From: "Seymour, Janet I - WHS" <Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:22:15 -0600 Subject: List Serve: Event at Chippewa Valley Museum Message-ID: <488E289A5C909049B0E55F6B651B5B35F90D47BC08@MEWMAD0PC01G02.accounts.wistate.us>
List Serve members - upcoming event at the Chippewa Valley Museum in Eau Cl
aire.
For Immediate Release: February 16,
2009
Liz Fisher
Chippewa Valley Museum l.fisher@cvmuseum.com
PO Box 1204, Eau Claire, WI 54702 715.834.7871
From the “Homelands” and Back:
Central European Immigration History and Traveling to Central Europe Today
Explore and celebrate the historical and contemporary ties between Central
Europe and Wisconsin at the Chippewa Valley Museum in Eau Claire’s Carson
Park on Saturday, February 28th from 2-4 p.m.
Dr. Bob Gough will present the history of central European immigration to W
isconsin and the political and cultural impact of Germans and Poles in Sout
heast Wisconsin, and Prof. Teresa Sanislo (UWEC) will share stories, images
and information about traveling in Central Europe today.
A reception will follow with refreshments and music from the region. Commun
ity members and/or students who are from the region or who have traveled to
Central Europe are welcome to share their stories and photos as well!
Free with the price of paid Museum admission, including $4 for adults, $2 f
or children ages 4-17, and Museum members and children three and under free
.
Sponsored by UWEC History and Foreign Languages Departments.
Janet Seymour
Field Services Representative - Northern Region
Wisconsin Historical Society
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