Wisconsin Museums Week (May 10-18) and International Museum Day (May 18th) 2008 

Wisconsin Museums and Historical Societies
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Wisconsin Museums Week and International Museum Day

Wisconsin Museums Week and International Museum Day 2008 Participants:

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Institution: Brown, George W.  Jr., Ojibwe Museum and Cultural Center
Contact Name: Teresa Mitchell Email: bearriver_ldf@yahoo.com
Address: P.O. Box 804
Lac du Flambeau, WI  54538
Tel.#: 715-588-3333
Fax #:715-588-2355
Activities:
  • Offer reduced or free admission
  • Special tour/program

Institution Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion
Contact Name: Jodi Rich-Bartz E-mail: jodi@pabstmansion.com 
Address: 2000 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee , WI 53233
Beloit, WI  53511
Tel. #: 414-931-0808
Fax #: 414-931-1005
Activities:
  • Offer behind the scenes tours of the museum on Thursday, May 15
  • Distribute a news release to local media that ties International Museum Day (Week) celebrations with the museum’s behind the scene tours only

Institution: Cottage Antiques Museum
Contact Name: Louise Dworatscher
Address: 1124 N. Mason St.
Appleton , WI 54914
Tel. #: 920-729-7642
Fax #: 920-739-7642   (M-F 10-4)
Activities:
  • Offer free admission May 12-16

  • Distribute a news release to local media that ties International Museum Day (Week) celebrations with a program, exhibit, or other event during the week of May 10-18.

Institution: Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University
Contact Name: Lynne Shumow E-mail:  lynne.shumow@marquette.edu
Address: P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI  53201
Tel. #: 414-288-7290
Fax #: 414-288-7290
Activities:
  • Free admission ( Haggerty Museum is always free)

  • Have special speakers, workshops, concerts, artistic performances, film events: Trio Alma Latina will perform traditional Mariachi music from 7-8:30 on Tuesday, May 13th in conjunction with the exhibition Caras Vemos, Corazones no Sabemos: Faces Seen, Heats Unknown: The Human Landscape of Mexican Migration.

  • Send a note to a local civic leader to make them aware of International Museum Day and invite them to a program

 

Institution: Hoard Historical Museum/ Fort Atkinson Historical Society
Contact Name: Sue Hartwick hartwick@hoardmuseum.org
Address: 401 Whitewater Ave.
Fort Atkinson , WI   53538
Tel. #: 920-563-7769
Fax #: 920-568-3203
Activities:
  • Discount in gift shop. 

  • Distribute a new release to local media that ties International Museum Day celebrations with a program, exhibit or other event during the week of May 10-18

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