The tiny town of Wallsburg has an amazing historical museum. Around a dozen buildings are scattered up in the hills above town. The official name of the museum is the Richard W Erickson Foundation Antique & Classic Power Museum. You can book a tour to see this museum on their website, or you can visit one of their open events scheduled throughout the year. The Antique & Class Power Museum in Wallsburg is full of historical buildings and vehicles.
History
The Antique & Classic Power Museum in Wallsburg is a place of preservation. They have moved several old cabins and building to this site in order to save them for future visitors. There are pioneer cabins that have period antiques inside. There is a church with a beautiful organ that is more than a hundred years old. Other buildings include a diner, a post office, a blacksmith shop, and a printing shop. Each building has plenty to see inside. They also recently moved an old store that used to be in downtown Wallsburg. This building was entirely deconstructed and moved to the museum.
Vehicles
Along with the old buildings, there are plenty of old machine.s There are several buildings dedicated to vehicles. One houses old tractors and farm equipment, another motorcycles, and a third is full of airplanes. There are several full of amazing cars from every period of the automobile. Our boys loved looking through each of these buildings. We were amazed by the number of classic cars and motorcycles in this collection, and our boys were very impressed with the fancy cars.
We could have looked and looked for days and not seen everything in this museum. Though it is a bit out of the way, the Antique & Classic Power Museum in Wallsburg is definitely worth a visit! Especially if you love cars!
Information
Antique & Classic Power Museum in Wallsburg is only available to visit via tour. It costs $25/person and takes 2 1/2 to 3 hours to see everything. 12 and under are FREE. You must schedule a visit beforehand, or plan on attending during one of their three events. For all the information, visit their website. If you are in the area, you can check out our list of things to do in Heber and Midway.
