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May 19, 2012 - May 20, 2012 10 am–5 pm Saturday, 11 am–5 pm Sunday
With spring come annual rituals — cleaning house, planting gardens, preparing the farmsteads for the growing season, or taking time to honor those who've come before us. Join us as we kick off our 2012 season with these special spring weekends — including plenty of opportunities to lend a hand. On this weekend, draft horses will pull plows and seeding equipment to start the growing season, and we will offer horse-drawn wagon rides. Our gardeners also invite you to help plant the Sanford garden as well as work in the Rankinen and Koepsell gardens.
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May 26, 2012 - May 27, 2012 10 am–5 pm Saturday, 11 am–5 pm Sunday
With spring come annual rituals — cleaning house, planting gardens, preparing the farmsteads for the growing season, or taking time to honor those who've come before us. Join us as we kick off our 2012 season with these special spring weekends — including plenty of opportunities to lend a hand. On this weekend, veterans past and present will be honored.
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Jun 2, 2012 - Jun 3, 2012 10 am–5 pm Saturday, 11 am–5 pm Sunday (game time both days is 1:30 pm)
Celebrate a weekend of America's favorite pastime and enjoy an old-fashioned game of baseball (or base ball, as it was spelled in the 1860s) each day. Old World Wisconsin's Eagle Diamonds will take on the Milwaukee Cream Citys as they play vintage base ball by 1860s rules on Saturday.
On Sunday the girls of summer, from the World War II Girls Baseball Living History League, will play their brand of 1943 ball. Joining the team on Sunday will be Milwaukee Public Radio coordinating producer Stephanie Lecci. Original girls-league players will be invited as our special guests, including Joyce Westerman who will be available after the game to sign copies of the Wisconsin Historical Society Press book about her life and sporting career, Joyce Westerman: Baseball Hero.
Learn more about 1860s rules and the history of the Diamonds team. Admission to the museum gets you into the game for free.
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Jun 8, 2012 5–8 pm
Due to unprecedented interest, our members-only event is sold out. We are sorry we could not accommodate all Wisconsin Historical Society members who wished to attend and welcome you to visit the 'Life on the Farm' experience as often as you like — at no additional admission charge, during regular museum hours, beginning June 9. We do have a waiting list for the event in case of last-minute cancellations. Call 1-888-748-7479 to get on the list. If severe weather is forecast for the day of the event, a cancellation notice will be posted here no later than 2 pm on Thursday, June 7. Have more questions? Members with reservations can call 1-888-748-7479 or email membership@wisconsinhistory.org. Not a member? Learn how you can become a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Jun 10, 2012 9:30–11:30 am (museum opens at 11 am)
Join author and former Old World Wisconsin interpreter Kathleen Ernst and curator of research Marty Perkins on an unprecedented adventure. Visit the sites of many of the scenes in Ernst's Chloe Ellefson mystery series (Old World Murder and The Heirloom Murders) as they take you on a before-hours, behind-the-scenes tour by foot and by tram. Learn about the inspiration for the series as well as the role of the artifacts and buildings within the museum. At the end of the tour, enjoy a private reception in one of the site's historic buildings and free admission that day. Books will be available for purchase and signing after the tour. Another History and Mystery Tour event will take place on August 12.
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Jun 15, 2012 4–7 pm
After a day of exploring 19th-century rural history, enjoy a hearty after-hours or pre-barn dance meal in the historic Clausing Barn, including all kinds of country favorites. The next Farmhand Buffet will be held July 13.
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Jun 15, 2012 6–9 pm (museum closes at 5 pm)
We'll push open the barn doors and welcome the night air for an engaging evening of live music and dancing — no prior knowledge required. There'll be snacks and drinks available to purchase so you can whet your whistle when you kick up your heels! Our dances are quite popular, so reservations are recommended; available through Thursday, June 14, at noon. The next barn dance will be held July 13.
