Start Date: 4/4/2006
End Date: 6/17/2006
Event Times: Museum hours are 9am-4pm, Tues.-Sat. Headquarters hours are 8am-5pm, Mon.-Sat.
Contact Info
E-mail: museum@
wisconsinhistory.org Phone: 608-264-6555
Fax: 608-264-6575
Stories From the Start: Early Life in Madison
Madison officially became a city in 1856. In honor of the city's 150th birthday, the Wisconsin Historical Society is sharing stories that connect us with the Madison of the 1850s. Explore maps, drawings, and photographs of the fledgling city. Visit the Peck family who ran Madison's first hotel. View a map showing the location of effigy mounds built by the region's first residents. See the buildings designed by August Kutzbock and photographs by John Fuller, Madison's premier landscape photographer. Learn how Madison became a city and how its citizens lived. Meet Leonard Farwell, an entrepreneur responsible for much of the city's early development. All of these stories and more are represented in temporary exhibits at the Wisconsin Historical Museum on the Square and the Historical Society headquarters building on the UW campus.
Add'l Contact Info: For more information call (608) 264-6555
Ticket Info: Museum admission is by donation.
Location Description: Four floors of changing exhibit galleries, permanent exhibits and the museum store — located on Madison's Capitol Square
Venue: Wisconsin Historical Museum
Address: 30 North Carroll Street
City: Madison
Accessibility Info: The site is fully accessible to visitors requiring a wheelchair for mobility.
Event Location URL:
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/
