2. Old World Wisconsin Galleries

Norwegian Area of OWW

The Norwegian area of Old World Wisconsin contains two Norwegian farmhouses: the Kvaale farm restored to 1865 and the Fossebrekke farm restored to 1845. There is also a one-room schoolhouse, Raspberry School built in 1896 and various outbuildings.
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Spinning wheel and yarn in the 1864 Kvaale farmhouse.
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Spinning wheel and yarn in the 1864 Kvaale farmhouse.

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  • An interpreter carries water from the well to the Kvaale farmhouse in the Norwegian area.
  • An interpreter herds sheep at the 1865 Kvaale farm.
  • A small outbuilding at the 1865 Kvaale farm, complete with fireplace, is the site of this interpreter cleaning wool.
  • An interpreter demonstrates a spinning wheel to schoolchildren in the 1865 Kvaale farm.
  • The 1865 Kvaale farm in the Norwegian area.
  • An interpreter cards wool on the front porch of the 1865 Kvaale farmhouse.
  • An interpreter cleans wool on the front porch of the 1865 Kvaale farmhouse.'
  • Knit mittens are hung up to dry at the 1865 Kvaale sheep farm.
  • Yarn is hung to dry on the front porch of the Kvaale farmhouse.
  • An interpreter greets visitors at the entrance to the Kvaale farmhouse before inviting them in to see the house.
  • An interpreter dyes wool at the 1865 Kvaale farm. Note the skeins of dyed wool on the left.
  • An interpreter moved her spinning wheel out onto the front porch of the Kvaale farmhouse to cool off on a warm day.
  • Spinning wheel and yarn in the 1864 Kvaale farmhouse.
  • An interpreter talks to vistors about the yarn she has been dyeing at the Kvaale farm.
  • Wool clothing hanging in the farmhouse at the Kvaale sheep farm.
  • An interpreter spins in the 1865 Kvaale farmhouse. Note the picture of Abraham Lincoln on the wall behind her.
  • An interpreter spins in the 1865 Kvaale farmhouse.
  • An interpreter spins in the 1865 Norwegian farmhouse. Note the picture of Lincoln on the wall behind her.
  • An interpreter winds yarn in the 1865 Norwegian farmhouse.
  • Windows provided the Kvaale family with light for doing household chores. Here a window provides light for showing a school group how things were done in the "old days."
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