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Contact: Keri O'Keefe Wisconsin Historical Society Phone: 6082619597 E-Mail: [email protected]
Wednesday, September 06, 2017 Experience Spooky Tales Come to Life at Old World Wisconsin
Eagle, Wis. – After the sun sets, visit Old World Wisconsin for the always spooky, sometimes scary event, Halloween Legends and Lore. Halloween Legends and Lore celebrates the immigrant legends that were brought to Wisconsin as well as the folklore created here at home. The event will take place during the evenings of October 20-21 and October 27-28.
“The whole family will enjoy a night of Halloween fun,” said Dan Freas, director of Old World Wisconsin. “Guests will have the opportunity to explore a different side of Old World through a variety of immersive storytelling experiences, mazes, music, and tasty treats.”
At Halloween Legends and Lore, the veil is thin between this world and the next. Troves of supernatural tales brought to Wisconsin over the generations come to life as you venture into the dark of the woods, encounter traveling performers around their fire, hear eerie tales performed by lantern light, and attempt a haunted maze under the light of the moon. If you dare, stay for the Wendigo’s Bonfire at 8:30, and then join our Undertaker for The Night Parade - when the church bell tolls, summoning the spirits back to the other side
Halloween Legends and Lore will take place from 5:00p.m.– 9:00 p.m. and will be held rain or shine. Tasty treats will be available for purchase. For more information, call 262-594-6301 or visit oldworldwisconsin.org. Admission for this event is: Adults $12; children (4-17) $9; children 3 and under are free. Old World Wisconsin is closed until the event begins.
Halloween Legends & Lore is generously sponsored by WaterStone Bank, visit any WaterStone Bank branch to get a $2 off per admission coupon.
About Old World Wisconsin Old World Wisconsin is one of the Wisconsin Historical Society’s twelve historic sites and museums. Old World Wisconsin is a 600-acre regional history attraction that features interactive environments and immersive stories of 19th-and early 20th-century Midwestern immigrant farm and rural life. It is one of twelve Wisconsin Historical Society sites and museums around the state. The site operates weekends in May, then daily Memorial Day through Labor Day, then Thursdays through Sundays September 10 through October 31. The museum offers guests hands-on activities, led by period-clad staff members, as they visit 10 working farmsteads, explore 12 heirloom gardens, meet heritage animal breeds and try historic crafts and skills. Old World Wisconsin is located on Highway 67 just south of Eagle, Wisconsin in the Milwaukee/Chicago/Madison triangle. For more information visit www.oldworldwisconsin.org or call 262-594-6301.
About Wisconsin Historical Society The Wisconsin Historical Society, founded in 1846, ranks as one of the largest, most active and most diversified state historical societies in the nation. As both a state agency and a private membership organization, its mission is to help people connect to the past by collecting, preserving and sharing stories. The Wisconsin Historical Society serves millions of people every year through a wide range of sites, programs and services. For more information, visit wisconsinhistory.org.
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