Octagon House Museum is Open for 2013 Tour Season

The Octagon House Museum is open for the 2013 tour season.

This year’s theme, “One House, One Family, One Hundred Years,” will help guests get acquainted with the four generations of the Moffat-Hughes family who lived in the historic Octagon House.

Those taking the tour will learn about the original owners John and Nancy Moffat, who built the house in1855, all the way to their great-grandchildren 100 years later, according to this post on the St. Croix County Historical Society’s Facebook page.

The museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday from 2-4:30 p.m. for visitors to take a step back into the 19th century with a tour of the elegant, octagon-shaped house with costumed guides sharing the story of the Moffat-Hughes family.

Tours last about an hour and admission is $7 for adults, $3 for students ages 18 to 13, $2 for children ages 12 to 6 and children 5 and younger free with an adult.

The museum complex includes the Octagon House Museum, the Garden House with general store, blacksmith shop, domestic arts, and medical tableaux, and the Museum Gift Shop featuring decorative items for the home and garden, and Victorian inspired gifts.

The Gift Shop is open to the public during regular tour hours.