EAA Museum
Friday or Saturday, September 24, 25, 2011
Located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, at the site of the world’s largest aviation
event the Museum is one of the most extensive aviation attractions in the world,
a year-round destination for the entire family. Come and explore our world-class
displays and galleries. Marvel at aviation innovations in our collection
of more than 250 historic airplanes. Spend time in one of our fi ve movie
theaters. Take a ride in a vintage airplane at Pioneer Airport—a real working
aerodrome right out of the “golden age” of aviation. Witness a piece of history
in the Eagle Hangar, our tribute to World War II aviation and get “hands on” in
the Kid Venture Gallery, our exciting interactive gallery for kids of all ages!
The heart and soul of any good museum is its collection, and the EAA Air Venture
Museum is no
exception. Our collection of historic artifacts began in 1962 when Steve Wittman
donated his famous air racer “Bonzo” and the EAA Air Museum was founded. Since
then it has fl owered into a magnifi cent assortment of over 20,000 historic
aviation objects.
Cost: $00.00 Per Person (includes bus, admission, lunch and gratuities
Miller Brewing Company
Friday or Saturday, September 24, 25, 2011
In 1855, German immigrant
Fredrick Miller purchased the Plank Road Brewery. Surrounded by
woods, the small brewing operation was no bigger than a
Victorian house. Today, a replica of the Plank Road Brewery is
just one of the historic highlights in Milwaukee’s Miller
Valley, the home of the nation’s second largest brewer, Miller
Brewing Company. Walk outdoors and upstairs to Miller’s
packaging-center balcony. A blur of cans roars along conveyor
belts that wind through wet machinery, packing up to 200,000
cases of beer daily. The next stop is Miller’s mammoth
distribution center that covers the equivalent of fi ve football
fi elds. Typically, you can see half a million cases of beer. In
the brew house, Miller makes its beer, up to 8.5 million barrels
annually in Milwaukee alone. Climb
56 stairs to look down on a row of towering, shiny brew kettles
where “wort,” a grain extract, is boiled and
combined with hops. Stroll through Miller’s historic Caves, a
restored portion of the original brewery where beer was stored
before the invention of mechanical refrigeration.
Finish your tour at the Bavarian-style Miller Inn and sample a
Miller beer or soft drink. Be sure also to take a few minutes to
inspect the impressive collection of antique steins. In the
summer, you can enjoy your beverage in an adjoining beer garden
enlivened by music.
Cost: $00.00 Per Person (includes all fees)
Mitchell Park Horticultural
Conservatory
“The Domes”
Friday or Saturday, September 24, 25, 2011
Experience a desert oasis, a tropical jungle and special fl
oral gardens . . . all in one afternoon . . . and an amazing
lighting display in the evening! The incredible diversity of
plant life you will encounter reminds us all of the Earth’s
unique diversity of plant and animal species so very vital to
our own survival. Come to the deserts of Africa, Madagascar,
South America and North America in the Arid
Dome where one of the world’s fi nest collections of cacti,
succulents, shrubs and arid-land bulbs grow. An Oasis of Pampas
Grass and desert palms beckons as paths lead you past many plant
oddities with intriguing geometric forms, subtle coloration and
unique adaptations to hot, dry habitats. Stroll the jungle-like
trails of the Tropical Dome and see a rich diversity of plants
from the rainforests of fi ve continents. Showy fl owers,
fruits, nuts, spices and a multitude of orchids and bromeliads
surround you as you’re drawn toward a rushing waterfall in this
paradise. Be sure to look for the colorful birds that call the
Tropical Dome their home. Enter a themed fl oral exhibit fi
lling the Floral Show Dome with gardens of color. Five seasonal
displays each year will delight you with their beauty and will
serve to inspire your own gardens.
Cost: $00.00 Per Person (includes transportation and gratuities)
The Pabst Mansion
Friday or Saturday, September 24, 25, 2011
In 1892, the Flemish Renaissance Revival Mansion of Captain
Frederick Pabst, world famous beer baron, accomplished sea
captain, real estate developer,
philanthropist and patron of the arts, was completed. From the
day the house was inhabited, it was considered the jewel of
Milwaukee’s famous avenue of mansions called Grand Avenue and
represented the epitome of America’s Gilded Age Splendor in
Milwaukee. The Pabst Mansion is a testament to Pabst’s success,
his love of life and his German heritage. Boasting stunning
interiors, elegant original furnishings, elaborate wall
coverings, the fi nest wood craftsmanship, intricate ironwork,
brilliant stained glass, and rare art, the Mansion helped make
the 1890’s the “Pabst Decade” in Milwaukee. The Mansion was to
be one of the very fi nest residences in the city. No cost or
innovation would be spared in its design. Of many of its
conveniences, the house was wired for electricity, then in its
infancy, plumbed for nine full bathrooms, installed with a
state-of-the-art heating system by the company now known as
Johnson Controls which could regulate the heat in the Mansion
with 16 thermostats and custom-built furniture for the majority
of its rooms.
