Date and Time
Friday Jul 25, 2025
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
Fridays through August 22nd
1:00-5:00 PM
Location
2700 Madison Ave
Plover, WI 54467
Fees/Admission
Free
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Contact Information
Kimberly Kopplin
Museum Educator
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Free Family Fridays at Heritage Park
Description
Join us for Family Fridays, a free hands-on summer series filled with engaging themes, interactive activities, and educational fun for the whole family! Each week highlights a different aspect of history, offering a unique opportunity to explore, learn, and play together at the Portage County Historical Society.
July 18 – Circus
Experience the magic of the big top with circus history and activities.
Experience the magic of the big top with circus history and activities.
July 25 – Education
Take a seat in a historic classroom! Write with calligraphy pens, solve old-fashioned math problems, and learn like kids once did.
Take a seat in a historic classroom! Write with calligraphy pens, solve old-fashioned math problems, and learn like kids once did.
August 1 – Historical Home Life
From laundry day to cooking over a fire, explore daily life in a 19th-century home.
From laundry day to cooking over a fire, explore daily life in a 19th-century home.
August 8 – Commerce & Trade
Play shopkeeper for a day and learn how goods were bought, sold, and bartered long ago.
Play shopkeeper for a day and learn how goods were bought, sold, and bartered long ago.
August 15 – Historic Tradeskills
See the tools of the trade! Learn about blacksmithing and other hands-on skills from the past.
See the tools of the trade! Learn about blacksmithing and other hands-on skills from the past.
August 22 – Travel
All aboard! Explore the ways people traveled before cars and planes—wagons, trains, and more.
All aboard! Explore the ways people traveled before cars and planes—wagons, trains, and more.
Come explore the past with us—one Friday at a time!
