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Author Krugler, John D., 1940-

Title Creating Old World Wisconsin : the struggle to build an outdoor history museum of ethnic architecture / John D. Krugler
Published Madison : The University of Wisconsin Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (x, 258 pages) : illustrations
Series Wisconsin land and life
Wisconsin land and life.
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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Subject Old World Wisconsin (Museum) -- History
SUBJECT Old World Wisconsin (Museum) fast
Subject Historical museums -- Wisconsin -- Eagle -- History
Agricultural museums -- Wisconsin -- Eagle -- History
Open-air museums -- Wisconsin -- Eagle -- History
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- Wisconsin
Historic farms -- Conservation and restoration -- Wisconsin
Ethnic architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- Wisconsin
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Agricultural museums
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration
Historic farms -- Conservation and restoration
Historical museums
Open-air museums
Wisconsin
Wisconsin -- Eagle
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012035301
ISBN 9780299292638
0299292630