The Three Lakes Historical Society is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing historical and cultural artifacts related to the history of the community of Three Lakes and the surrounding area. Our organization is guided by an elected board of directors, a museum curator, museum assistant, and volunteer docents.

Our museum consists of a "period house," two exhibit halls, and five specialized collections buildings. Artifacts from the prehistoric past, the logging era and recent decades are featured using cultural displays, pioneer musical instruments, sporting goods, old maps, and local history documents.

The Johnson House, which itself is over 100 years old, serves as our museum's "period house." Our second building, constructed in 1989, is a replica of a Civilian Conservation Corps barracks. The exterior and interior lumber of this structure was cut from trees planted by the CCC in the 1930's. Sam Campbell , the "Philosopher of the Forest," "Cy" Williams, famous baseball great, and Carl Marty's Northernaire & Showboat displays are but a few of the special exhibits.

Our music room features many antique musical instruments and phonographs. It is named in memory of Waldemar Waech, a long time member of the historical society, and donor of many of the instruments.

Our society's project for Wisconsin's Sesquicentennial celebration was the re-assembling of an 1890 log cabin on the museum's grounds. Officially known as the "Grosmann House," the building sits on the grounds where it serves as our "school house." The historical society is currently in the process of refurbishing several pieces of equipment from the logging and railroad era.