Art, History
Estate of Isaac Ellwood, principal manufacturer of barbed wire. Museum offers guided tours of the 30-room Ellwood mansion with restored interiors with original furnishings spanning the decades 1880s-1920s. Large visitor center with exhibit galleries including the carriage gallery and "Fencing Frontiers: The Barbed Wire Story"; yearly special exhibits.
Guided tours offered at 1PM and 3PM Tuesday-Friday and 1PM, 2PM and 3PM Saturday-Sunday. Visitor Center open noon-4:30PM Tuesday thru Sunday.
Museum sponsors variety of educational programs for children and adults; "Art at Ellwood" Art Fair in July; Holiday Event in December.