways to make sure everything went smoothly. For those not looking at booking a wedding or event here... The carriage museum is great and has a lot of child friendly activities, and the carriage rides and grounds are gorgeous. Extremely worth the visit and very easy to spend a day exploring the grounds.

tessa shaffer

Great learning experience. Great people. Loved it and we will definitely be back as they always have something going on.

Bonnie Burroughs

Great place!

Jamie Levens

Loved the Civil War reenactment

Anne Preston

Terrific organized events scheduled yearly☆☆☆☆☆

Leslie Bonk

Great fun for kids and adults. History made fun and the blacksmith shop demo is great.

Jon Anderson

Great place for historical information.

Karen Buntrock

One time experience

Sarah Stroy

Beautiful

Scott Darling

Great spot for a wedding. Fans in the ceiling would help with the excessive heat during the wedding, though.

Connie Mckenzie

Nice trails

Michelle Williams

Wonderful guides and interesting information. Beautiful setting!

chase banike

Great place

Kay Dee

Different from when I was a kid. Got there too late to go to houses. Will try another time. Neat museum.

John Horzen

Nice place to visit. Super Carriage House and meat grounds and hands on experiences for kids.

William Fale

Awesome historical site. Awesome programs and a very dedicated, knowledgeable and friendly staff.

Benjamin Phelps

Came for George Washington birthday ball. Live music and great food at the end.

Jim Heller

Very nice display of carriages.

Scott Osborne

This was an excellent getaway. Took my kids (21,12,9) all enjoyed it. I went during colder weather and still got to do a horse drawn carriage ride to the Wade house from the museum. Took lots of pictures. Knowledgeable staff at the museum. Can't really say more.... I'll be visiting again for sure.

Jeffrey Meek

A must see

Kim McCarty

Very nice, we enjoyed the tour

Tim Weidner

Worth visiting

Erin Cook

Wonderful!!

Landen Azzolina

love it

Dennis Erdly

Beautiful Facility

Matthew Kleckner

A nice place and nice museum.

Scott Barker

As members of Wisconsin Historical Society we've been to Wade house many times. This was our first time there for Carriage days it was wonderful we spent one day plan on spending both days next year

Robin Whitney

Beautiful building, walking trails, helpful and welcoming people. Great place to take your family for a day. Place to picnic and eat outside!

Adam Harden

This interactive museum has a wonderful selection of historic artifacts with great documentation. The interactive carriage exhibit is wonderful. A horse drawn wagon ride around the rest of the grounds adds to the immersion. The blacksmith and wade house offer a great glimpse into historic Wisconsin. We visited during the Civil War days and we were blown away (pun intended).

Daniel Bjerre

The size of this historic site is perfect for an afternoon learning adventure. A horse drawn carriage takes you from the museum to the carriage house, forge and sawmill. Each site has actor guides with interesting stories about mid 19th century Wisconsin. On our visit we got to take a side trip to see a horse drawn plow demonstration.

Kathy Massmann

Very informative guided tour of the property and of the family history in Wisconsin. The tour included a horse drawn wagon ride through the farm land and woods out to the homestead. Then a tour in the blacksmith barn to watch and learn from a demonstration . A guided tour through the entire Wade house, 3 floors of rooms. A horse ride back to the museum and a self walking tour of the carriage museum collection with interactive displays. Well worth a trip to spend time, back into history.

Wynn Buege

Excellent displays and the staff was terrific to work with !

scott bowen

Beautiful mid 1800's stage coach stop. It restoration is good and authentic. Visit a working saw mill, blacksmith shop and a large carriage museum with over 70 carriages.

gerald whitby

Lots of perfectly restored carriages buggys and sleighs

Sherry Ottery

Attending the Arts and Crafts show. Do many talented people, beautiful items, great food.

Adam Keys

Fun day for the whole family

Eric Stone

Grounds and tours are fun for kids and adults

Chuck Geier

Every visit is always interesting and always a new experience

Sherie Yerges

Love it here

Connie Beschta

Loved the wagon ride Tour guide very informative Loved the carriages

Jonathan Mongin

We were here for a wedding, the staff was extremely accommodating, and the museum is fun and we'll put together.

Lori Wilson

Very historic beautiful grounds

Esther Larios

Nice area to visit

Jan Housley

Thoroughly enjoyed our visit. The docents did a fabulous job of making the history come alive.

Rollie Littlewood

It's "off-season", but had a wonderful visit to two displays in the main building - quilts (small, temporary) and carriages

Jim Hayes

We enjoyed the Buffalo Bill Wild West show.

Margaret Hunt-Wilson

So much history displayed in an engaging way! Everyone should visit.

Adam Springer

Lovely example of early Wisconsin life

Brenda Hackbarth

Our family had a private cook our own breakfast to start the day. Fabulous time, great instruction and really fun to cook in the period kitchen. We also enjoyed the rest of the grounds, blacksmith, sawmill and carriage House/museum.

A Recker

Always like going here! The old welcome center should be used for something. Its a nice building. We never get sick of this place.

Delia Link

It was awesome...loved the horse and wagon ride to the house...the carriage museum was super cool! So much history! My 12 year old actually loved it! Score!

Toby Ferrell

Great place to learn about a bygone era. Very clean and spacious. We only toured the carriage museum and had a really nice time. Great ham sandwich from their cafe.

Patriot log home Builders

Positivity charming! Buggy ride brings you back into time. The grounds in the bubbling Creek are delightful. An informed tour guide educates gracefully dressed in authentic clothing.

Julie Cee

Historic and beautiful place for a wedding in one of the older buildings...too bad it rained but it was romantic and memorable location

wayne copus

Nice place with a lot of history

Daniel Kohli

The sawmill is fully functional, the staff is nice.

Ray Challenger

Got there too late and am so hooked I'll return to see it fully another time !!

DJ Meyer

Lots of history when it comes to old wagons. Beautiful displays of old.

William Wattson

One of the best carriage museums in the world. Also a nice venue for carriage driving events.

Kris Hillis

Fantastic.

Natalie Coon

Only has horses in summer. Awesome museum!

TJ Lopez

neat place!

Richard G

We've got annual passes to The State historical sites, and this is included. Nicely preserved buildings. Horse drawn carriage rides and working saw mill very nice. Antique carriage museum.

timothy bantz

We had a great time here. It is a rich history site and very well laid out. The docents are friendly and knowledgeable. Well worth a few hours or a dsy.

Janice Davies

Arts & Crafts Fair. Same vendors as last year.

Mary Plansky

Good place for family outing and educational for all

Paul Campbell

Great historical site with great restorations and wonderful carriage museum. Very enthusiastic docents and staff.

Dale Brown

Great! Educational and interesting. Staff was superb.

Sue Guttenberg

Love this tour, boat ride, beautiful property and the tour guides were wonderful

Kathy Hyatt

Very good experience. Story teller was very good. Sawmill worker & blacksmith also. I learned a lot of history. Visitor center had a very pleasant and helpful woman.

Ethan Perleberg

Fun yo learn from

Elissa Gaetzke

Great place for a field trip! The staff did a wonderful job!!

Bradleigh Cooksey

I like this place because it's beautiful. I like this place because it's beautiful.

Robert Hawthorne

Civil war event was great this year. Wade House in general is very educational and fun.

Cindy Brinkman

Amazing! Take the kids for some eye-opening views on modern conveniences.

James Laird

Excellent site. Many items to see.

Parker Braatz

This place is awesome. I went with my school on a field trip there. There was a lot of things to do. I would definitely recommend going there.

Christopher Anderson

Awesome! Hidden gem in Sheboygan County!