Friday, July 03, 2009
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City of Platteville Museum Department
405 East Main Street, P.O. Box 780
 Platteville, WI 53818
(608) 348-3301
email:museums@platteville.org
www.mining.jamison.museum

 

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Farm Women: Silent Partners exhibit
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Coming in May 2009 
Farm Women: Silent Partners



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Heritage Day
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Heritage Day, July 4, 2009

 

Celebrate the 4th here at the museum.  The Wundoes will play in the afternoon and Bob Welch with Songs of the Civil War: Lincoln and Liberty, Too at 11:00 am. Come for games, demonstrations, Hit and Miss Engines, antique tractors, car display and food stand by the Platteville High School Music Boosters.  The museum is open 9-6 pm with free admission to the Rollo Jamison Museum.  Tours of the mine and train rides are available at a reduced rate. 


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Wisconsin Museum Week - Open House and Program
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Pre-Parade Party for
Celebration of Heroes Sunday July 12

            Music by the Ken Kilian Swingtet in the style of a 1940s USO show.  Find it on the front lawn of the Rollo Jamison Museum. Music begins at 11:00 and coninues until the parade starts at 1:00.  There'll be a food stand if you get hungry or thirsty.

           

 

 

 

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Welcome
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The Mining Museum and Rollo Jamison Museum are located side by side at the eastern end of Platteville's Downtown Historic District. The museums include an underground tour of the 1845 Bevans Lead Mine, a ride in a 1931 mine train aboveground, and exhibits on Platteville and area history.

Hours
The Mining Museum and the Rollo Jamison Museum are open daily 9-5 May through October. Self-guided galleries and office are open Monday-Friday 9-4, November through April. Group tours available year 'round by appointment.

Tickets
 Tickets which include admission to both The Mining Museum and Rollo Jamison Museum are Adult $8.00, Seniors $7.00, Child 5-15 $4.00 with under 5 free, Family $22 (up to two adults and two or more dependent children 5-17).

November through April admission to the Rollo Jamison Museum and the Mining Museum building is $4 adults and seniors and $2 for children 5-15. This does not include the mine.

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Museums Annual Report
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