Heritage Day at the Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums July 4, 2016

Celebrate July 4th at the Mining & Rollo Jamison Museum as we put on our annual Heritage Day Community picnic.  From 9:00 am to 5:00 pm visitors can:

•  Explore the special exhibit Mining Stock Certificates

•  Play 19th century games such as hoop rolling, jacks, horseshoes, graces (a unique game of catch), sack races, soap bubbles, and stilts

•  Complete a fun museum scavenger hunt.

•  Witness special demonstrations of mechanical music boxes, gramophones, and a foot-powered jig saw.

•  Check out the display of cars by the Southwestern Wisconsin Auto Club.

•  Local collectors will show antique tractors and demonstrate hit and miss engines.  You can see how these handy little machines helped farmers shell and grind corn and pump water.

•  The Platteville Music Boosters will be sponsoring a food stand offering brats, hot dogs, snow cones, ice cream and more.

•  The Rountree Art Gallery will feature a retrospective of local artist Bud Wall and offer a children’s activity.

•  The 5K Walk/Run and the Youth Walk/Run begins in front of the museum with registration at 7:30 and an 8:00 start.

•  Listen to the music of The Wundo Band performing (from 12:00 until 4:00)

Admission to the above and to the Museum exhibits is free for the day.  Mine Tours and train rides will be available at a reduced rate.