1897 Clark County Jail Museum Inc. 215 E  5th Street  ●  P. O. Box 41  ●  Neillsville  WI  54456      Ph:  715 • 743 • 2150      Email:  1897CCJM@tds.net www.1897clarkcountyjailmuseum.com Support the CCJM        CCJM Partner Links Gift Shop Members / Volunteers Home Visit Us Exhibits / Collections Photo Gallery  ©2012  1897 Clark County Jail Museum, Inc., PO Box 41, Neillsville WI  54456 Join us this Summer for a Museum Tour! The 1897 Clark County Jail Museum was founded and created by the Clark County Historical Society Inc.  (CCHS) in 1978.  Society members and volunteers operated this Museum as one of two sites along with their other programs.  In 2008, this Museum was separately incorporated as the 1897 Clark County Jail Museum, Inc.   CCHS Lifetime members as well as members and volunteers of the 1897 Clark County Jail Museum, Inc, continue to maintain and operate the Museum for anyone interested in Clark County WI history. Really  “two museums - in one”, visitors will tour the beautiful victorian home where each Clark County Sheriff and his family lived from 1897 to 1974.  These families would bring all of their own furniture and personal items with them when they moved in, and take their belongings with them when his term was up.   Today, the residence is filled with period furniture, art, books,  musical instruments, personal and household items that have been donated to the Museum for display.    The Jail portion of the Museum, in use from 1897 to 1978,  was home for all Clark County WI prisoners and the Sheriff’s Department. Today it is filled with vintage law enforcement items and records, local historic items and a military floor.  Click Here To Read Our Brochure (Updated 5/15/2012)