Start Date: 5/12/2013
End Date: 5/12/2013
Event Times: Openings remain available only for the 2 pm seating (museum open from 10 am–5 pm)
Contact Info
E-mail: oww@
wisconsinhistory.org Phone: For recorded information call 262-594-6300; during operating hours call 262-594-6301.
Fax: 262-594-6342
Mother's Day Brunch
Make mom's gift a morning spent together: relax over our tasty brunch buffet, then stroll through our heirloom gardens and farmsteads. All moms receive free museum admission today. Two special guests at the museum this day include Marcia Carmichael, Old World Wisconsin's historical gardener and award-winning author of
'Putting Down Roots: Gardening Insights from Wisconsin's Early Settlers,' and Lee Somerville, author of
'Vintage Wisconsin Gardens: A History of Home Gardening.' The two Wisconsin Historical Society Press authors will sign copies of their books at brunch from 10 am to noon. They also will give a talk available to all museum guests beginning at 1 pm, and they will be available to sign copies of their books at the museum store until 2 pm; Marcia Carmichael will be available until 3 pm.
Ticket Info: Adults $20, children 5-12 $10 (4 and under free). Reservations required. A per-order registration fee and sales tax will be applied. All purchases support programming at Old World Wisconsin.
Register for this event online.
Location Description: Old World Wisconsin documents the settlement of 19th- and early 20th-century Wisconsin. It comprises an 1870s crossroads village and 10 ethnic farmsteads located on 576 acres of wooded hills in the Southern Unit of Kettle Moraine State Forest.
Venue: Old World Wisconsin
Address: W372 S9727 Hwy 67
PO Box 69
City: Eagle
Accessibility Info: Reasonable accommodations will be made for individuals requiring wheelchairs for mobility. Trams are equipped to transport visitors using wheelchairs during regular museum operating hours. Call ahead to make arrangements at 262-594-6301.
Event Location URL:
http://www.oldworldwisconsin.org
