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  • Baraboo Holiday Tour of Homes

    Sauk County Historical Museum 531 4th Ave, Baraboo, WI, United States

    The Baraboo Holiday Tour of Homes will combine the grandeur of four historic homes with the decorations of the season to create a memorable holiday experience. The houses range in […]

    $13 – $18

  • Christmas at the Mansion – Wine & Appetizer Premier

    Sauk County Historical Museum 531 4th Ave, Baraboo, WI, United States

    Christmas at the Van Orden Mansion kicks off this year with the Wine & Appetizer Premier. This festive event pairs delicous food (come hungry) with local wines, mulled wine, festive beers, cider and hot chocolate in the setting of the mansion at night with subdued lighting. Wander the mansion to see the 11 Christmas trees […]

    $25 – $30

  • Jingle Bell Open House – Christmas at the Mansion

    Sauk County Historical Museum 531 4th Ave, Baraboo, WI, United States

    The Jingle Bell Open House has been delighting people for over 20 years combining live music, horse and carriage rides, and bountiful holiday baked goods with a mansion packed with 11 real Christmas Trees! Stop by on Saturday, December 10 from 12 to 7 pm to see the Christmas Wonderland inside the Van Orden Mansion. […]

    $8

  • Magical Mansion Tours

    Sauk County Historical Museum 531 4th Ave, Baraboo, WI, United States

    Magical Mansion Tours are back! You can book a time to see the Christmas Wonderland inside the Van Orden Mansion and enjoy live music, holiday treats and room after decorated room. Our theme this year is "The Traditions of Christmas." You'll find everything from the Nutcracker to the poinsettia. You can enter with your own […]

    $8

  • Sauk County Historical Society Museum Opens for the Season

    Sauk County Historical Museum 531 4th Ave, Baraboo, WI, United States

    The Sauk County Historical Society Museum opens for Season! A new exhibit at the Sauk County Historical Museum this year will feature people that are from or have lived in […]

    $5 – $10

  • Annual Founders’ Day Picnic

    VFW Park, Prairie du Sac 700 VFW Drive, Prairie Du Sac, WI, United States

    Commemorate the epic voyage of Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette and five other men that traversed the Fox, Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Illinois Rivers on their expedition to discover the […]

    $21

  • Sunday in the Cemetery

    Walnut Hill Cemetery 1805 East St., Baraboo, WI, United States

    Fascinating people will come back to life at the Sunday in the Cemetery – Living History Tour which will be hosted by the Society on June 25 at Walnut Hill […]

    $15 – $21

  • Christmas at the Mansion

    Sauk County Historical Museum 531 4th Ave, Baraboo, WI, United States

    Christmas at the Mansion returns this year with three days to experience the warmth, charm, and cheer of the holiday season. Throughout the historic Van Orden Mansion at 531 Fourth Avenue in Baraboo twelve real Christmas trees and the rooms they are in will be decorated taking inspiration from this year’s theme – “Stories of […]

  • Picture Perfect: Worth 1000 Words

    Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public Library 230 Fourth Ave, Baraboo, WI, United States

    Some of the Society’s best “story-telling” photos will be shown by SCHS Executive Director Paul Wolter in partnership with the Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Library. The old saying goes “a picture is […]

  • Indigenous Peoples’ Day

    Sauk County Farm S4555 County Rd CH, Reedsburg, WI, United States

    The seventh annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Sauk County on October 13 will celebrate the life and legacy of Ho-Chunk Chief Aahucoga, known in English as Chief Blue Wing. Aahucoga was a leader in the resistance to the forced removal of his people from their ancestral homelands in Wisconsin from 1840 to1874. In 1851 he […]