From: "Norlin, Amy - WHS" <Amy.Norlin@wisconsinhistory.org> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:10:20 -0600 Subject: Waushara Museum to hold Christmas open house Dec. 12 Message-ID: <488E289A5C909049B0E55F6B651B5B350179828DD9FB@MEWMAD0PC01G02.accounts.wistate.us>
From: Dee Rechek <drechek@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Waushara Co Historical Open House
> To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
> Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 8:50 AM
>
> The Waushara County Historical Society will hold their annual open
> house at the museum located at 221 S Saint Marie St. in Wautoma from
> 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The museum has been decorated for Christmas and the
> Halloween display is still up in the attic.
>
> A string ensemble will perform
> holiday music from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Come and see the new Marjorie
> Rawson display and visit with her son George and family. For a $30.00
> donation to the Waushara County Historical Society you can get a copy
> of "The World at My Door" by Marjorie Rawson which was published in
> 1973. Only five copies of this book are available at the museum.
>
> Refreshments and cookies will be served. There is a Christmas Boutique
> in the first room of the jail section with two tables of new and used
> Christmas items for sale. We also have other books and pamphlets
> available. There are a number of brochures available by the main
> entrance.
>
> The museum will be open for tours and research. Tours of the museum
> take approximately one hour, so the last tour will begin at 2 p.m.
>
> Regular research hours at the museum are Monday, Wednesday and
> Friday mornings from 8 to 10:30 a.m., and Monday afternoons from 1 to
> 3 p.m. The museum is open for tours or research Wednesday afternoons
> from 1 to 4 p.m. > with the last tour beginning at 3 p.m.