Old World Wisconsin

ANNETTE ON THE ROAD The Joys and Challenges of Open Air Museums (There's almost certainly one near you)

Scene from Crossroads Village, Old World Wisconsin: Yankee Farmhouse (1880s) on left, barn in foreground, Creamery (ice cream parlor) in center background, and Harmony Town Hall (1870s) in right back. Image: Annette Laing, 2021.

I’m a total sucker for open-air museums (you know, like Colonial Williamsburg or, for my UK readers, Beamish). Yes, despite bei…