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LARSON HOUSE GARDENS FUNDRAISERAre you tired of winter yet?  Are your thoughts turning to spring and the smell of fresh earth?  Are you gazing longingly at your garden clogs?The Larson House Garden Committee is partnering with Flower Power Fundraising, a Wisconsin company,  to provide funds to grow...

During this time of the COVID 19 pandemic we are not having our usual open house on Sundays and we are not having our usual fundraisers. However, we offer tours by appointment only. Contact Dale Marsden for museum tours at 608-838-3992 or Jane...

Picnic with your friends and neighbors on the lawn of the Larson House Museum on Sunday, August 11 from 1 to 4 pm. Potato salad, baked beans, chips, carrots, hot dogs or sandwiches, lemonade and a dessert booth are featured. Lawn games, music...

Author and radio and television personality Jerry Apps will speak at the McFarland Historical Society Annual meeting on Sunday, March 3rd. This year the meeting is held at the McFarland Municipal building (5915 Milwaukee St.) beginning at 1 pm. Jerry will talk about...

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the guns of World War I were finally silenced.  It was the Armistice signed by Germany.  The Allied forces had won the bloodiest war in the history of mankind. To commemorate...

Come to the Strawberry Shortcake Social on Sunday, June 24, 2018, from 1 to 4 PM at the Larson House Museum, 6003 Exchange Street, McFarland.  Treat your family toMcFarland's Best Strawberry Shortcake made with freshly picked strawberries, homemade shortcake and dairy ice cream and whipped...

We are very pleased that Michael Edmonds will be our guest speaker at the annual meeting.  He will present “Warriors, Saints and Scoundrels: Brief Portraits of Real People Who Shaped Wisconsin,” on Sunday, March 4 from 1 to 3:30pm at the McFarland Municipal Building, 5915...

The Larson House Museum is open in December The Larson House Museum at 6003 Exchange Street, McFarland WI will be decorated for Christmas and open to the public for Christmas in the Village from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday, December 2, and also on...

The 2017 McFarland Chocolate Fest held at the Madison Curling Club in McFarland on October 7 was delightful, dreamy and decadent with scores of McFarland bakers producing their favorite chocolate desserts.  Thanks to the over 60 people who donated their best chocolates, to the fine...

The McFarland Historical Society's Annual meetings are always lively with good speakers and interesting reports.  This year, local historian Lorraine Hawkinson presented the story of a Norwegian immigrant who came to Dane County and created an invention that became very popular in our area.  His name...