Woodworking points of interest near Madison, Wisconsin
 

Hello,
I will be traveling to Madison, Wisconsin by end of April, and would
like to visit some points of woodworking interest in that area. Can
anyone give me a hint of what not to miss?

Greetings,
Juergen
--
Dr. Juergen Hannappel http://lisa2.physik.uni-bonn.de/~hannappe
Phone: +49 228 73 2447 FAX ... 7869
Physikalisches Institut der Uni Bonn Nussallee 12, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
CERN: Phone: +412276 76461 Fax: ..77930 Bat. 892-R-A13 CH-1211 Geneve 23

"Juergen Hannappel" wrote in message
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Hello,
I will be traveling to Madison, Wisconsin by end of April, and would
like to visit some points of woodworking interest in that area. Can
anyone give me a hint of what not to miss?


Forest Products Labs? http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/

Juergen:

While NOT a true woodworking site, you must stop at
Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin in Spring Green. Will be
about an hour or so drive from Madison. You will find
a LOT of crafted furniture built by Wright and his students
(mostly them) but you will be treated to a wonderful
tour. Take the one that goes into the house.

Taliesin will be open in April, here's a link:

http://www.taliesinpreservation.org/

MJ Wallace

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:01:35 -0500, George george@least wrote:

"Juergen Hannappel" wrote in message
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Hello,
I will be traveling to Madison, Wisconsin by end of April, and would
like to visit some points of woodworking interest in that area. Can
anyone give me a hint of what not to miss?

Forest Products Labs? http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/

Yes, that's an interesting stop. Juergen, are you talking exhibits of
finished work, or shops, or stores, or what kind of thing are you thinking
about? The state capitol building (can't miss it in Madison) has some
beautiful woodwork inside, and it's open 365 days a year. If you like
quarter-sawn oak, you'll love it.

Dave Hinz

"Juergen Hannappel" wrote in message
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Hello,
I will be traveling to Madison, Wisconsin by end of April, and would
like to visit some points of woodworking interest in that area. Can
anyone give me a hint of what not to miss?


The waterskiiing pig at Tommy Bartlett's water show? :)
I grew up and lived in WI for over 25 years and never made it to the Dells,
so take that for what its worth...

[Pesonally, I'd wasn't into woodworking then, so I'll only offer up
non-dorking things I'd do.]

UW-M is my alma mater and things I enjoyed doing we the Capitol tour,
House on the Rock (a drive but on the way to Taliesin), walk down State
Street, up the hill to Bascom Hall and a little jaunt around the campus,
walk down to the Red Gym and the lake, get some ice cream from Babcock.

Scooting over to New Glarus or down to Stoughton might be a little bit of
fun.

I'd probably zip over to Milwaukee (about an hour drive) and see those
sites. Ain't been to the new Art Museum with Calatrava's piece yet.

There's some interesting geographical things in that part of the state due
the the glaciers: (eg. drumlins). Whitewater has some nice parks to explore.

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:38:28 GMT, patrick conroy wrote:

The waterskiiing pig at Tommy Bartlett's water show? :)

Died. It's a dog now.

Scooting over to New Glarus or down to Stoughton might be a little bit of
fun.

New Glarus has a good brewery, but he's coming from Germany, so he
can get good beer there. Stoughton has a lot of Norwegian heritage,
if that sort of thing is interesting.

I'd probably zip over to Milwaukee (about an hour drive) and see those
sites. Ain't been to the new Art Museum with Calatrava's piece yet.

There was or is an exhibit of furniture at the Milwaukee Art museum, but
I'm not sure if that's still there. I heard it was impressive.

There's some interesting geographical things in that part of the state due
the the glaciers: (eg. drumlins). Whitewater has some nice parks to explore.

Yup.

Juergen Hannappel wrote:
: Hello,
: I will be traveling to Madison, Wisconsin by end of April, and would
: like to visit some points of woodworking interest in that area. Can
: anyone give me a hint of what not to miss?


Go to the new wing of the Art Museum. It's a beautiful building, and
inside there is a colection of furniture worth a look.

-- Andy Barss

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:38:28 +0000, patrick conroy wrote:

Ain't been to the new Art Museum with Calatrava's piece yet.

Don't bother, if that's the only reason. The MAM does have a few bits of
furniture, and some useful video of how chairs were crafted.

Check out the Madison Symphony's new hall...

--
"Keep your ass behind you"
vladimir a t mad {dot} scientist {dot} com

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:49:14 +0000, Dave Hinz wrote:

There was or is an exhibit of furniture at the Milwaukee Art museum, but
I'm not sure if that's still there. I heard it was impressive.

"American Fancy" exhibit closed a long time ago. Permanent collection has
a few modern and 19th century pieces, and a bunch of big heavy German
carved lumps. (Not that I have a strong opinion of them...)

--
"Keep your ass behind you"
vladimir a t mad {dot} scientist {dot} com

Juergen:

I am shocked that no one has recommended you check out the following:
http://www.circusworldmuseum.com/
and then click on the link for wagons on the top of the web page.

Baraboo, Wisconsin is I think about 60 to 80 minute drive from Madison
WI. The Web page will tell you if the museum is open when you are
in Madison and have free time. ASK YOUR HOSTs about visiting there!!!

Background: Baraboo, WI was the winter home of one of the Mid-West
traveling circus before automobiles. There is a historical society
that supports the museum. But the big draw for wood workers are the
carved circus wagons which are just beautiful (in the way gaudy circus
wagons should be). During the summer, there is a small one ring circus
they put on. The museum is a good slice of life from 1890's Mid-West.

As a woodworker, if you can appreciate carved wood and wooden wagons
you owe it to yourself to visit the circus world museum, and the wagon
display.

Phil

"Juergen Hannappel" wrote in message
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Hello,
I will be traveling to Madison, Wisconsin by end of April, and would
like to visit some points of woodworking interest in that area. Can
anyone give me a hint of what not to miss?

Greetings,
Juergen
--
Dr. Juergen Hannappel http://lisa2.physik.uni-bonn.de/~hannappe
Phone: +49 228 73 2447 FAX ... 7869
Physikalisches Institut der Uni Bonn Nussallee 12, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
CERN: Phone: +412276 76461 Fax: ..77930 Bat. 892-R-A13 CH-1211 Geneve 23

Juergen Hannappel wrote:

Hello,
I will be traveling to Madison, Wisconsin by end of April, and would
like to visit some points of woodworking interest in that area. Can
anyone give me a hint of what not to miss?

Greetings,
Juergen

While not the caliber of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin in Spring Green,
if you have time after that, and are into to wooden architectural interest:
http://www.publicmuseum.oshkosh.net/...wyer_home.html

Even some German Folk art:
http://www.publicmuseum.oshkosh.net/...les_clock.html

The public museum is free.

Across the street is the Paine Art Center, also of architectural interest,
$6.00 admission.
http://www.thepaine.org/estate/index.html
They don't have pictures on the web site that do justice to the fine wood
interior, e.g. dining and library rooms.

Oshkosh is about 1 & 1/2 hour North East of Madison.

Airplanes are completely off topic, but it is worth a visit to the world renown
EAA air museum if you are in Oshkosh. http://www.airventuremuseum.org

End of Oshkosh tourist adds ;^)

Thanks, Steve