Cool Spaces - Welch Historical Museum

The Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield on Main Street was formerly Welch's Hardware Store. It was gifted to the Sunfield Historical Society in 2010. Antique restoration, upkeep, and museum operations are handled by volunteers. Everything within the museum has been donated.

Sunfield Police memorabilia inside Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield. The police station closed several years ago.

An old printing press inside the Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

A re-creation of a country cottage inside the Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

A re-creation of an old soda fountain inside Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

The genealogy area inside Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield, where newpaper articles are clipped and filed by family surname.

Memorabilia inside Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

A wooden refrigerator inside Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

Welch Historical Museum volunteers Wendel Peabody and Doris Feasal sit by the woodburning stove inside Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield, Monday, March 19, 2018. Feasal has lived in Sunfield for eight years, Peabody has lived there his entire life.

A re-creation of a country kitchen with a working stove inside Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

A re-creation of a country kitchen inside Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

A re-creation of a country cottage inside the Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

A peek inside Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

A re-creation of a doctor's office inside the Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

A wood carving of a boy scout by Burr Parker of Grand Ledge, along with other memorabilia inside Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

A re-creation of a barn inside the Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

Memorabilia inside Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

A peek inside Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

Volunteer Jan Sedore in the re-creation of a school house in the Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

A re-creation of the fire department with donated memorabilia in the Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield. The fire truck was restored.

The old jail inside the Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

A re-creation of the fire department with donated memorabilia in the Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

A re-creation of the old barbershop and bank inside the Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.

A re-creation of a Victorian-era living room in the Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield. The fire truck was

A peek inside Welch Historical Museum in downtown Sunfield.