Arts & Culture

Neenah offers a variety of festivals, events, and historic and cultural opportunities to suit every interest.

Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass, located on the shores of Lake Winnebago, is dedicated to showing art made with the captivating medium of glass. Visitors will see the most representative collection of glass paperweights in the world and other stellar glass objects including antique Germanic drinking vessels, Victorian art glass and contemporary glass sculpture. The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions of glass from world-renowned artists. General admission is free for everyone, always.

The R. Harder Gallery of Gems and Minerals displays an astonishing collection of gemstones and more. Doty Cabin houses the memorabilia of Wisconsin’s second territorial governor, James Doty.  The Neenah Historical Society offers a closer look at the cultural and architectural history that has made our community a special place to live.

Neenah’s nationally recognized historic downtown is a delightful, friendly place to shop and enjoy history. At the end of downtown, historic mansions of area paper barons surround Riverside Park and Kimberly Point Park offering a spectacular architectural walking tour along Lake Winnebago and the Fox River.

Future Neenah, Inc. a community driven, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the economic and cultural vitality of Neenah offers numerous programs and activities.  Just a few include:

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In addition, the Fox Cities offers a variety of entertainment choices including the state-of-the-art, 2,000-seat Fox Cities Performing Arts Center (PAC), which hosts national touring performances, the Fox Valley Symphony, the Barlow Planetarium, the Fox River Mall, the Lawrence Conservatory of Music, which plays everything from symphony to jazz.