Past Accomplishments
1974 – Began as the Bayfield Historical Society.
1977 – Raised funds to save the Old Bayfield County Courthouse.
1981 – Helped establish the Bayfield Historic District, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
1985 – Commissioned the historic musical Riding the Wind, presented at Big Top Chautauqua.
1988 – Launched Bayfield Video Archives, interviews with Bayfield elders (now being converted to digital and made available on this website).
1993 – Purchased property at 30 N. Broad Street, the site of the current museum and research center.
1996 – Developed the Fountain Garden Park as the entrance to the city of Bayfield, once known as the “Fountain City”.
1996 – Acquired the historic Knight Apple Shed.
2010 – Won the Wisconsin State Historical Society’s Museum Exhibit Award for The Bayfield Flood of 1942.
2011 – Opened the Pike Research Center.
2012 – Hosted the Wisconsin Historical Society Board of Curators.
2013 – Opened Sand Island by Sand Islanders Exhibit.
2014 – Established the Jerry & Mary Phillips Bayfield Award for Volunteerism.
2014 – Celebrated Bayfield Heritage Association’s 40th Anniversary.
2015 – Opened Timberlands, Cutover and Agricultural Exhibit.
2018 – Raised funds to restore and share the history of the Old Bayfield City Jail.
2018 – Created special edition 2019 Calendar featuring photos from beloved Bayfield Photographer Don Albrecht.