Visit the room devoted to Lorine on the second floor of the Frank and Luella Hoard House at the Hoard Historical Museum. Learn why Niedecker’s international reputation continues to grow and why her poetry is now ranked among the finest of the twentieth century. Her precise and spare use of words in the Objectivist style…
Approximately 500 birds peer back at you when you enter this unusual room on the second floor of the Frank and Luella Hoard House at the Hoard Historical Museum. This includes birds mounted by famed naturalist Thure Kumlein and taxidermist Walter Pelzer. Also included in this display is a beautiful example of the extinct passenger…
Step into our immersive Mysteries of the Mounds gallery to explore the history and culture of the Native Americans of the late Woodland period. Take a peek inside a replica keyhole pit house to see how they survived and thrived in Wisconsin. This gallery opened in April, 2009, and contains a diorama of a Late…
Here you can relive the 1832 Black Hawk War and learn about General Henry Atkinson and the Sauk Warrior, Black Hawk. In the Lincoln Era Exhibit, you can discover Abraham Lincoln’s involvement in the Black Hawk War and learn about his only military experience before becoming Commander-in-Chief. The Abraham Lincoln Exhibit explores both Abraham Lincoln’s…
Board Officers Lori Bocher, President Angela Nelson, Vice President Josh Kline, Treasurer Ross Hipp, Secretary Elected Board Members Bonnie Geyer Nick Hamele Jenny Kalvaitis Marie Nelson Chris Rodgers Gary Thom Standing Members Bruce Johnson, City Council Representative Steve Larson, National Dairy Shrine Representative Merrilee Lee, Museum Director Rebecca Houseman, City Manager
The Hoard Historical Museum started as a project of the Fort Atkinson chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1933. The ladies met in the home of Luella Hoard with the goal of celebrating the city’s centennial in 1936. The DAR collected historic artifacts and stored them in a basement room of the…
The Hoard Historical Museum recently announced its upcoming programming for Saturday, September 6. Beginning at 10 a.m. and ending at 12 p.m., the 1901 Historic Water Tower and the 1841 Dwight and Almira Foster House will be open for public tours. The 1841 Foster House is located at the rear of the Hoard Historical Museum…