Does laundry cause friction in your family? Wait until the kids find out about old-fashioned washing days! Doing chores is great for hand-eye coordination, integrating the senses, social emotional development, and appreciation for modern technology. Get scrubbin' and experience tasks kids would have done in the mid-1800s. Learn how laundry used to get done with […]
Soak up the sun and get taste of Wisconsin summer. Harvest fresh herbs from our cabin garden and enjoy a refreshing batch of museum-made sun tea. Cabin Life invites you to try your hand at crafts and activities from the lives of European settlers during the time our original 1840s log cabin.
Make your own trusty textile companion. Join us in our historic cabin to create yarn dolls and play just like kids of the past. Each week, Cabin Life programs invite you to try your hand at crafts and activities from the era of our 1840s log cabin.
What could be better than a juicy summer strawberry? Homemade strawberry ice cream, of course! Harvest from our organic strawberry patch and find out how make summer's quintessential treat the old-fashioned way. Learn about phase changes and culinary science while churning ice cream, then taste the fruits of your labor! Each week, Cabin Life programs […]
Help prepare the Log Cabin garden for spring and learn about gardens planted by early European settlers in Wisconsin. Cabin Life invites you to try your hand at crafts and activities from around the time our original log cabin was built in the 1840s.