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Jun 16, 2012 6:30–9:30 am (museum opens at 10 am)
If you've always wanted to try the 19th-century lifestyle, this is the experience for you. Our expert staff will lead you through our special "Rousing with the Roosters" breakfast program as we work together to prepare a sunrise meal the same way many early immigrant farmers did. As the stove is lit, guests chop, stir, season and fry to prepare a hearty German-American breakfast. View or download a breakfast menu for this event (PDF 841 KB). In between, we'll work up an appetite as we feed the farm animals and tend to the gardens. We may even find some eggs or berries to add to our meal. After the preparations and cooking, we'll sit down to a delicious and abundant breakfast on the Koepsell farmhouse porch. Then everyone pitches in to clear the table and wash dishes 19th-century style to end a satisfying encounter with morning in 1880s Wisconsin. Admission to the museum is included with the ticket, so stay for the day to see the rest of the sights around Old World Wisconsin. Another Rousing with the Roosters event will take place on July 7.
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Jun 17, 2012 Seatings 9:30 am through 1:30 pm. Museum hours 11 am–5 pm.
Dad deserves a hearty dairy breakfast and a visit to the museum to learn about the historic work men in rural Wisconsin performed in days gone by. Visit the blacksmith, the shoemaker, the store owner and the farmers of our farmsteads to learn about their chosen trades. Free museum admission for dads this day.
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Jun 17, 2012 11 am–5 pm
Treat dad to a day at the museum to learn about the historic work men in rural Wisconsin performed in days gone by. Visit the blacksmith, the shoemaker, the store owner and the farmers of our farmsteads to learn about their chosen trades. Free admission for dads this day.
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Jun 23, 2012 6–9 pm (museum hours 10 am–5 pm)
Event sponsored by the Old World Wisconsin Foundation
Midsummer Magic features live contemporary music, unlimited tasting of food, wine and beer samples, a fabulous artisans' craft fair and more. Escape to Midsummer Magic!
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Jun 24, 2012 10 am–3 pm (museum hours are 11 am–5 pm)
Celebrate the year's longest days at this free event, sponsored by the Swedish American Historical Society of Wisconsin (admission to the museum is separate). Located on our Visitors' Green, activities include decorating and raising the majstang (maypole), making flower crowns for the children, and traditional folk music and dancing. A Swedish buffet is available for purchase in the historic Clausing Barn Restaurant, and visitors who enjoy a buffet lunch receive half-price admission to the museum.
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Jun 30, 2012 7–10 am
Event presented by the Old World Wisconsin Foundation
Enjoy a continental breakfast, then stroll through Old World Wisconsin's woodlands and restored prairies in the early morning light. Naturalist guides will help you identify the plants and flowers. This event is kindly sponsored by Monches Farm.
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Jul 4, 2012 10 am–5 pm
Celebrate the land we love at an old-fashioned event like those held in small towns in the 19th and 20th centuries. See our "through the ages" parade as we represent the different decades we find in our village and at our farms. Enjoy our band concert and patriotic exercises — you might just see a lively debate take place. As always, there are lots of spirited competitions for you to join, like races, egg tosses and tug o' war.
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Jul 7, 2012 6:30–9:30 am (museum opens at 10 am)
If you've always wanted to try the 19th-century lifestyle, this is the experience for you. Our expert staff will lead you through our special "Rousing with the Roosters" breakfast program as we work together to prepare a sunrise meal the same way many early immigrant farmers did. As the stove is lit, guests chop, stir, season and fry to prepare a hearty German-American breakfast. View or download a breakfast menu for this event (PDF 841 KB). In between, we'll work up an appetite as we feed the farm animals and tend to the gardens. We may even find some eggs or berries to add to our meal. After the preparations and cooking, we'll sit down to a delicious and abundant breakfast on the Koepsell farmhouse porch. Then everyone pitches in to clear the table and wash dishes 19th-century style to end a satisfying encounter with morning in 1880s Wisconsin. Admission to the museum is included with the ticket, so stay for the day to see the rest of the sights around Old World Wisconsin. Another Rousing with the Roosters event will take place on July 28.
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Jul 13, 2012 4–7 pm (museum closes at 5 pm)
After a day of exploring 19th-century rural history, enjoy a hearty after-hours or pre-barn dance meal in the historic Clausing Barn, including all kinds of country favorites. The next Farmhand Buffet will be held August 10.
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Jul 13, 2012 6–9 pm
We'll push open the barn doors and welcome the night air for an engaging evening of live music and dancing — no prior knowledge required. There'll be snacks and drinks available to purchase so you can whet your whistle when you kick up your heels! Our dances are quite popular, so reservations are recommended; available through Thursday, June 12, at noon. The next barn dance will be held August 10.
