Description |
1 online resource (x, 258 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Wisconsin land and life |
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Wisconsin land and life.
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Contents |
Visionaries -- Managers -- Master Planners --Conflict Management -- Fund-Raisers -- Builders -- Toward an Insecure Future -- Epilogue |
Summary |
With its charming heirloom gardens, historic livestock breeds, and faithfully recreated farmsteads and villages that span nearly 600 acres, Old World Wisconsin is the largest outdoor museum of rural life in the United States. The site, created and maintained by the Wisconsin Historical Society, offers visitors a unique opportunity to learn about the state's rich and ethnically diverse past through depictions of the everyday lives of its Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Polish, African American, and Yankee inhabitants. This book chronicles the fascinating and complex origins of this outdoor museum, highlighting the struggles that faced its creators as they worked to achieve their vision |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Old World Wisconsin (Museum) -- History
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SUBJECT |
Old World Wisconsin (Museum) fast |
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Historical museums -- Wisconsin -- Eagle -- History
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Agricultural museums -- Wisconsin -- Eagle -- History
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Open-air museums -- Wisconsin -- Eagle -- History
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Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- Wisconsin
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Historic farms -- Conservation and restoration -- Wisconsin
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Ethnic architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- Wisconsin
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Agricultural museums
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Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration
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Historic farms -- Conservation and restoration
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Historical museums
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Open-air museums
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Wisconsin
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Wisconsin -- Eagle
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2012035301 |
ISBN |
9780299292638 |
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0299292630 |
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