TOUR OUR HISTORIC BUILDINGS
Take a docent-led tour through 14 historic buildings, including: late 1800’s Anderson family farmhouse, barn, granary, summer kitchen, log cabins, migrant’s cabin, sawmill and blacksmith shop.
2026 SEASON
June 9 – October 9
Tuesday – Friday, 11 am – 3 pm
Docent-led tours scheduled at 11 am and 1 pm
Adults $10; children under 18 free
(Scavenger hunt for children on the tours, with coupon for free ice cream cone at Door County Ice Cream Factory)
OPEN AIRE MARKET
2026 SEASON
June 13 through October 3
Saturdays from 9 am to 1 pm at the Corner of the Past Museum grounds.
Every Saturday morning from mid June to early October, our Open Aire Market offers fresh, locally-grown produce and prepared foods, plus locally-produced arts and crafts, all from area vendors. Children’s activities are frequently provided, and the historic Koessl Barn is open for a walk through of our new exhibit “Vacation Cottages of Sister Bay.” The restored Door County Bookmobile will be joining us on June 13. Come take a tour of this important part of Door County history!
For more information or to register your booth, click the links below.
HERITAGE PROGRAM SERIES
2026 SEASON
On most Saturdays in July and August, local artisans will demonstrate a wide variety of arts and crafts known as our Heritage Programs series.
• July 11 – Wood Carvers, Antique Woodworking Methods and Tools. Kids can make a walking stick! – Bruce Pikas and Cal Pierson
• July 18 – Rocks and Minerals for Kids with a treasure hunt – Cal Pierson
• July 25 – Building Decorative and Functional Birdhouses. Kids can decorate a mini birdhouse or feeder – Randy Ash and Linda Duke.
• August 1 – Old Time Kids Games – Bubble blowing, balloon toss, hula hoops and more – Cal and Trish Pierson
• August 8 – Coral Reefs and Door County Fossils – Art project for kids, coral paintings, Door County fossils exhibit and fossil treasure hunt – Julia Nawrot and Cal Pierson
• August 15 – Pioneer Women exhibit and presentation, and Door County landscape artist, Diane Saron
• August 22 – Old Time Summer Kitchen exhibit and presentation, and tours of early 1900’s tractors and farm equipment – Kathy and Jim Springer
• September 5 – Blacksmithing demonstration with hand smithed items for sale – Brent Hoffman
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS SERIES
Providing children with information about our past is one of the best ways to keep our history alive. We provide that little taste of history, but sometimes we just encourage them to play, to build, and to make friends.
Our array of past programs has included the chance to see what school was like in the late 1800’s, using the one-room schoolhouse that was built in the Sister Bay Area in 1866.
Take a look at our 2026 schedule!
