2. Old World Wisconsin Galleries

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
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An early 20th century portable gasoline engine drives a circular saw used to cut firewood at the annual Autumn on the Farms special event.
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An early 20th century portable gasoline engine drives a circular saw used to cut firewood at the annual Autumn on the Farms special event.

Autumn on the FarmsOWWSawmillSpecial Events

  • A portable steam engine powered sawmill used at the Autumn on the Farms special event in October.
  • Steam engine used to power the portable saw mill at the annual special event, Autumn on the Farms, in October.
  • Steam engine used to power the portable saw mill at the annual special event, Autumn on the Farms, in October. Koepsell farmhouse is in the background.
  • Visitors watch the portable steam engine driven sawmill at the annual Autumn on the Farms special event in October.
  • The operator of the portable saw mill used at the Autumn on the Farms special event in October is seen here sharpening his saw with a file.
  • An early 20th century portable gasoline engine drives a circular saw used to cut firewood at the annual Autumn on the Farms special event.
  • Loading a log onto the portable steam driven sawmill set up each year near the Koepsell farm in the German area during the Autumn on the Farms special event in October.
  • Steam engine used to power the portable saw mill at the annual special event, Autumn on the Farms, in October.
  • Steam engine used to power the portable saw mill at the annual special event, Autumn on the Farms, in October.
  • Steam engine used to power the portable saw mill at the annual special event, Autumn on the Farms, in October.
  • The steam engine operator adds wood to the steam engine boiler.
  • Portable steam driven sawmill at the Autumn on the Farms special event held each October.
  • Steam engine used to drive a portable sawmill during the Autumn on the Farms special event in October.
  • The sawmill operater pauses while sharpening his saw during Autumn on the Farms.
  • Portable steam engine powered sawmill used at the Autumn on the Farms special event in October.
  • Steam engine used to power the portable saw mill at the annual special event, Autumn on the Farms, in October.
  • Old World farmers load a log onto the portable steam powered sawmill at the Autumn on the Farms special event held each October.
  • A sheep gets shorn at the 1865 Norwegian farm during the special annual spring event, Spring Rituals..
  • Actors in a skit at the Autumn on the Farms special event in 2008 discuss the Peshtigo fire that killed thousands in 1871, the same night as the famous Chicago fire. The skit was held in the Peterson wagon shop in Crossroads Village and was open to all who attended Autumn on the Farms.
  • Actors in a skit at the Autumn on the Farms special event in 2008 get into a heated argument when they discuss the Peshtigo fire that killed thousands in 1871, the same night as the famous Chicago fire. The skit was held in the Peterson wagon shop in Crossroads Village and was open to all who attended Autumn on the Farms.
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