Arts & Culture in the Wisconsin Northwoods.

Art Long Gallery

Art Long is an artist known for both painting and three-dimensional work, including sculpture, with a unique background in taxidermy.

ArtStart

Regional arts and cultural center housed in the historic Federal Building in downtown Rhinelander, featuring two gallery spaces with rotating exhibitions, art classes, kids activities, and community events.

Children's Imaginarium

A 10,000-square-foot children's museum in downtown Wausau featuring STEM exhibits, interactive galleries, a water play area, and hands-on exploration spaces for kids.

Clay Corner Studio LLC

Central Wisconsin's original paint-your-own pottery shop offering pottery painting, canvas art, glass fusing, wheel throwing, and a coffee bar with espresso.

Crandon Area Historical Society Museum

Local history museum housed in the historic Carter House in downtown Crandon, featuring exhibits on Forest County's heritage and a summer 'Music on the Porch' concert series.

D Anthony Gallery

International art gallery, atelier, and frame shop in downtown Wausau featuring female painters and sculptors, painting workshops, and life drawing classes.

Dr. Kate Museum

Dr. Kate Museum tells the story of Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb, a compassionate physician serving Northern Wisconsin communities.

Eagle River Depot Museum

Historic 1923 Chicago and Northwestern railroad depot housing railroad memorabilia, an early 1900s soda fountain interior, and an 18-foot HO scale diorama of 1910 Railroad Street. Free admission.

Eagle River Historical Museum

Vilas County's primary local history museum featuring artifacts from indigenous peoples, logging era, military memorabilia, and the history of Northwoods summer camps and resorts. Free admission.

George W. Brown Jr. Ojibwe Museum & Cultural Center

One of the most complete collections of Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe history, featuring a 24-foot dugout canoe, traditional arts and crafts, a French fur trading post replica, and a world-record sturgeon.

Greater Wausau Children's Museum

Interactive children's museum in Rothschild's Cedar Creek Mall offering hands-on activities, sensory play, music, art, and imaginative play for kids ages 0-12.

Historic Ironwood Theatre

A beautifully restored 1928 Italian Renaissance-style theater featuring hand-painted murals, outstanding acoustics, and one of only six playable Barton theater pipe organs still in their original homes. Hosts live music, comedy, dance, theater, and films.

Iron County Historical Museum

Housed in the grand 1893 Iron County Courthouse, a National Register landmark, this free volunteer-run museum features three floors of exhibits on iron mining, railroads, and local history, plus working 1923 clock tower clockworks and a weaving room.

Ironwood Area Historical Soc

Headquartered in the historic 1893 train depot, the society showcases Ironwood's social, economic, and artistic past with exhibits on train travel and iron mining, plus an archive and research center. Open Memorial Day through Labor Day.

Lake Tomahawk Museum

A small community museum and visitor center on Bradley Street in Lake Tomahawk, open seasonally from Memorial Day through Labor Day with local history exhibits.

Langlade County Historical Museum

Housed in a 1905 Carnegie library building, this free museum features three levels of exhibits spanning 10,000 years of Langlade County history, plus an early log cabin from 1878, a steam locomotive, and an art gallery.

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum

Museum dedicated to art depicting the natural world, with year-round free admission.

Moondeer & Friends Gallery

An art gallery in downtown Boulder Junction featuring the work of owner Sara Muender and over 150 local and regional artists, plus antiques, books, custom framing, and gift items. Open daily from mid-May through early January.

Northern Waters Museum

Local history museum housed in a 1937 ski chalet, featuring rotating exhibits and artifacts from the early days of the Land O' Lakes area, open summers by the historical society.

Northwoods Childrens Museum

The only children's museum in an 80-mile radius, featuring 26 interactive exhibits including a miniature town, nature area, art studio, and music room for hands-on learning.

PPHC - Railroad Museum

Free railroad museum at Pioneer Park Historical Complex featuring an authentic Soo Line Depot, the iconic '5 Spot' narrow gauge logging train, and a detailed 1950s Rhinelander model railroad layout.

Re-Tale Shop

Richard Wunsch

Photography gallery and studio of Wisconsin landscape and nature photographer Richard Wunsch, known for infrared and digital panoramic work exhibited at the Woodson Art Museum.

Rouman Cinema

Six-screen movie theater in downtown Rhinelander, open since 2000, showing current first-run films.

Shelves of Aeaea

Bookstore, herb shop, and movement studio offering books on wellness and spirituality, herbal teas and remedies, yoga classes, book clubs, and author talks.

Snowmobile Hall of Fame & Museum

The Grand Theater

Longtime venue showcasing an array of music & theater performances in a spacious, elegant interior.

Theater North

Theatre North is among the three oldest continuously operating community theatres in the United States, founded in 1964. Located in a renovated former Coca-Cola bottling plant on Lake Street, the intimate venue has staged over 130 productions and continues to showcase plays, musicals, and other live performances year-round.

Vilas County Historical Museum

Museum in Sayner with 7,500 square feet of exhibits chronicling Vilas County history, including the original 1924 Carl Eliason snowmobile and a Paul Bunyan statue out front.

Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art

This 1901 building houses a regional gallery showcasing contemporary American artists.

Woodson History Center

Houses the Marathon County Historical Society's archives in a 1914 George W. Maher-designed home. Free admission with research library, artifacts, and exhibits on local history.

Yawkey House Museum

A 1900 Classical Revival mansion on the National Register of Historic Places, featuring original Yawkey furnishings, stained glass windows, and art glass lighting. Guided tours available.