"In the 1970's, Wisconsin researchers traveled throughout the sate looking for authentic historic buildings representing generations of Wisconsin settlers. Over 60 of these historic buildings were then painstakingly moved piece by piece, literally numbering boards, bricks and logs to reconstruct them in what would become the largest outdoor museum of rural life in the United States known as "Old World Wisconsin".
Located about 35 miles from Milwaukee, and just outside the small town of Eagle, Old World Wisconsin opened in 1976, and features villages and farms representing various times and cultures of 19th and 20th Century life in the state.
You can experience what it was like to be a Finish immigrant in the early 1900's at the Rankinen and Ketola farms, or turn back the clock even more at the Norwegian area which includes the Raspberry School house, the furthest building moved from upper Wisconsin by Lake Michigan. One of our favorites, the one room school house features a teacher who will give you a lesson, and if you ask, tell you why they couldn't keep teachers for more than just a few months at this short lived school (think wilderness and wolves). Other exhibits include German, Danish, African American, and Polish.
Run by the Wisconsin Historical Society, each area has its own re-enactors showing what life was like, some even cooking food from the time period represented. You'll also find hands on activities, and authentic heirloom gardens. During our visit in August of 2014, there was a squirrel in a pot along with some fresh turnips from the garden at the Norwegian Fossebrekke Farm, while the Finish Ketola farm had some more modern baked goodies…"
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