WISCONSIN

Old World Wisconsin is a village that replicates what life was like for early Wisconsiners. Tour the living museum, and learn what life was like in Wisconsin thousands of years ago. In the summer, check out a real vintage baseball game, played the old-fashioned way, with no gloves! For more information, visit: www.wisconsinhistory.org/oww/.

Wisconsin Maritime Trails is a "trail" of historic sites, museums, and monuments that look at, explore, and share what life was like aboard the ships that sailed past Wisconsin soil. Learn what types of ships were used and how archaeologists are working to uncover the hundreds of shipwrecks beneath the Great Lakes. For a list of museums and historic sites, visit: http://www.maritimetrails.org/.

Wisconsin Historic Preservation and Archaeology Month takes place in May. For more information, visit: www.wisconsinhistory.org/hp/hpmonth/.

The Logan Museum of Anthropology
The Logan Museum of Anthropology offers a variety of archaeology programs throughout the year, in addition to several great anthropological collections. For more information, call 608-363-2677, or visit its Web site at: http://www.beloit.edu/logan/.

Dinosaur Discovery Museumhas the largest number of meat-eating dinosaurs on display in America. Children, three and older, can also participate in a dinosaur dig where they can use goggles and safety tools to become paleontologists. There is also a discovery room where kids can use dinosaur rubbings, color or read dinosaur books. For more information: http://www.kenosha.org/dinosaurdiscovery/index.html.

Wisconsin Historical Society
The Wisconsin Historical Society's Museum Archaeology Program can be found this website: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/archaeology/map/.

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