tours - virtual
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West Bend Art Museum The West Bend Art Museum's permanent collection is dominated by a historical collection of documents and artwork representing the output of Milwaukee-born Carl von Marr (1858-1936). Over 300 works attest to his remarkable artistic ability and stellar career in Europe. The Early Wisconsin Art Collection showcases many of the state's leading artists of the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries, including Carl Holty, Edmund Lewandowski, Aaron Bohrod, John Steuart Curry, Francesco Spicuzza and Frank Lloyd Wright, to name just a few. This is backed by the Wisconsin Art Archive, containing files on over 3,500 artists.
This virtual tour was created by Jake Gundrum of Eagle Art Design and is used with permission. |
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Overture Center for the Arts Phase one of the Overture Center for the Arts opened Sept. 18, 2004, in downtown Madison. Phase two will open in 2006. This arts complex is a center for the visual and performing arts and houses groups like the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Madison Opera and the James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Seen here is Overture Hall, seating over 2,200 and housing an organ that is a work of art in and of itself. Read more about the Overture Center in our feature story. see the tour [502kb] |
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Madeline Island cemetery This old cemetery on Lake Superior's Madeline Island houses the remains of prominent Ojibwe leaders and other early residents. Ojibwe graves are often marked with crosses or spirit houses, some of which are barely visible (low to the ground) at the far end of the cemetery. The canal opposite the graveyard runs in a course used for centuries for trade and travel, though the presence of luxury boats in the water reveals that traditional pursuits and fur trading have taken a back seat to tourism in recent decades. A parking lot, just discernible beyond the trees to the left of the cemetery, sits on a spot that probably once housed a Jesuit mission and school that were influential in the early days of French-Indian contact on Madeline Island. For more information, read our feature story about Madeline Island. see the tour [541kb] |
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Madeline Island Museum While residents of Madeline Island have always been separated from mainland Wisconsin by Lake Superior, they haven't always been isolated. The island has been an active hub for Ojibwe people, French-Canadian fur traders, Scandinavian fishermen, modern vacationers and others. The Madeline Island Museum preserves pieces that document the cultural and economic influences on the island, from Jesuit robes to sewing machines. Read our feature story about Madeline Island. see the tour [520kb] |
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The Wesley Jung Carriage Museum The Wesley Jung Carriage Museum is located on the grounds of the Wade House historic site in Greenbush. It houses a colorful array of vintage wagons and carriages of almost every design and purpose: fire wagons, a circus calliope, delivery wagons, hearses, sleighs, children's wagons and more. Wesley Jung was the grandson of a German carriage maker who had immigrated to Wisconsin. The younger Jung collected vintage carriages as a way of preserving a disappearing mode of transportation. Visitors to the museum get a wonderful sense of the variety of these vehicles once so common on American streets. Read more about the Wesley Jung Carriage Museum in our feature story about Wade House. see the tour [491kb] |
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The Herrling Sawmill The Herrling Sawmill is located on the grounds of the Wade House historic site in Greenbush. It is a replica of the original mill that once operated on the same spot from 1854 to 1910. The original mill was owned and operated by German immigrant Theodor Herrling. The new mill, which opened to the public in 2001, is a rare example of a working, water-powered sawmill in North America. Read more about the Herrling Sawmill in our feature story about Wade House. see the tour [512kb] |
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Wade House: An 1860s Stagecoach Inn Since 1953, Wade House has been operated as a state historic site by the Wisconsin Historical Society. The Greek Revival-style inn was the venture of Sylvanus and Betsey Wade, Yankee settlers to the upper Midwest. They fed and lodged travelers on the plank road that connected Fond du Lac and Sheboygan. The structure is located in the village of Greenbush. Seen here is a room on the first floor of the large, 27-room inn. Read our feature story about Wade House. see the tour [494kb] |
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