Special Events at 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.
Each year Old World Wisconsin has a large number of special events such as the ones featured in this gallery. For a calendar of upcoming special events visit: http://oldworldwisconsin.wisconsinhistory.org/Events/Calendar/All.aspx
Read MoreEach year Old World Wisconsin has a large number of special events such as the ones featured in this gallery. For a calendar of upcoming special events visit: http://oldworldwisconsin.wisconsinhistory.org/Events/Calendar/All.aspx
Farm dinner for volunteers and staff at the 1880 Koepsell farm during the annual Autumn on the Farms special event. Note how people are dressed in this shot. It was taken on October 10, 2009 at 11:41 AM. If you look closely, you can see a slight dusting of snow on the grass.
