The Preeceville Museum’s 25 theme rooms have artifacts and displays dedicated to the memory of the early pioneers of the area. The main lobby has photographs of many early pioneers and a “Preece Wall” of photos dedicated to the Preece family who donated the land for the Preeceville townsite.

Other rooms include a children’s room, sports room, olde time school room, a pioneer kitchen, a Church room, a club room, a pioneer bedroom, and a room dedicated to the veterans of both World Wars.

The varied cultures of the area are depicted in the displays and colorfully costumed mannequins in the Scandinavian, Ukrainian, and British Isles rooms.

An agriculture room shows how steam power and horse power were used by the pioneers to break and work the land. Many photos show the different ways that crops were harvested. The life size wooden milking cow complements the artifacts of the dairy room.

Another area includes a Masonic Room, an olde time general store, a loom room, a library/research room, a dentist’s room, a “Fashions Through the Ages” room, and a “nearby” towns room that has pictures and articles from all the surrounding communities. The newest rooms that have been added are electronics room, a 50’s room, and a beauty salon/washing room.

The museum has an outdoor clay oven that offers freshly baked clay oven bread during ”Old Home Week”and other events.

Location Notes

239 Hwy Avenue East

Operating Season

May – September

Hours

1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday

Admission:  By donation.