History Museum at the Castle

📸 Appleton's Ryan High School students, principal and faculty circa 1894

📸 Afghan Neighbors exhibit in the Capitol, July 2025

In 2024, the History Museum and World Relief Wisconsin joined together to create our newest travelling exhibit titled Our Afghan Neighbors. The community’s response to this exhibit has been overwhelmingly positive. Thanks to our community partners, this exhibit has been shared with over 70,000 people since it's inception!

We are closed today, 5/25/26!

This video from Uniquely Wisconsin gives you an inside look into our Museum, and our mission! We're glad we had a chance to work with Discover Wisconsin thanks to Outagamie County Executive - Thomas Nelson !

Outagamie’s Past Preserved | Inside The History Museum at The Castle | Uniquely Wisconsin From the Freemasons to Harry Houdini: Discover the unique past of Fox Valley. Step inside the History Museum at the Castle, a cultural treasure in the heart ...

The Museums for All national initiative encourages all Americans to visit museums regularly and build lifelong museum habits. Through this program, visitors who present an EBT, SNAP or Wisconsin Quest card receive discounted admission to the Castle for up to 4 family members!

We’re in the news! Read more about Amelia’s work with the King of the Sea, here:

Paleontologists Discover an Ancient Marine Reptile They've Dubbed the T. Rex of the Sea, Crowning Another King of the Cretaceous Scientists figured out that the predators were lumped in with a previously named mosasaur species. The new one, called Tylosaurus rex, could grow to 43 feet long, about the length of a school bus