Badger Mine and Museum
279 W. Estey Street
(608) 965-4860
Museum Hours:NEW HOURS
Open Memorial Day thur Labor Day- Wednesday - Thursday- 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Friday- Sunday- 11:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m.
Closed Monday & Tuesday- Excluding Holidays
Take a guided tour of the Badger Mine & Museum. Newly renovated in 2006, the museum contains artifacts from Shullsburg's 179 year history, and shows how life was in Wisconsin's early mining communities. Exhibits focus on some of Shullsburg's most important industries, including mining and cheesemaking, but also on day-to-day life through the decades.
See the recreated shops and exhibits of the early mining town. Gaze at the early mining tools, ore specimens and learn the methods used to extract lead with the pick, gad and black powder.
The museum's newest acquisition, a fully functional replica of the Eagle Pitcher Mine, which operated near Shullsburg, offers a glimpse at how more modern mines functioned, until their closure in the 1970s.
After soaking in Shullsburg's history, descend 51 steps with your tour guide into a hand-dug nineteenth century lead mine. Although the tour route provides ample open space, you can marvel at the small side tunnels and wonder how men could work within such confined spaces.
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Exhibits in the Badger Mine and Museum, demonstrating
Shullsburg's lead mining and cheese making industries
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Recreated general store, complete with waiting
checkers board, at the Badger Mine & Museum
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Medical equipment from the late 19th and early
20th century on display at the Badger Mine & Museum
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A functioning model of the Eagle Picher
mine, which operated in nearby Galena, now
displayed at the Badger Mine & Museum |
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The Brewster Hotel sign, riddled with bullet
holes, offers proof of the 1927 Shullsburg
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Directions to Shullsburg's Badger Mine & Museum
From State Highway 11: Enter Shullsburg's historic Water Street and turn left by the Gazebo, onto Galena Street. Follow Galena Street along Badger Park before taking a left on Estey Street, where parking for the museum is available.
From Illinois, on County Road O: enter Shullsburg from the South and turn right on Galena Street. A quick right onto Estey brings you to the museum and Badger Park.
Wheelchair accesible parking is available on Galena Street, along the west side of Badger Park, near the park's baseball diamond.
Map to Badger Mine and Museum
Museum and Mine Tour Rates: Adult $5.00; Child under 10 $3.00; Senior Citizens $4.00.
Museum Tours Only: Adults $3.00; Child under 10 $1.50; Senior Citizens $2.00
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