Enduring Skills Weekend at Agency House

Try your own hand at an exciting sampling of historic skills.

Have you ever tried blacksmithing? Flintknapping? Ancient copper pounding? Played graces? Or 19th century tavern games? Tried hoop rolling? Started a fire with flint and steel? Washed clothes on a washboard? Written with a quill pen? Made a 19th century toy? Have you ever danced a 19th century reel? Learned how to make soap? Made a fire-wrought dugout canoe? Sung popular songs of the 1860s or done Civil War military cooking? How about weaving? Hand quilting or rag ball making? Butter making?
 
Now's your chance!  Try something new...yet old
Many historical skills and techniques would be lost to time were it not for those who continue to practice and research them to this day. Try your own hand at an exciting sampling of skills that have endured through the centuries or have been re-created through research and experimentation. We have a fantastic lineup of Enduring Skills stations for adults and kids (ages 5 through 105). Bring your family and friends for a whole weekend of fascinating hands-on activities.
 
FREE General Admission compliments of the Antiquarian Society of Wisconsin in memory of Olive "Cissy" Bryson