The Manitowoc County Historical Society, an outdoor living history museum located at 924 Pinecrest Road in Manitowoc, invites guests to visit during the Winter season.

Winter hours for the museum take place from November 1 through November 30 and January 1 through April 30. The McAllister House Welcome Center and Pinecrest Historical Village are closed for the month of December except for specialty programming. During the Winter season, the McAllister House Welcome Center is open and Pinecrest Village grounds are open for site strolls, Thursdays and Fridays from 10am until 2pm. Historic structures are closed for the winter season except for specialty programming. The Manitowoc County Historical Society suggests calling ahead to confirm open hours prior to your visit during our winter season as the museum may be closed for maintenance or development.

Winter Site Stroll Admission is $5 per person and children under 4 years of age are free. General Admission is always free for members! You can purchase your tickets when you arrive or pre-purchase your admission tickets.

Even though the year is winding down for the museum, there are plenty of upcoming special programs and workshops for guests to enjoy: Holiday Open House on November 14; Winter Dinner at the Meeme House: Historic Dinner Series on November 14; Holiday Blacksmithing on November 14; Holiday Printmaking on November 14; Cup Cakes and Cocoa on November 14; Behind the Seams: Military Edition on November 18; Community Craft Night on November 19 and December 17; Home for the Holidays: Themed Field Trip on November 24; A Dickens Christmas Dinner on December 4; Pinecrest Christmas on December 11 and 12; and a Holiday Wassail Walking Tour on December 12.

 

For more information about the Manitowoc County Historical Society, general admission hours, or special programs, please visit ManitowocCountyHistory.org or call (920) 684-4445.

 

 

 

About the Manitowoc County Historical Society Museum and Pinecrest Village
Nestled in the scenic rolling Ice Age Kettle Moraine countryside of Eastern Wisconsin, the Manitowoc County Historical Society is a museum of living history. This 60-acre interpretive museum of local history features a Welcome Center with local history exhibits and research services and the outdoor Pinecrest Historical Village - a collection of over 25 historic buildings with period furnishings from Manitowoc County's early settlers.

Pinecrest Historical Village began in 1970 with a land donation from the Hugo and Eleanor Vetting family.  The Village has grown to represent a reproduction of a small Wisconsin community during the early 1900s. The buildings form the commercial, social, and political core of a town and they represent several architectural styles of Wisconsin's history. The furnishings, items, and tools in the various buildings used by the Pinecrest Village interpreters are either original pieces or carefully researched reproductions.

For more information on the Manitowoc County Historical Society, contact the museum at (920) 684-4445 or ManitowocCountyHistory.org.