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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.

Publication Info. Madison : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (x, 258 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Wisconsin land and life
Wisconsin land and life.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Old World Wisconsin (Museum) -- History.
Old World Wisconsin (Museum)
History.
Historical museums -- Wisconsin -- Eagle -- History.
Historical museums.
Wisconsin -- Eagle.
Agricultural museums -- Wisconsin -- Eagle -- History.
Agricultural museums.
Open-air museums -- Wisconsin -- Eagle -- History.
Open-air museums.
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- Wisconsin.
Wisconsin.
Historic farms -- Conservation and restoration -- Wisconsin.
Historic farms.
Ethnic architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- Wisconsin.
Ethnic architecture.
Conservation and restoration.
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Historic farms -- Conservation and restoration.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Krugler, John D., 1940- Creating Old World Wisconsin. Madison : The University of Wisconsin Press, ©2013 9780299292645 (DLC) 2012035301 (OCoLC)809926079
ISBN 9780299292638 (electronic book)
0299292630 (electronic book)
9780299292645
0299292649