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casing period furnishings and antiques, along with 19th-century French Barbizon and U.S.
art. Outside lie acres and acres of gardens; one, modeled after the Dutch Pond Garden at
Hampton Court in England, features more than 100 varieties of roses. Legend has it the
place is haunted, but the caretakers disavow any knowledge.
Oshkosh Public Museum
In a grand 1907 English-style home, the
Oshkosh Public Museum
(1331 Algoma Blvd.,
920/236-5799, 10am-4:30pm Tues.-Sat., 1pm-4:30pm Sun., free) is one of the best public
museums you'll see in a town of Oshkosh's size. Permanent holdings range in subject from
local and natural history, china, and pressed glass to Native American ethnology and ar-
chaeology. One highlight is an eight-foot-tall Apostles Clock designed and built in the late
1800s by a German immigrant; it's considered one of Wisconsin's most treasured pieces of
folk art.
show at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
Grand Opera House
Try to visit the architectural gem that is the
Grand Opera House
(100 High Ave., 920/
424-2355), an 1883 edifice designed after majestic halls in Italy.
