Our Community Supporters
Thank you to our Business Partners! With their support, we continue to offer monthly programming, create new exhibits and continue restoration and maintenance at our four historic buildings, and work actively with the community to preserve the history of the Waupaca area. As a member of the Waupaca Historical Society, we encourage you to patronize these local businesses!
Thank you for donating to the Waupaca Historical Society and helping us preserve Waupaca and Chain O'Lakes history!
Come visit us at the Holly Center at 321 S. Main Street during our open hours on
Wednesday through Friday,
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.!
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What's Happening at the Waupaca Historical Society!
(all programs are at the Holly History and Genealogy Center unless otherwise noted)
- SUMMER HOURS:
Hutchinson House Museum OPEN on the second weekends of June, July, and August (Saturday and Sunday), 1-4 p.m.
Depot OPEN every weekend (Saturday and Sunday) from Memorial Day through Labor Day, 12-5 p.m.
OR call us for an appointment any time for a tour at the Hutchinson House Museum or Depot (please call at least two weeks in advance). - Thursday, Sept. 19, 6 p.m.: "The History and Growth of Craft Breweries in Wisconsin" with Jerry Janiszewski
- Saturday, September 21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.: Hutchinson House Museum OPEN and brat fry at Fall-O-Rama
- Saturday, Oct. 19, 6 p.m.: Hike Through History at Lakeside Cemetery
- Thursday, Oct. 24, 6 p.m.: "Waupaca Curling Club: Throwing Rocks Through the Ages" with Neil Wenberg
- Friday, Nov. 1: Yuletide Trail Cookie Tin on Sale!
- Thursday, Nov. 14, 6 p.m.: "The Men Behind the Scarf: What Vietnam Veterans Don't Talk About" with Peggy Krause
- Thursday, Dec. 5--Sunday, Dec. 8: Waupaca's Yuletide Celebration (with Yuletide Trail on Saturday, Dec. 7)
Appointments outside of open hours at any WHS buildings can be made at least two weeks in advance by calling the Holly History and Genealogy Center at (715) 256-9980 or emailing
Tracy Behrendt at