Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum

The log cabin is actually about a 10 minute drive from the museum- I was happy to support the museum with a $14 admission for my family, but if you don't want to spend the money and time (maybe 20 minutes to walk through and look at everything), skip the museum and drive straight on to the cabin. It's empty, and not exactly like Laura's description in "Little House in the Big Woods" (though I've read that she just didn't remember all the details of her early childhood very accurately- go figure!).
The museum is pretty sparse, and most of the artifacts were not from the Wilder Family, but donated from others to represent things that Laura would probably have grown up with. Some of the quilts are actually ones made by Laura Ingalls Wilder, but that's about it. There are many books in the gift shop, including books adapted for younger readers and books by other authors.
My daughter has just started the Little House Series and so it was cool for her to see an actual wagon that was probably pretty similar to the one used by the Ingalls Family (even I was surprised at how narrow it was!) and a replica of the house from the first book, "Little House in the Big Woods."

I wanted to just see the cabin as a quick stop and then realized it's not at the same location as the museum! To find that on Roadtrippers, look for Laura Ingalls Wilder wayside rest & cabin. We had to skip it last weekend because it was 10miles from the way we just drove in. 🤦‍♀️ next time. We didn't go into the museum.