National Dairy Shrine — Attraction in Fort Atkinson

Cool local museum. Dairy was not my focus but the rest of the stuff was great. Fyi, don't overlook the small sign that says if you actually want to look at the multimedia presentations you have to ask the staff to start them. My favorite part of this museum was the video on first nations mound building , the house museum and learning about local poet lorine Niedecker whom I had never heard of. Least favorite was all the dead stuffed things that needed a modern interpretation of what they were, who collected them and why, how we might do this type of display today to avoid all the apparent carnage, and what value they have to our modern knowledge of conservation and biology. Museum is free. Hard to believe that Fort Atkinson has the financial means to support this...

We stopped by here on a whim passing by and seeing a sign that it was open and free admission. WOW this museum is exceptional. The volunteer staff was outstanding in directing us as to what the museum all entailed and there was so much! SO well displayed. Two libraries for research in everything ABE Lincoln and on the Dairy industry Plus I had no idea their achieves were so plentiful on the people in Fort Atkinson. Honestly, this was one of the best-kept secrets Fort Atkinson Has!!!! Highly recommend going! and don't forget to add some $ to their donation box... In my opinion, it is worth every dollar if you...

what a sweet milky treat! you would never expect the amount of dairy knowledge and memorabilia housed in and under this modest building. i won't "spoil" it for you, check it out your own cowself. the best part was the insemination display. also an inexplicable display of arrowheads in the shape of the freemasonry symbol (EVIL and NOT what the people who carved those probably wanted lol). the staff was very kind, respectful (i don't smell that great), and accommodating. there are...