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Albion Academy Historical Society

Located at Exit 160 of I-90, 2 miles north of Edgerton, WI, in Albion.  Park with playground equipment, picnic shelter and bathrooms in front of the 2-story brick museum.

Edgerton, WI - Albion Academy founded in 1854 with 2 buildings and a 3rd building added in 1868. First co-educational academy in WI, allowing boys and girls to learn and recite together in the same classroom. Kumlien Hall, opened in 1969, is a 2-story replica of South Hall. This education followed the one-room country school, e.g. Sheepskin School. The school house was moved from State 59 west of Edgerton to the Albion campus in January, 1960.

Kumlien Hall rooms feature Academy life from the 1860s to 19 “teens” in a Parlor, Dining Room, Kitchen, Boys’ and Girls’ Dorm Rooms and Library. There is a 1918 Classroom, Chapel and Albion History Room. 

The Sheepskin School is a rural one-room schoolhouse looking just like it did when it was closed in 1959 after consolidation with the Edgerton School District.  The school was built before the Civil War.

The Albion Tigers Home Talent Baseball team  is featured in the Costume Room on the 2nd floor.

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