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Jul 14, 2012 10 am–5 pm (game time is 1:30 pm)
Get outdoors and give a "huzzah" as the Eagle Diamonds meet the Milwaukee Grays on the historic Ward School field for a charming and historically rooted game of vintage base ball. Guided by rules governing 1860s base ball, the match will find the first "striker to the line" called at 1:30 pm. Admission to the museum gets you into the game for free. Enjoy base ball carload pricing — just $43 gets your entire carload admission (up to nine people).
- View a one-minute video about vintage base ball at Old World Wisconsin on YouTube.
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Jul 22, 2012 10 am–12:30 pm (museum opens at 11 am)
Enjoy a special before-hours garden visit with our own historical gardener, Marcia Carmichael, author of "Putting Down Roots: Gardening Insights from Wisconsin's Early Settlers." Learn about immigrants from Poland and southern Germany, their gardening styles and traditions, and meet some of their favorite plants as we stroll through our Kruza and Schottler gardens. The tour will conclude at Caldwell Farmers' Club Hall with refreshments featuring flavors from the homelands of the gardens visited. Each Garden Stroll ticket includes one half-price museum admission ticket valid during the 2012 season. Copies of Putting Down Roots will be available for purchase and signing after the tour. Another Heirloom Garden Stroll event will take place on August 23.
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Jul 28, 2012 10am–5 pm (game time is 1:30 pm)
Timbers will be swinging as Old World Wisconsin's Eagle Diamonds take on their worthy opponents from the Land of Lincoln, the Lemont Quarrymen. Snag your spot on the grassy Ward School Field hill for the 1:30 pm contest between these two vintage base ball clubs and take in a game played by 1860s rules. Admission to the museum gets you into the game for free. Enjoy base ball carload pricing; just $43 gains your entire carload admission (up to nine people).
- View a one-minute video about vintage base ball at Old World Wisconsin on YouTube.
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Jul 28, 2012 6:30–9:30 am (museum opens at 10 am)
If you've always wanted to try the 19th-century lifestyle, this is the experience for you. Our expert staff will lead you through our special "Rousing with the Roosters" breakfast program as we work together to prepare a sunrise meal the same way many early immigrant farmers did. As the stove is lit, guests chop, stir, season and fry to prepare a hearty German-American breakfast. View or download a breakfast menu for this event (PDF 841 KB). In between, we'll work up an appetite as we feed the farm animals and tend to the gardens. We may even find some eggs or berries to add to our meal. After the preparations and cooking, we'll sit down to a delicious and abundant breakfast on the Koepsell farmhouse porch. Then everyone pitches in to clear the table and wash dishes 19th-century style to end a satisfying encounter with morning in 1880s Wisconsin. Admission to the museum is included with the ticket, so stay for the day to see the rest of the sights around Old World Wisconsin. Another Rousing with the Roosters event will take place on August 25.
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Aug 4, 2012 - Aug 5, 2012 10 am–5 pm Saturday, 11 am–5 pm Sunday
Come for a day the whole family will enjoy. In addition to activities straight from the pages of the "Little House" books, you can experience draft horse power, see a steam threshing machine and the work done by turn-of-the-20th-century gasoline engines such as grain grinding or corn shelling. Try your hand at making rope or watch our special guests, the SeatWeavers' Guild, as they share the nearly lost art and craft of chair caning and chair seat weaving. Join the look-alike pageant, dressed up as Mary, Laura, Carrie, Grace, Almanzo or naughty Willie and Nellie. You're also welcome to help with the chores and games Laura and her family experienced.
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Aug 10, 2012 4–7 pm
After a day of exploring 19th-century rural history, enjoy a hearty after-hours or pre-barn dance meal in the historic Clausing Barn, including all kinds of country favorites.
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Aug 10, 2012 6–9 pm
We'll push open the barn doors and welcome the night air for an engaging evening of live music and dancing — no prior knowledge required. There'll be snacks and drinks available to purchase so you can whet your whistle when you kick up your heels! Our dances are quite popular, so reservations are recommended; available through Thursday, August 9, at noon.
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Aug 12, 2012 9:30–11:30 am (museum opens at 11 am)
Join author and former Old World Wisconsin interpreter Kathleen Ernst and curator of research Marty Perkins on an unprecedented adventure. Visit the sites of many of the scenes in Ernst's Chloe Ellefson mystery series (Old World Murder and The Heirloom Murders) as they take you on a before-hours, behind-the-scenes tour by foot and by tram. Learn about the inspiration for the series as well as the role of the artifacts and buildings within the museum. At the end of the tour, enjoy a private reception in one of the site's historic buildings and free admission that day. Books will be available for purchase and signing after the tour.
