The Malone Area Heritage Museum is a historical museum in

Malone, Wisconsin __NOTOC__ Malone is an unincorporated community located in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin near the Sheboygan River and Mt. Calvary, in the towns of Marshfield, and Taycheedah. Malone is located in The Holyland region of Wisconsin. It is home to ...

, United States. The museum documents the history of immigrants into the Holyland region of Wisconsin. The museum is affiliated with the

Wisconsin Historical Society The Wisconsin Historical Society (officially the State Historical Society of Wisconsin) is simultaneously a state agency and a private membership organization whose purpose is to maintain, promote and spread knowledge relating to the history of N ...

. It has been in existence since 2005. It is open to the public on Thursday afternoons between 2:00 and 4:00 pm and on the second Sunday of each month.

Displays

The museum consists of two buildings. Both were purchased from Malone's co-op. One is the original train depot for Malone, which was moved across the street to its present location in early 2005. Had the building not been moved, it would have been dismantled because it was in the way of large trucks. It documents the development and usage of the

Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Railroad The Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Railroad and its predecessor the Sheboygan and Mississippi Railroad operated the line from Sheboygan, Wisconsin through Fond du Lac, Wisconsin and terminating in Princeton, Wisconsin for one hundred years (from 1852 to ...

. There is a piece of the original railroad that was dug up in a local field. The building is the final remaining depot from that line. The other building is a more recently purchased agricultural shop which is being adapted for displaying items as of 2008. Both buildings contain artifacts from activities common in the area, especially farming. Documentation and photography are displayed from the local communities of St. Cloud, Mt. Calvary and its train station at Calvary Station, Charlesburg, Dotyville, St. Peter, St. Joe,

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St. Anna According to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come on ...

, Marytown, Taycheedah, Johnsburg, and

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Images

Image:MaloneAreaHeritageMuseum.jpg, Former agricultural building under conversion Image:MaloneAreaHeritageMuseumDisplay1.jpg, Display in the agricultural building Image:MaloneAreaHeritageMuseumDisplay2.jpg, Display in the agricultural building Image:MaloneAreaHeritageMuseumDisplay3Depot.jpg, Interior of the depot building

References

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