Community Outreach

Receive $1 off admission when you bring in a “Wish List” donation to any of the listed charities.

Wish List


Salvation Army

Calendar of Events

Countdown to Christmas
Friday, November 20 / 1-3 pm
Make and take your own recyclable countdown thingamajig, plus get a sneak peak at the museum’s Homemade Holidays exhibit. Fall refreshments served.

Trim a Tree
Saturday, December 5 / 1-3 pm
See how to turn everyday objects into fabulous tree ornaments, and then make your own recycled ornament to take and trim your tree. Also browse and shop Our Trash, Your Treasure holiday sale.

Green Greetings
Saturday, December 12 / 1-3 pm
From ornaments to puzzles, discover and try your hand at creative ways to reuse past holiday cards to brighten up this year’s decorations. Also browse and shop Our Trash, Your Treasure holiday sale.

Free Day for UW Oshkosh Alumni
December 12 / 10 am – 4:30 pm
Click here to print your ticket

Sugar Plum Day
Saturday, December 19 / 1-3 pm
Stop by for a day of delicious fun. Warm up with a cup of hot chocolate and make edible art holiday crafts. Then, gather round as Mrs. Claus reads a holiday story. Also browse and shop Our Trash, Your Treasure holiday sale.

For the Birds
Saturday, January 9 / 1-3 pm
Learn the how-to’s of bird feeding with the Winnebago Audubon Society, and then make your own natural bird feeder to take home and watch the winter warblers fly in.

This year, the Oshkosh Public Museum introduces the idea of a green Christmas… a green that goes beyond Douglas-firs and mistletoe.

In an original holiday exhibit the Oshkosh Public Museum will showcase ways that past generations have celebrated the season and exchanged gifts. Enjoy more than 150 years of imaginative, innovative and ecologically mindful holiday gifts and decorations and take part in the various opportunities the museum has to get involved with the community. This environmentally friendly, socially conscious exhibit serves as an inspirational way to make a big impact on the lives of others through little deeds of philanthropy and small acts of thoughtfulness. This year, recycle some of those long lost traditions and be inspired with ingenuity and generosity.

As part of the Homemade Holidays exhibit, the museum is partnering with several community organizations to spread a little holiday warmth and cheer this season. Exhibit visitors will receive one dollar off their admission for donations to any of the museum’s charity drives. Check the “Wish List” posted in the sidebar for a list of desired donations and community partners. Also as part of this do-good holiday campaign, one dollar from every paid adult museum admission will be donated to the Community Impact Fund of the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation.

“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind.”
Calvin Coolidge