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Aug 18, 2012 10 am–5 pm
After Germans, Poles are the largest ethnic group in Wisconsin. Celebrate the heritage and customs of this storied immigrant group, beginning with the site's Kruza farmstead. Then, stop in at the museum store from 1–4 pm for a book signing with Susan Gibson Mikos, author of the new Wisconsin Historical Society Press book, 'Poles in Wisconsin.' Check back here soon for details about a special evening Polish meal we'll also offer on this date.
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Aug 23, 2012 5:30–8 pm (museum closes at 5 pm)
Enjoy a special after-hours garden visit with our own historical gardener, Marcia Carmichael, author of "Putting Down Roots: Gardening Insights from Wisconsin's Early Settlers." Learn about immigrants from Poland and southern Germany, their gardening styles and traditions, and meet some of their favorite plants as we stroll through our Kruza and Schottler gardens. The tour will conclude at Caldwell Farmers' Club Hall with refreshments featuring flavors from the homelands of the gardens visited. Each Garden Stroll ticket includes one half-price museum admission ticket valid during the 2012 season. Copies of Putting Down Roots will be available for purchase and signing after the tour. Another Heirloom Garden Stroll event will take place on September 6.
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Aug 25, 2012 6:30–9:30 am (museum opens at 10 am)
If you've always wanted to try the 19th-century lifestyle, this is the experience for you. Our expert staff will lead you through our special "Rousing with the Roosters" breakfast program as we work together to prepare a sunrise meal the same way many early immigrant farmers did. As the stove is lit, guests chop, stir, season and fry to prepare a hearty German-American breakfast. View or download a breakfast menu for this event (PDF 841 KB). In between, we'll work up an appetite as we feed the farm animals and tend to the gardens. We may even find some eggs or berries to add to our meal. After the preparations and cooking, we'll sit down to a delicious and abundant breakfast on the Koepsell farmhouse porch. Then everyone pitches in to clear the table and wash dishes 19th-century style to end a satisfying encounter with morning in 1880s Wisconsin. Admission to the museum is included with the ticket, so stay for the day to see the rest of the sights around Old World Wisconsin. Another Rousing with the Roosters event will take place on September 15.
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Aug 25, 2012 10 am–5 pm (game time is 1:30 pm)
Grab your spot on the Ward School Field hill to witness the Greenbush Dead Citys from Wade House challenge the home club in a 1:30 pm contest. These gloveless vintage base ball teams compete at the cozy school house diamond armed with 1860s rulebooks and a true love of the game. Admission to the museum gets you into the game for free. Enjoy base ball carload pricing — just $43 gains your entire carload admission (up to nine people).
- View a one-minute video about vintage base ball at Old World Wisconsin on YouTube.
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Sep 1, 2012 - Sep 2, 2012 10 am–5 pm Saturday, 11 am–5 pm Sunday
September is the time to begin the work of the harvest and prepare for winter. Join us on these special September weekends as we cook and preserve, learn a little and enjoy the landscape. On this weekend, you can try some of the jobs performed by people on farms and in small towns in the 1800s. Learn a bit about beverages that working men and women enjoyed as well.
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Sep 6, 2012 5:30–8 pm (museum closes at 5 pm)
Enjoy a special after-hours garden visit with our own historical gardener, Marcia Carmichael, author of "Putting Down Roots: Gardening Insights from Wisconsin's Early Settlers." Learn about immigrants from Poland and southern Germany, their gardening styles and traditions, and meet some of their favorite plants as we stroll through our Kruza and Schottler gardens. The tour will conclude at Caldwell Farmers' Club Hall with refreshments featuring flavors from the homelands of the gardens visited. Each Garden Stroll ticket includes one half-price museum admission ticket valid during the 2012 season. Copies of Putting Down Roots will be available for purchase and signing after the tour. Another Heirloom Garden Stroll event will take place on September 16.
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Sep 7, 2012 4–6 pm
Event sponsored by the Old World Wisconsin Foundation
Enter your favorite museum photos for the chance to win cash prizes, or simply attend the reception to see all the beautiful images.
