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name: "The Living History Museum of Camping"
subtitle: "A museum where the exhibits have beds and you sleep in them"
date: 2026-07-29
shortlist: true
link: "https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-living-history-museum-of-camping"
linkText: "atlasobscura.com"
source: "Atlas Obscura"
promotedTo: "living-history-museum-of-camping"
topics: [travel-and-places, history-and-archives]
tags: [wisconsin, vintage-trailers, museum, overnight]
description: "A North Twin Lake resort in Wisconsin's Northwoods turned into a museum of American camping — twelve units, one decade each, and guests sleep in the exhibits."
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Twelve vintage glamping units, each a curated exhibit for one decade, running from a 1930s luxury tent to a 1972 Holiday Rambler — and you book a night in whichever decade you want. The 1952 Lighthouse is one of eight known to survive anywhere; there is a 1949 Jim Dandy, a 1961 Wolfe, a bare-aluminium Airstream. The central exhibit hall stays open year-round, and the whole resort is the museum.