northwoods forest history experience
More Than a Museum! This joint project of the North Lakeland Discovery Center and Manitowish Waters Historical Society has restored, renovated, and transformed a 90-year-old Civilian Conservation Corps barracks into an immersive, interactive forest history museum experience.
The NFHE is open Tuesday – Saturday 9 am – 3 pm. We also offer programs throughout the year and invite school and other groups to contact us at nfhe@discoverycenter.net.
In order to be self-supporting, we invite you to become a member and/or order an engraved brick to be added to our brick walkway.
Interested in being a volunteer docent? We will train you. For more information, stop in at the Experience or contact nfhe@discoverycenter.net
Our mission: The Northwoods Forest History Experience preserves and illuminates the historical uses of our ever-evolving Northwoods forests, using interactive experiences to deepen our understanding and make us better stewards of our forests’ abundant yet finite resources.
Why do we call it the Northwoods Forest History Experience?
Because it is much more than a museum. Each exhibit, in addition to illuminating forest history periods, traditions, and practices, directs visitors to actual nearby historic sites for further enrichment and with the purpose so central to our mission: Get out and explore our evolving forests! Also, our outside activity area features many hands-on opportunities from calling in fires to our Ranger Headquarters building to sawing logs with a crosscut saw and much more.