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Sep 8, 2012 - Sep 9, 2012 10 am–5 pm Saturday, 11 am–5 pm Sunday
September is the time to begin the work of the harvest and prepare for winter. Join us on these special September weekends as we cook and preserve, learn a little and enjoy the landscape. On this weekend, the focus is on picking your produce and preserving it without refrigeration.
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Sep 15, 2012 6:30–9:30 am (museum opens at 10 am)
If you've always wanted to try the 19th-century lifestyle, this is the experience for you. Our expert staff will lead you through our special "Rousing with the Roosters" breakfast program as we work together to prepare a sunrise meal the same way many early immigrant farmers did. As the stove is lit, guests chop, stir, season and fry to prepare a hearty German-American breakfast. View or download a breakfast menu for this event (PDF 841 KB). In between, we'll work up an appetite as we feed the farm animals and tend to the gardens. We may even find some eggs or berries to add to our meal. After the preparations and cooking, we'll sit down to a delicious and abundant breakfast on the Koepsell farmhouse porch. Then everyone pitches in to clear the table and wash dishes 19th-century style to end a satisfying encounter with morning in 1880s Wisconsin. Admission to the museum is included with the ticket, so stay for the day to see the rest of the sights around Old World Wisconsin.
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Sep 15, 2012 - Sep 16, 2012 10 am–5 pm Saturday, 11 am–5 pm Sunday
September is the time to begin the work of the harvest and prepare for winter. Join us on these special September weekends as we cook and preserve, learn a little and enjoy the landscape. On this weekend, wood stoves will be fired up for Christmas baking, which often began in the fall, as some cookies needed time to develop their flavors and special characteristics.
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Sep 16, 2012 10 am–12:30 pm (museum opens at 11 am)
Enjoy a special before-hours garden visit with our own historical gardener, Marcia Carmichael, author of "Putting Down Roots: Gardening Insights from Wisconsin's Early Settlers." Learn about immigrants from Poland and southern Germany, their gardening styles and traditions, and meet some of their favorite plants as we stroll through our Kruza and Schottler gardens. The tour will conclude at Caldwell Farmers' Club Hall with refreshments featuring flavors from the homelands of the gardens visited. Each Garden Stroll ticket includes one half-price museum admission ticket valid during the 2012 season. Copies of Putting Down Roots will be available for purchase and signing after the tour.
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Sep 22, 2012 - Sep 23, 2012 10 am–5 pm Saturday, 11 am–5 pm Sunday
September is the time to begin the work of the harvest and prepare for winter. Join us on these special September weekends as we cook and preserve, learn a little and enjoy the landscape. On this weekend, the emphasis will be on the many surprising things you can pickle besides a cucumber.
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Sep 29, 2012 - Sep 30, 2012 10 am–5 pm Saturday, 11 am–5 pm Sunday
September is the time to begin the work of the harvest and prepare for winter. Join us on these special September weekends as we cook and preserve, learn a little and enjoy the landscape. On this weekend, you can savor nature's fullness as we explore the areas between our farmsteads.
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Oct 6, 2012 - Oct 7, 2012 10 am–5 pm Saturday, 11 am–5 pm Sunday
Join us as we bring in the season's harvest and button up the farmsteads for winter with a full slate of autumn activities. See the draft horses as they pull logs from the woods to the steam-powered sawmill. Hear the saw scream as it turns logs into lumber. Smaller engine-powered buzz saws help the farmer provide lumber for the winter. Take a ride on a horse drawn-wagon, see gasoline engines make work easier for farm families, and watch as draft horses plow and plant winter wheat. We'll be cooking over wood stoves and open fires, putting garden produce into crocks and jars for the winter, and filling the larder with dried foods and herbs. There's much to do and many ways for you to help. Arrive early or come both weekends. This is one of our most popular events.
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Oct 12, 2012 - Oct 14, 2012 Friday, October 12, at 7 pm. Saturday, October 13, at 5 pm and 8 pm, Sunday, October 14 at 5 pm
Begin the evening with a themed meal in the historic and fully decked out Clausing Barn, followed by an engaging play that will have you on the edge of your seat. "Frankenstein," by Tim Kelly, brings Mary Shelley's terrifying novel to the stage in an adaptation that reveals a much more complex and tormented creature than found in the classic Karloff movies. Victor Frankenstein has done the impossible — given life to inanimate matter. But his triumph turns to terror as his grotesque and despairing creation follows him home, threatening and demanding that Victor do the one thing he has sworn never to do — create another creature like himself, a companion, a wife. Reserve early; Halloween Dinner Theater performances sell out. Additional showings of "Frankenstein" will be presented October 18-21 and October 25-28.
