Ashland Historical Society Museum

 

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Welcome to Ashland Museum Web site!

Mission Statement: The Ashland Historical Society, A non-profit volunteer organization promotes the appreciation and pride of community through a visual connection to the past by collecting and preserving memorabilia and artifacts, stories and traditions and by functioning  as an educational resource.

News:  The 2009 Cemetery Walk will be held on July 4th, 2009 at St. Agnes Cemetery from 2pm to 4 pm.

New Panoramic Photo

The Museum has recently received a panoramic photo of the John Schroeder Lumber Company (1910). We have had requests for reprints and have them on order. the reprints sell for $35.00 each. Stop in an view the 5 foot long photo.

Summer hours will include Saturday from 10am -2 pm staring June 6th

 GoodSearch: You Search...We Give!

What if the Ashland Historical Museum earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can!  GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!

GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you’ll be supporting your favorite cause.

Just  click on the above link and be sure to enter Ashland Historical Museum as the charity you want to support. And, be sure to spread the word!

Add Goodsearch to your browser click on the link below.  http://www.goodsearch.com/Toolbars.aspx
 

Favorite Links

The  New Christmas Ornament

The new 12th edition and final ornament will be for sale June 1st. Its design is DePadua High School.

 Get these DVD's @ our Gift Shop  order them using the order form. Order Form

New "Mural Walk "

"Soo Line Oredock Memories"-$10.00

"Glimpses of Ashland" - $10.00

"Lake Scenes" - $10.00

    "Reflections of 2nd Street"- $10.00

    A then and now slide show of photos of Ashland's Main Street with music by Warren Nelson.

 

 

Contact Information:

Curator: Sharon Manthei

Telephone: 715-682-4911

Postal address:

Ashland Museum

509 West Main Street

Ashland, WI 54806

 

Electronic mail: ashlandhistory@centurytel.net

Ashland Historical Society Museum

Hours

Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday hours will begin in June.

Free Admission

Wanted:

Photos: -Ashland's Neighborhood Grocery Stores  - 

The museum has very little information about the many grocery stores that stood on the corners of Ashland neighborhoods. We have their names and addresses, but would love to create a photo and memory file of these stores. If you have a photo of the grocery store in your neighborhood, please bring it to the Museum so we can scan it for our files, or email the photo to us. Please scan the photo at 300dpi or higher.  If you have any stories, please share them with us by writing them down and bring or send them to  us. Without your photos or stories, the history of these neighborhood stores will not be complete.

Annual Fund Drive:

Annual Fund Drive Donation Form

 

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