The Jacobsen Museum is a museum on Washington Island that contains exhibits related to the area’s natural history, cultural heritage, and settlement. The museum is named for Jens Jacobsen, a local explorer who collected and saved artifacts from the Potawatomi village that once stood on Washington Island. Here, you’ll find a number of eclectic items in the museum’s exhibits, including a several hand-carved model ships that were created by Jacobsen himself. Outside the museum, you can walk among a collection of large artifacts collected from shipwrecks in the Washington Island area, including the salvaged rudder of the Louisiana.

2150 Little Lake Road, Washington, WI 54246, Phone: 920-847-2213

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