Old World Wisconsin Announces Two Flashback Field Trips for Adults

The popular historic attraction offers two nostalgic evenings for kids at heart

 Eagle, Wis. -- Wouldn’t you like to be a kid again? Now, you can be at Old World Wisconsin’s Flashback Field Trips. Taking place on July 27 and Aug. 24 from 5 to 7:30 p.m., this after-hours, adults-only event features all those historic activities remembered from the nostalgic field trips of your youth – from blacksmithing to high-wheel tricycle riding – plus new experiences and the chance to enjoy a refreshing adult beverage from Old World Wisconsin’s Brewhouse.

“So many of our guests tell me they haven’t visited Old World Wisconsin since their 4^th-grade field trip,” said Dan Freas, Old World Wisconsin director. “We hope these special evenings will bring back fond memories, reacquaint folks with old world traditions and bring out the kid in all of us.”

The 600-acre regional history attraction, featuring 60 authentic 19^th-century buildings collected from around the state, offers a variety of activities throughout the grounds. Guests can cook up a historic recipe in the Four Mile House, watch the blacksmith at work, ride a high-wheel tricycle, play a game of graces and hoop and stick on the village grounds, visit heritage breed animals and listen to interpreters tell historic stories.

The evening, priced at $65 per person, includes a gourmet boxed dinner with a glass of wine or can of beer.  The menu, an adult version of a kid’s sack lunch, features a choice of a gourmet peanut butter and homemade jelly sandwich or a ham and cheese sandwich on pretzel bun, along with chips, cookies, fruit cup and soda.

Advance registration is required; guests must be 18+ to attend and 21+ to be served alcohol. Wisconsin Historical Society members receive a ten percent discount.

For more information, go to oldworldwisconsin.org or call 262-594-6301.  

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About Old World Wisconsin

 Old World Wisconsin is one of the Wisconsin Historical Society’s twelve historic sites and museums. The site is a 600-acre regional history attraction that features interactive environments and immersive stories of 19^th-and early 20^th-century Midwestern immigrant farm and rural life. The museum offers guests hands-on activities as they visit 10 working farmsteads, explore 12 heirloom gardens, meet heritage animal breeds and try historic crafts and skills. Old World Wisconsin is located on Highway 67 just south of Eagle, Wisconsin in the Milwaukee/Chicago/Madison triangle. For more information visit oldworldwisconsin.org or call 262-594-6301. Wisconsin Historical Society members receive free admission to the twelve historic sites during regular operating hours.

 About Wisconsin Historical Society 

The Wisconsin Historical Society, founded in 1846, ranks as one of the largest, most active, and most diversified state historical societies in the nation. As both a state agency and a private membership organization, its mission is to help people connect to the past by collecting, preserving, and sharing stories. The Wisconsin Historical Society serves millions of people every year through a wide range of sites, programs, and services. For more information, visit www.wisconsinhistory.org. 

 The Wisconsin Historical Foundation, a 501(c) (3) tax-exempt organization, receives grants and private contributions benefitting the Wisconsin Historical Society and administers the membership program.