2. Old World Wisconsin Galleries

Danish Area of OWW

Old World Wisconsin, the Midwest's largest outdoor living history museum, showcases the life of immigrants to the State of Wisconsin in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is owned and operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society and occupies nearly 600 acres in the rolling hills of the Kettle Moraine area of Southeast Wisconsin near the small village of Eagle. It includes nine ethnic farms plus a village with a blacksmith, cobbler, general store, church, inn, shoe shop, and several residences. Interpreters dress in period clothing and go about their daily chores of farming, cooking, laundry, shoe making, blacksmithing, etc. The 40 some odd historic builldings on the site were moved to Old World from various locations in the early 1970s. The museum was opened to the public as the bicentennial project of the State of Wisconsin in 1976.
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A scarecrow guards the garden at the 1890 Pedersen (Danish) farm.
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A scarecrow guards the garden at the 1890 Pedersen (Danish) farm.

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  • An interpreter talks to a visitor in the kitchen of the 1890 Pedersen farmhouse. When Old World Wisconsin first opened in 1976 the Queen of Denmark came to dedicate this farm.
  • Dinner is prepared in the Pedersen farmhouse. When Old World Wisconsin first opened in 1976 the Queen of Denmark came to dedicate this farm.
  • View from the living room to an interpreter standing in the kitchen of the 1890 Pedersen farmhouse. When Old World Wisconsin opened in 1976, the Queen of Denmark came to dedicate this farm.
  • Garden at the 1890 Pedersen (Danish) farm.
  • Interpreters chat at the front entrance to the 1890 Pedersen Danish farmhouse.
  • A scarecrow guards the garden at the1890 Pedersen (Danish) farm.
  • A happy scarecrow guards the garden at the 1890 Pedersen (Danish) farm.
  • A scarecrow guards the garden at the 1890 Pedersen (Danish) farm.
  • Kitchen entrance to 1890 Danish Pedersen farm. Note the human yoke in the corner used for carrying water from the outside well into the house.
  • View through the barn at the 1890 Pedersen (Danish) farm.
  • Bedroom in 1890 Danish farmhouse. When Old World Wisconsin first opened in 1976 the Queen of Denmark came to dedicate this farm.
  • Barn at the Pederson (Danish) farm.
  • An interpreter works on a braided rug on the kitchen table of the 1890 Pedersen farmhouse. When Old World Wisconsin first opened in 1976 the Queen of Denmark came to dedicate this farm.
  • Kitchen of the 1890 Pedersen (Danish) farmhouse.
  • Kitchen of the 1890 Pedersen (Danish) farmhouse.
  • Garden at the 1890 Pedersen (Danish) farm.
  • Garden at the 1890 Pedersen (Danish) farm.
  • Lilacs at the Pedersen farm.
  • An interpreter pauses while sweeping the floor at the 1890 Pedersen farmhouse. This view is looking from the living room into the kitchen area. When Old World Wisconsin first opened in 1976 the Queen of Denmark came to dedicate this farm.
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