The Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia, formerly The Museum of  
American Frontier Culture, in Staunton, VA has a similar set of  
structures.

Lyle Browning, RPA


On Jun 25, 2007, at 1:51 PM, Mark Branstner wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I just got back from a weekend trip to the Lake Geneva, Wisconsin  
> area, and had the great pleasure of "discovering" a Wisconsin  
> Historical Society property called "OLD WORLD WISCONSIN" - a 160- 
> acre complex of woods and fields with various reconstructed  
> farmsteads reflecting Wisconsin's ethnic heritage.  Using salvaged  
> buildings from various locations, there were German, Finnish,  
> Norwegian, Polish and other farmsteads, as well as various other  
> 19th century buildings, cows, chickens, interpreters, etc.
>
> Having grown up with Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in Dearborn,  
> Michigan, I am certainly familiar with the concept, but I was very  
> impressed with the Old World Wisconsin execution -- sort of  
> reminded me of the Cade's Cove section in the Smokey Mountains  
> National Park ....
>
> Being new to Illinois, does anyone have suggestions for other  
> historic sites, building zoos, or similar attractions that I should  
> be thinking about here in the central Midwest ... or anywhere else,  
> for that matter?  Other people's favorites?
>
> Thanks in advance,  Mark
> -- 
>
> Mark C. Branstner
> Historic Archaeologist
>
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