menominee indian tribe of wisconsin logging museum

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Street Address: Menominee Logging Camp/Museum Historic Preservation P.O. Box 910 Keshena, WI 54135   Phone: (715) 799-5258 Tours: (715) 799-3757 Fax: (715) 799-5295 Director: David Grignon Tour Guide: Roxy
The Menominee Logging Camp Museum is located off State Highway 47 on County Highway VV West, just north of Keshena. From Green Bay take State Highway 29 west to Shawano, turn right (North) on State Highway 47/55 to Keshena. Stay on State Highway 47 through Keshena, about 1/4 mile; across the Wolf River. Take the first left on County Highway VV west and the museum entrance is the first road on the left.	Rates 10-15 Years Old $ 5.00 16 Years and Up $ 10.00 Senior Citizen $ 7.00 Family/Group Rates Call for Rate   Group rates by special arrangement with the museum director at least one week prior to the tour date.
Welcome to the Logging Museum of the Menominee Nation! We boast the largest collection of logging artifacts in the World. There are more than twenty thousand artifacts spread out in each of the seven log buildings next to the Wolf river. This river played a key role in early Wisconsin logging. Dorothy and Jacque Vallier paid for the construction of the seven camp buildings and a caretakers residence. (P. 85 Tour Book) Menominee Tribal Enterprises donated all the lumber and logs. Mr. Vallier worked as a "bull cook" or cooks helper in the upper peninsula of Michigan as a teenager. From then he carried a lifetime interest in forest and wildlife conservation and logging history. After amassing the collection, Mr. and Mrs. Vallier donated all the artifacts to the Menominee Indian Historical Foundation. The museum is a reproduction and restoration of a base logging camp typical of those found in the lake states between 1860 and 1910.
Tour duration: 1 - 1 ½ hours.	Season Open: May 1st until October 15th

Last Updated: Wed August 27, 2008