Old World Wisconsin | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
Location | Eagle, Wisconsin, United States |
Coordinates | 42°51′50″N 88°29′16″W / 42.86389°N 88.48778°W |
Area | 480 acres (190 ha) |
Established | 1976 |
Governing body | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Website | oldworldwisconsin |
Old World Wisconsin is an open-air museum located near Eagle, in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. It depicts housing and the daily life of settlers in 19th-century Wisconsin, with separate areas representing the traditions of different ethnic groups who settled in the state. Costumed interpreters portray the occupations and chores of typical settlers of the time.