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The Oshkosh Public Museum is museum located in
Oshkosh, Wisconsin Oshkosh is a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, of which it is the county seat. The city had a population of 66,816 in 2020, making it the ninth-largest city in Wisconsin. It is also adjacent to the Town of Oshkosh. History Oshkosh was ...
, United States. It is housed in the Edgar and Mary Jewell Sawyer House, which is part of the Algoma Boulevard Historic District, and listed on the
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.


History

Edgar Sawyer, a lumber baron, built the house in 1908. The current mansion is built on the site of the Sawyer's previous home. The original home was demolished in 1907 to make way for a more grand and modern mansion. The Sawyers only lived in the new house for about a year before Mary died of heart failure. Edgar kept the residence open for 12 years, but did not live there permanently. The house was donated to the City of Oshkosh in 1922, and opened as a museum in 1924. Many items on display were destroyed in a third floor fire on June 2, 1994.


Attractions

The museum's featured attraction is a folk art clock called the Apostle's Clock.Oshkosh Public Museum
Retrieved February 18, 2008 At the top of each hour, music from a Regina music box starts a procession of hand carved
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figurines that circle and bow to a figurine of
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.Oshkosh Public Museum
Retrieved February 18, 2008 The final apostle,
Judas Iscariot Judas Iscariot (; grc-x-biblical, Ἰούδας Ἰσκαριώτης; syc, ܝܗܘܕܐ ܣܟܪܝܘܛܐ; died AD) was a disciple and one of the original Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. According to all four canonical gospels, Judas bet ...
, is carrying a bag, and he turns away from Jesus. The interior of the building was designed by
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. There are several stained glass windows and an ornate carved staircase. Rooms display art and contain information and artifacts about Oshkosh and the
Lake Winnebago Lake Winnebago ( mez, Wenepekōw Nepēhsæh, oj, Wiinibiigoo-zaaga'igan, one, kanyataláheleˀ) is a shallow freshwater lake in the north central United States, located in east central Wisconsin. At 137,700 acres it is the largest lake entire ...
region. The museum also documents the arrival of immigrants from Eastern Europe into the region. A section entitled "Memories & Dreams" describes the 1830s until 1920s and includes a 1913
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motorcycle. In a room called "Grandma's Attic" visitors can interact with historic items. A model shows the city and its lumber yards in the 1800s.


Images

Image:ApostlesClockOshkoshPublicMuseum.jpg, Apostles Clock Image:OshkoshPublicMuseumRHPSign.jpg, Registered Historic Place sign


Further reading


Public museum rises from the ashes
Jeff Potts;
Oshkosh Northwestern The ''Oshkosh Northwestern'' is a daily newspaper based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The ''Northwestern'' was owned by the Schwalm and Heaney families until 1998, when it was sold to Ogden Newspapers; Ogden traded the paper to Thomson Newspapers two m ...


References


External links


Oshkosh Public Museum website
{{authority control Historic house museums in Wisconsin History museums in Wisconsin Houses completed in 1908 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Museums in Oshkosh, Wisconsin Natural history museums in Wisconsin Historic district contributing properties in Wisconsin Houses in Winnebago County, Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Winnebago County, Wisconsin 1924 establishments in Wisconsin