Our guest curator for this post is Beth A. Zinsli, a member of a large deer hunting clan from central Wisconsin. She was raised on venison, Colby cheese, and other typical Wisconsin fare. She is also a Ph.D. candidate in art history and visual culture studies at UW-Madison. Hunting whitetail deer is an annual fall ritual… Read More…
Guest Curators
Bicycling in the 19th century
The guest curators for this post are Nick Hoffman and Jesse Gant. Nick is the curator at the History Museum at the Castle in Appleton and Jesse is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Together they are writing an introductory book-length history of 19th century bicycling culture in Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Historical… Read More…
Home economics education
Our guest curator for this exhibit is Erika Janik, an award-winning writer, historian, and the producer and editor of Wisconsin Life on Wisconsin Public Radio. Erika is the author of Odd Wisconsin;Â A Short History of Wisconsin;Â Madison: A History of a Model City, and Apple: A Global History. Originally from Redmond, Washington, she now knows more… Read More…