Preserving and promoting the history of Holmen, Wisconsin
SUPPORT THE HOLMEN AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Holmen Area Historical Society is a 501(c)3     nonprofit organization and welcomes your support through memberships, sale items, and donations.  Your contributions help the Historical Society continue its mission of preserving and promoting Holmen's history.  Learn more about supporting the efforts of the Holmen Area Historical Society below.

Membership

The Holmen Area Historical Society offers both Annual and Lifetime Memberships for individuals, families and businesses.  Student membership is free.  Please consider joining us.

Annual Memberships:
  • Individual, $10
  • Family, $20
  • Business, $125

Lifetime Memberships:
  • Individual, $75
  • Family, $125
  • Business, $500

Click here for a Membership Form.

​Please mail membership forms and dues to:  Holmen Area Historical Society, P. O. Box 535, Holmen, WI 54636.

Sale Items

The Historical Society has several items for sale related to the history of Holmen.  They make for great gifts, and all proceeds support the activities of the Historical Society.

Items can be shipped to you.  Contact Barb Anderson at (608) 792-2514 or            e-mail holmenareahistory@gmail.com if you wish to order an item.

Holmen history activity booklets

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These activity booklets were created for the second graders in the School District of Holmen. They include photos of historic photos with prompts for children to create drawings and add more information about Holmen’s history. For example, on the page with the picture of the McGilvery Ferry, children are invited to draw a picture of what they think travelers took along on their journey. These would make great gifts for youngsters and family as a learning exercise. They are available at the Holmen Public Library for $5. (At the library, ask for Ruth Scholze).
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  Living History, Holmen Eighth Grade Students Respond to 2020
Essays written by students at Holmen Middle School
Students share their experiences lived during the 2020 pandemic. Copies can be purchased at monthly meetings or by emailing holmenhistory@gmail.com.

A few copies available
Growing Up in Holmen Book
         By Arlan Helgeson, $10
Arlan recounts numerous enlightening and often humorous stories about growing up in Holmen during the 1920s and 1930s.  Copies can be purchased from the Holmen Area Library or at our monthly meetings.

       Historical Note Cards, $5
Package of 8 note cards containing historical photographs of downtown Holmen.  Available at our monthly meetings.

Donations

The Holmen Area Historical Society happily accepts monetary donations as well as donations of historical photographs, documents, and artifacts related to the Holmen area to add to its collection.

​Monetary donations are tax-deductible and can be mailed to:  Holmen Area Historical Society, P. O. Box 535, Holmen, WI 54636.

​Contact our archivist Barb Johnson  e-mail bjohn7630@aol.com if you have an item you wish to donate to the collection.