Circle Wisconsin – Southeastern Shores

SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN DAY-TO-DAY ITINERARY

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Day 1: Kenosha, Racine & Milwaukee

Set your sights on Southeastern Wisconsin with a tour that begins with a real family farm at Apple Holler in Kenosha. Depending on the weather, you can start outdoors in an enchanted forest or indoors in the barn. They offer extensive farm-to-table menus for a late breakfast or early lunch. Then it’s on to the Kringle Capital—Racine— for Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, views of Lake Michigan with the majestic Wind Point Lighthouse and, of course, a stop at one of the fabulous Racine bakeries for a sample of Wisconsin’s state pastry known as the Kringle. This Danish delight is filled with a variety of fruits including prune, apple and cherry baked with a flaky and flavorful crust and topped with a drizzle of sweet icing. Every visit to the Racine Art Museum (RAM for short) brings your group new things to explore with the largest collection of American contemporary craft art in the country. Docents will welcome you and guide you through the museum that features over 5,000 pieces of ceramic, fiber, glass, metal and more.

Get a new perspective on Milwaukee’s history at the Harley-Davidson Museum. Experience history, culture and art all at once and witness the machines that helped shape over 115 years of American history. Finish your first day in Wisconsin at Lakefront Brewery, known for offering the best brewery tour in the nation. This Milwaukee icon serves up their award-winning beer, food, drinks and laughs.

Day 2: Southeastern Wisconsin’s Cedarburg, Saukville & Milwaukee

Your day begins by heading north of Milwaukee to historic Cedarburg for a step back in time at the Cedarburg General Store Museum, housed in a building that is over 160 years old. Dating back from the early 1900s through the 1940s, the museum is believed to be have one of the most extensive collections in the Midwest. The vintage candy counter, apothecary and dry goods displays evoke the essence of an old-time general store.

You’ll continue your insight into the past at the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts, which is dedicated to educating the visitor about the artistic, cultural, historic and social importance of quilts and fiber art. Housed in a repurposed 1850s farmhouse, here a docent will give a tour of these unique exhibits and works of art if arranged in advance. From mid-May to mid-October take a step back in time at Pioneer Village in Saukville, which is operated by the Ozaukee County Historical Society. A collection of over 24 restored buildings dating back to the 1840s to early 1900s are in a natural village setting. Make arrangements in advance for your group to visit.

Spend the afternoon at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Book a docent tour and discover untold stories as you take a stroll down the Streets of Old Milwaukee. Travel back to ancient worlds, study the science of earth’s formation and open your eyes to one of the largest and most diverse collections of North American Indian artifacts in the country. There’s a real life butterfly garden, a planetarium and a dome theater.

Day 3: Fun Things To Do in Milwaukee

Start you day of history and culture with a docent-led step-on guided tour by Historic Milwaukee. Choose from a number of different neighborhoods, including the diverse immigrant story of Bay View, the Polish and Italian working class community on and around Brady Street, the German heritage of Old World Third Street, and the beer baron mansions of North Point to name just a few. Next stop is the Grohmann Museum, which is located at the Milwaukee School of Engineering and houses an art collection dedicated to the evolution of human work. In addition to over 1,400 paintings, sculptures and works on paper, the museum hosts a number of special exhibits.

Open your eyes not only to the Jewish community of Southeastern Wisconsin, but the national Jewish community in this ever-changing world at Jewish Museum Milwaukee. Don’t miss the all-size original Marc Chagall tapestry.

Take a docent-led walking tour of the mansion known as the Charles Allis Art Museum. Learn about Charles and Sarah Allis and the home they built to house their extensive art collection, then make a stop at Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house, an Italian Renaissance-style home built on a bluff above Lake Michigan in 1924, boasts decorative art, changing exhibits and a Renaissance Garden.

Be sure to stop at the North Point Lighthouse with exhibits and artifacts that depict the life of a keeper and maritime history on the Great Lakes. The gift shop offers a selection of lighthouse and maritime items from books to wall and shelf art.

Finish your day with Milwaukee Food Tours, which can customize your groups’ experience. Enjoy a “Cedarburg Sweets & Treats Tour,” the “Bikes, Brats and Beer Tour,” “Milwaukee Fish Fry Tour,” “Churches & Chocolates Tour,” or a “Christmas Around Milwaukee Bakery Bus” tour.

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