German 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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Old World Wisconsin is located on 600 acres of rolling hills in the Kettle Moraine area of southeast Wisconsin. Although 600 acress may not sound like a lot, there are several miles of winding roads and trails that are sometimes confusing to visitors, but the tram drivers, interpreters and good signage (such as that seen here) are all very helpful in helping them find their way around the site.