Cost: $00.00 Per Person (includes transportation and gratuities)
Old World Wisconsin
Friday or Saturday, September 24, 25, 2011
Journey back to the past at Old World Wisconsin, a vivid re-creation of the
working farmsteads and settlements established by European immigrants in
America’s heartland. Discover teams of oxen and horses working in the fi elds,
the farm folk preparing hearty meals over
wood-burning stoves, and the heirloom plants in well-tended gardens. Stroll
through the Crossroads Village and
chat with the town blacksmith or the keeper of the general store. Discover the
true spirit of early Wisconsin. The 1870s come alive in the re-creation of a
rural village. You’ll see the spirit of the residents in the Crossroads Village
and understand the economic, social, religious and political fabric that bound
this community together. European diversity is on display in the various
professions throughout the village. See costumed interpreters portraying a Welsh
shopkeeper, Irish laundress, Norwegian wagon maker and Bohemian shoemaker.
The true spirit of America is embodied in Old World Wisconsin’s farmsteads.
Waves of immigrants flocked to this land of opportunity, eager to seek out the
freedoms and possibilities that no longer existed in their homelands. A site
visit can include seeing authentic farm implements, like this horse-powered
threshing machine, in operation. See technology demonstrated up-close and learn
how it was used by early settlers.
Cost: $00.00 Per Person (includes bus, admission, lunch and gratuities)
Milwaukee Art Museum
Friday or Saturday, September 24, 25, 2011
The Milwaukee Art Museum
collects and preserves art, presenting it to the community as a
vital source of inspiration and education. It contains 20,000
works of art, 300,000+ visitors a year, 120 years of collecting
art. From its roots in Milwaukee’s fi rst art gallery in 1888,
the Museum has grown today to be an icon for Milwaukee and a
resource for the entire state. The 341,000-square-foot Museum
includes the War Memorial Center (1957) designed by
Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, the Kahler Building
(1975) by David Kahler, and the Quadracci Pavilion (2001)
created by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. Four floors of
over forty galleries of art are rotated regularly with works
from antiquity to the present in the Museum’s far-reaching
Collection. Included in the Collection are 15th– to 20th–century
European and 17th–to 20th–century American paintings, sculpture,
prints, drawings, decorative arts, photographs, and folk and
self-taught art. Among the best in the nation are the Museum’s
holding of American decorative arts, German
Expressionism, folk and Haitian art, and American art after
1960. The Museum also holds one of the largest
collections of works by Wisconsin native Georgia O’Keeffe.
Important artists represented include Nardo di Cione, Francisco
de Zurbarán, Jean-Honoré Fragonard,
Winslow Homer, Auguste Rodin, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Henri
de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pablo Picasso, Jóan
Miro, Mark Rothko, Robert Gober, and Andy Warhol.
In addition to the works in the Museum’s Collection galleries,
there are a variety of changing exhibitions
throughout the year, including the three major feature
exhibitions in the Baker/Rowland Galleries of the
Quadracci Pavilion.
Cost: $38.00 Per Person (includes all boat fees and appetizers)
Circus World Museum
Friday or Saturday, September 24, 25, 2011
The Ringling Bros. Circus was founded in Baraboo, WI, in 1884 by five
brothers: Al, Otto, Charles, John and Alf T. Ringling. Ringlingville was the
name for the original Ringling Bros. Circus winter quarters in Baraboo. The
buildings, standing along the north bank of the Baraboo River, date from 1897
through 1918 and are the largest surviving group of original circus structures
in North America. There are also remains of a footbridge which employees took to
cross the river in the winter. The world-famous circus wintered in Baraboo for
34 years until 1918, the year before it merged with the Barnum & Bailey Show
(which the Ringlings purchased in 1907) to become the Ringling Brothers and
Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows.
The entire area has been declared a National Historic Landmark Site.
Cost: $00.00 Per Person (includes bus, admission, lunch and gratuities