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Tag Archive: Log Cabin

  1. Cabin Life: Strawberry Ice Cream

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    Wednesday, June 21 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

    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 invite you to try your hand at crafts and activities from the time of our 1840s log cabin. This event is free with general museum admission.

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  2. Cabin Life: Yarn Dolls

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    Wednesday, June 14 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

    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.

    This event is free with general museum admission.

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  3. Cabin Life: Sun-sational Tea

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    Wednesday, June 7 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

    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.

    This event is free with general museum admission.

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  4. Cabin Life: Washing Day

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    Wednesday, May 31 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

    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 a tub, washboard, and drying line in this historical play program.

    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.

    This event is free with general museum admission.

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  5. Schoolyard Games

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    Learn about the games played by children on recess during the 1800s!

    Join us in the Log Cabin to play a game that would have been played in the frontier schoolyard. From Jacks, to Marbles, to graces, and more – we’ll explore a new game every week.

    All ages are welcome, but games will be best for children ages 5 and up.

  6. Pioneer Kitchen

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    Join us for this weekly program centered around pioneer cooking and taste some of the food pioneers would have eaten.

    Drop-in program; free with admission

  7. Project Feederwatch

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    Learn about some of the common varieties of bird in Madison and count them as they visit our bird feeders in the Log Cabin yard. The data is submitted to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology project site. For more information, please visit the project website at: http://feederwatch.org/.

    Drop-in program; free with museum admission.

  8. Frontier Survival Skills

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    Learn some of the basics needed for living, and thriving, on the frontier. Each week we’ll explore a different skill, either craft or cooking related, and learn a bit more about the life of settlers.

    Drop-in program free with museum admission.

  9. Celebrate Samhain

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    Join us in the Log Cabin to learn about this traditional Gaelic festival marking the end of harvest and the beginning of winter.

    Drop-in activities, free with museum admission.

  10. Little Pioneers

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    Join us for history fun and pioneer play!  Make a craft from the past, plant and tend to the garden, harvest vegetables and explore historical artifacts in the log cabin.

    Drop-in program, free with museum admission

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