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Oct 13, 2012 - Oct 14, 2012 10 am–5 pm Saturday, 11 am–5 pm Sunday
Join us as we bring in the season's harvest and button up the farmsteads for winter with a full slate of autumn activities. See the draft horses as they pull logs from the woods to the steam-powered sawmill. Hear the saw scream as it turns logs into lumber. Smaller engine-powered buzz saws help the farmer provide lumber for the winter. Take a ride on a horse drawn-wagon, see gasoline engines make work easier for farm families, and watch as draft horses plow and plant winter wheat. We'll be cooking over wood stoves and open fires, putting garden produce into crocks and jars for the winter, and filling the larder with dried foods and herbs. There's much to do and many ways for you to help. Arrive early or come both weekends. This is one of our most popular events.
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Oct 18, 2012 - Oct 21, 2012 Thursday and Friday, October 18-19, at 7 pm. Saturday, October 20, at 5 pm and 8 pm, Sunday, October 21, at 5 pm
Begin the evening with a themed meal in the historic and fully decked out Clausing Barn, followed by an engaging play that will have you on the edge of your seat. "Frankenstein," by Tim Kelly, brings Mary Shelley's terrifying novel to the stage in an adaptation that reveals a much more complex and tormented creature than found in the classic Karloff movies. Victor Frankenstein has done the impossible — given life to inanimate matter. But his triumph turns to terror as his grotesque and despairing creation follows him home, threatening and demanding that Victor do the one thing he has sworn never to do — create another creature like himself, a companion, a wife. Reserve early; Halloween Dinner Theater performances sell out. Additional showings of "Frankenstein" will be presented October 25-28.
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Oct 25, 2012 - Oct 28, 2012 Thursday and Friday, October 25-26, at 7 pm. Saturday, October 27, at 5 pm and 8 pm, Sunday, October 28, at 5 pm
Begin the evening with a themed meal in the historic and fully decked out Clausing Barn, followed by an engaging play that will have you on the edge of your seat. "Frankenstein," by Tim Kelly, brings Mary Shelley's terrifying novel to the stage in an adaptation that reveals a much more complex and tormented creature than found in the classic Karloff movies. Victor Frankenstein has done the impossible — given life to inanimate matter. But his triumph turns to terror as his grotesque and despairing creation follows him home, threatening and demanding that Victor do the one thing he has sworn never to do — create another creature like himself, a companion, a wife. Reserve early; Halloween Dinner Theater performances sell out.
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Nov 23, 2012 - Nov 24, 2012 Friday 7 pm, Saturday 1 and 7 pm
Begin with a themed meal in the historic and fully decked out Clausing Barn, followed by the Trial of the Century! It's one year after Ebenezer Scrooge's encounter with Charles Dickens' Christmas ghosts, and Scrooge has reverted to his wicked ways, bringing suit against the Ghosts of Christmas and his deceased business partner Jacob Marley for breaking and entering, kidnapping, slander and intentional infliction of emotional distress. At stake is the survival of Christmas itself! Full of comedy, drama, suspense and surprises, "The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge" by Mark Brown is a delightful new look at a classic holiday favorite. Tickets include a voucher for The Spirit of Christmas Past, held the first two weekends in December. Be sure to reserve early as our Holiday Dinner Theater shows sell out.
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Nov 30, 2012 - Dec 1, 2012 Friday 7 pm, Saturday 1 pm
Begin with a themed meal in the historic and fully decked out Clausing Barn, followed by the Trial of the Century! It's one year after Ebenezer Scrooge's encounter with Charles Dickens' Christmas ghosts, and Scrooge has reverted to his wicked ways, bringing suit against the Ghosts of Christmas and his deceased business partner Jacob Marley for breaking and entering, kidnapping, slander and intentional infliction of emotional distress. At stake is the survival of Christmas itself! Full of comedy, drama, suspense and surprises, "The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge" by Mark Brown is a delightful new look at a classic holiday favorite. Tickets include a voucher for The Spirit of Christmas Past, held the first two weekends in December. Be sure to reserve early as our Holiday Dinner Theater shows sell out.
