Hours
Tuesday - Friday 9 am - 4 pm
First Thursday of each month and each Thursday during Birds in Art -- 9 am -- 7:30 pm
Saturday - Sunday Noon - 5 pm
Closed Monday and holidays
Admission
Always Free Admission
Current Exhibitions
Directions:
- From Highway 39/51 Southbound
Use Exit 193 (Bridge Street). At Bridge Street stop light, turn left and go 1.5 miles to 5th Street. (You will cross the Wisconsin River.) Turn right onto 5th Street to Franklin Street (County Highway Z). Left on Franklin Street to 12th Street. Right on 12th Street. The Museum is located at the corner of Franklin and 12th Streets. Free on-site parking is located south of the building adjacent to the sculpture garden.
- From Highway 39/51 Northbound
Use Exit 193 (Bridge Street). At the Bridge Street stop light, turn right and go approx. 1.5 miles to 5th Street. (You will cross the Wisconsin River.) Turn right onto 5th Street to Franklin Street (County Highway Z). Left on Franklin Street to 12th Street. Right on 12th Street. The Museum is located at the corner of Franklin and 12th Streets. Free on-site parking is located south of the building adjacent to the sculpture garden.
- From Highway 29 Eastbound
Take Exit 164 (North Hwy. 51/Merrill) right lane. Stay in right lane to Exit 193/Bridge Street. Turn right onto Bridge Street and go 1.4 miles to 5th Street. (You will cross the Wisconsin River.) Turn right onto 5th Street to Franklin Street. Left on Franklin Street to 12th Street. Right on 12th Street. The Museum is located at the corner of Franklin and 12th Streets. Free on-site parking is located south of the building adjacent to the sculpture garden.
- From Highway 29 Westbound
Exit Highway 29 at County Highway X (Camp Phillips Road). Travel north on County Highway X approx. 4 miles to County Highway Z (Franklin Street). Turn left on County Highway Z. Travel west to Twelfth Street. Turn left on Twelfth Street. The Museum is located at the corner of Franklin and 12th Streets. Free on-site parking is located south of the building adjacent to the sculpture garden.
- Within Wausau Follow the blue directional ‘Art Museum’ signs prominently located throughout Wausau.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum is to enhance lives through art. Therefore, the Museum will continually strive for excellence in providing audiences with quality art experiences through permanent collections, changing exhibitions, and education programs.
About the museum:
The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, located in a beautiful residential area on the east side of Wausau, Wisconsin, offers artworks from every corner of the world to north central Wisconsin residents and visitors through diverse changing exhibitions. Regular programs such as Art Babies, Toddler Tuesday, Art Time for Tots, Little Masters, Young Artists, teen events, Studio Art and Art History 101 for adults, SPARK! for individuals with memory loss and their care partners, and Art Beyond Sight for those with vision impairments are supplemented with published Activity Guides, storytelling, lectures, videos, demonstrations, and bus trips. Not to be missed is the summertime weeklong Family Fest, culminating with a Family Concert in the Sculpture Garden, and OctoBIRDfest, the Museum's biggest and birdiest family festival of the year.
The Museum is housed in an updated 1931 English Tudor period Cotswold-style residence to which a new main entrance and expansive two-story gallery spaces have been added. The grounds cover four acres highlighted by the Margaret Woodson Fisher Sculpture Garden, a formal English garden, attractive brick walkways, a shaded arbor and seating area, and on-site parking. All public spaces are accessible to visitors with disabilities.
Birds in Art opens to the public on the first Saturday following Labor Day every year and is on view for nine weeks. Specific Birds in Art education programs and special events will be available online by August 15 each year.
Tours
Nearly one third of the Museum’s annual visitors – approximately 15,000 school children and adults – benefit from tours given by the Museum’s dedicated docents.
Through activities that fuel the creative imagination and the exchange of stories and knowledge, touring the Museum’s changing exhibitions and permanent collections becomes an integrated learning experience for all.
To schedule a tour, please consider the following:
- Arrange for a tour at least three weeks prior to your visit.
- Assess any special needs within your group.
- Schedule tours starting at 9:00 am and no later than 2:30 pm, Tuesday through Friday; tours are generally one hour long.
- Arrangements can be made for Saturday and Sunday tours.
- To ensure a personalized experience for everyone, groups should not exceed 50 people.
- Self-guided tours are an option.
- Chartered bus tour fee is $2.00 per person.
If you have questions or to schedule a tour, call 715-845-7010 or email museum@lywam.org.
Exhibition:
The Americans in Glass Legacy
Through April 7
Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney
January 28 through April 7
