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Hours

Monday: Closed

Tuesday — Friday: First tour begins at 10:00 am

Saturday: First tour begins at 11:00 am

Sunday: First tour begins at 1:00 pm

Tours are conducted every half hour with the last tour of the day beginning at 3:30.

Evening tours are available during Haunted Hearthstone and Victorian Christmas or by appointment. Hearthstone is closed Easter, July 4th, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Admission:

General Admission:

Adults: $6.00

Senior Citizen/AAA Members: $5.00

Children (ages 5-17): $3.00

Children under 5: Free

Hands-On Hydro Adventure Center

Learn about electricity while trying these fun hands-on activities. Adults and children alike will be captivated by their ability to generate electricity from a water wheel.

Try using one of Edison’s light switches, or try to generate enough electricity to make our electric trolley model work. The Hearthstone Hydro Adventure center is a great place for discovery for kids of any age!

Gift Shop

Are you looking for something special and different? Then stop by the Hearthstone Historic House Museum gift shop for a gift for that special someone, especially if that someone is you!

Victorian style merchandise including

beautiful lamp finials

reproduction 1880s light bulbs

gorgeous hand crafted jewelry and more.

Don’t forget the kids we have

Victorian games

electricity inspired experiment kits

light bulb shaped pencil sharpeners and so much more.

So if you are looking for a memento of your tour like a postcard or Hearthstone coffee mug or if you just need that special something for a friend, co-worker, hostess, spouse or yourself then step back in time and find everything you need at the Hearthstone Historic House museum gift shop.

Have fun in the Hydro-Adventure center in the basement of the museum, ride a high-wheel bike, generate electricity for Appleton and watch a video that tells how people in 1882 reacted to this amazing home.

Dont't forget to stop in the gift shop and pick up a souvenir of your visit to the first home in the world lit by a hydroelectic central station!