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Dec 1, 2012 - Dec 2, 2012 4:30–7 pm
Event sponsored by the Old World Wisconsin Foundation
Explore the fascinating culture, food and holiday customs of Russian immigrants at this signature special event, held in the beautifully decorated historic Clausing Barn. Admission to Old World Wisconsin's Spirit of Christmas Past event, held the same weekend, included!
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Dec 1, 2012 - Dec 2, 2012 Noon-4 pm
We've decked our halls for this festive Christmas event. Stroll the 1870s Crossroads Village, house to house, shop to shop, as you learn the origins of many of today's beloved holiday customs.
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Dec 2, 2012 12:30–2:30 pm
Event sponsored by the Old World Wisconsin Foundation
Explore the fascinating culture, food, and holiday customs of Russian immigrants at this signature special event, held in the beautifully decorated historic Clausing Barn.
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Dec 2, 2012 2 pm
Enjoy great holiday theater at this performance-only show. It's one year after Ebenezer Scrooge's encounter with Charles Dickens' Christmas ghosts, and Scrooge has reverted to his wicked ways, bringing suit against the Ghosts of Christmas and his deceased business partner Jacob Marley for breaking and entering, kidnapping, slander and intentional infliction of emotional distress. At stake is the survival of Christmas itself! Full of comedy, drama, suspense and surprises, "The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge" by Mark Brown is a delightful new look at a classic holiday favorite. Be sure to reserve early.
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Dec 7, 2012 - Dec 8, 2012 Friday 7 pm, Saturday 1 pm
Begin with a themed meal in the historic and fully decked out Clausing Barn, followed by the Trial of the Century! It's one year after Ebenezer Scrooge's encounter with Charles Dickens' Christmas ghosts, and Scrooge has reverted to his wicked ways, bringing suit against the Ghosts of Christmas and his deceased business partner Jacob Marley for breaking and entering, kidnapping, slander and intentional infliction of emotional distress. At stake is the survival of Christmas itself! Full of comedy, drama, suspense and surprises, "The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge" by Mark Brown is a delightful new look at a classic holiday favorite. Tickets include a voucher for The Spirit of Christmas Past, held the first two weekends in December. Be sure to reserve early as our Holiday Dinner Theater shows sell out.
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Dec 8, 2012 - Dec 9, 2012 4:30–7 pm
Event sponsored by the Old World Wisconsin Foundation
Explore the fascinating culture, food and holiday customs of Russian immigrants at this signature special event, held in the beautifully decorated historic Clausing Barn. Admission to Old World Wisconsin's Spirit of Christmas Past event, held the same weekend, included!
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Dec 8, 2012 - Dec 9, 2012 Noon-4 pm
We've decked our halls for this festive Christmas event. Stroll the 1870s Crossroads Village, house to house, shop to shop, as you learn the origins of many of today's beloved holiday customs.
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Dec 9, 2012 2 pm
Enjoy great holiday theater at this performance-only show. It's one year after Ebenezer Scrooge's encounter with Charles Dickens' Christmas ghosts, and Scrooge has reverted to his wicked ways, bringing suit against the Ghosts of Christmas and his deceased business partner Jacob Marley for breaking and entering, kidnapping, slander and intentional infliction of emotional distress. At stake is the survival of Christmas itself! Full of comedy, drama, suspense and surprises, "The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge" by Mark Brown is a delightful new look at a classic holiday favorite. Be sure to reserve early.
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Dec 14, 2012 - Dec 16, 2012 Friday and Saturday 7 pm, Sunday 5 pm
Begin with a themed meal in the historic and fully decked out Clausing Barn, followed by the Trial of the Century! It's one year after Ebenezer Scrooge's encounter with Charles Dickens' Christmas ghosts, and Scrooge has reverted to his wicked ways, bringing suit against the Ghosts of Christmas and his deceased business partner Jacob Marley for breaking and entering, kidnapping, slander and intentional infliction of emotional distress. At stake is the survival of Christmas itself! Full of comedy, drama, suspense and surprises, "The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge" by Mark Brown is a delightful new look at a classic holiday favorite. Tickets include a voucher for The Spirit of Christmas Past, held the first two weekends in December. Be sure to reserve early as our Holiday Dinner Theater shows sell out.