• Fish Or Cut Bait

    Summer camp kids get to experience a lot of outdoor activities that were essential for survival on the early American frontier

    Fish Or Cut Bait

  • 100% Wool

    April lambs quickly grow into sheep that will provide wool to be cleaned, carded, dyed, spun into yarn, woven into cloth, and ultimately turned into clothing or other textile products

    100% Wool

  • Easy As Pie

    Cooking and baking were an integral part of cultural activities on the early American Frontier

    Easy As Pie

  • Airing Our Dirty Laundry

    Every household chore on the early frontier was a challenge when compared to today

    Airing Our Dirty Laundry

  • Toddler & Preschooler Program

    Bring your toddler or preschooler to the Museum on select Saturdays to participate in activities and traditions associated with different cultural heritages.  Activities will vary each week. Please check the calendar for

    Toddler & Preschooler Program

  • Private Event Venues

    Looking for a special place to host your private event? The Frontier Culture Museum is pleased to be able to rent spaces to guests for use with their own privately hosted special events, and the success of each and every

    Private Event Venues

  • Exhibits

    To tell the story of early immigrants and their American descendants, the Museum has moved or reproduced examples of traditional rural buildings from England, Germany, Ireland, West Africa, and America. The Museum engages

    Exhibits

2019 Special Events

Additional information about daily activities and ongoing programs can also … Read More

Plan Your Trip

The Frontier Culture Museum is open seven days a week, 360 days each year. … Read More

Exhibits

To tell the story of early immigrants and their American descendants, the … Read More

WEST AFRICAN FARM HAS REOPENED! Renovations to the West African Farm Exhibit have been partially completed, so the site is once again open to visitors.  A few of the exhibit's structures remain closed as they require more extensive reconstruction, but our interpretive staff will be on hand to provide educational content for Museum visitors and school field trip groups. During the 1600s and 1700s, nearly 250,000 Africans were brought to colonial America to serve as enslaved agricultural workers, domestic servants, and artisans. Although captives were taken from a vast area of the African … Read More

Volunteer

Community volunteers at the Frontier Culture Museum help to make the museum … Read More

Support

The Foundation provides the Museum with resources for illuminating teacher … Find Out More

Private Event Rentals

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