Supported by The Thorp Area Historical Society

Located at 307 West Birch Street, Thorp, WI

Open the first weekend of each month, Memorial Day to Labor Day, from 1-4 p.m.;

 also June 24 & 25, 2017 from 1-4 p.m.; July 22, 2017 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Oct 7 from 1-4 p.m.;

Or by appointment:

 Sue K.: Home 715-669-5940; Cell 715-773-0102

or Ellen: Home 715-669-5021

This new museum first opened in 1995 in the former St. Hedwig's rectory, 2 miles east of Thorp. It recently moved to its new location in the city. Its collection has continued to expand and change.  Special features include antique and colored dishes, clothing, home furnishings, children's toys, quilts and other needle work.  There are numerous collections of old photos, publications, family histories and yearbooks plus a wide range of items which are on private loan to the museum.  Special theme rooms show how people and industry cooperated in the development of the Thorp area. It is utter delight for a family historian to visit such a treasure trove of information and spend a leisurely afternoon exploring past generation of the area.  There is something of interest in every corner!

"The Old General Store" as it looked when it was in the basement of the old St. Hedwig's
rectory ( about 2005, when the Thorp Area Museum was located there).