NEW GLARUS - During Labor Day weekend, the Chalet of the Golden Fleece Museum, 618 2nd St., will be open from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 4, with the last guided tour starting at 7:30 p.m., and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 5 and 6.
Guided tours are provided with the $8 admission for adults. Visitors to both the Chalet and the Swiss Historical Museum will receive $1 off admission price to each museum. Both museums offer the AAA discount as well.
Edwin Barlow was founder and director of the Wilhelm Tell play. Barlow enlisted local residents to present a Wilhelm Tell pageant in German on Labor Day in 1938.
Barlow's strong desire to see New Glarus retain its ties to Switzerland can be felt throughout the village. His other legacy is the Chalet of the Golden Fleece. The three-story building houses a collection, mostly European, but from many other countries as well. The chalet is a replica of a Bernese Mountain chalet and was designed and built by Jacob Rieder. Rieder's chalet designs earned him the Juror's Prize from the Yale University School of Architecture for the Swiss-style house plans he submitted to the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress. The chalet was listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places in Spring of 2015. The chalet is one of three intact examples of an authentic Swiss chalet in the state.
The chalet will be open Saturdays during September and October from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, visit the Chalet of the Golden Fleece Museum's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Chalet-OfTheGoldenFleece?fref=ts or email nggoldenfleece@-gmail.com.
Guided tours are provided with the $8 admission for adults. Visitors to both the Chalet and the Swiss Historical Museum will receive $1 off admission price to each museum. Both museums offer the AAA discount as well.
Edwin Barlow was founder and director of the Wilhelm Tell play. Barlow enlisted local residents to present a Wilhelm Tell pageant in German on Labor Day in 1938.
Barlow's strong desire to see New Glarus retain its ties to Switzerland can be felt throughout the village. His other legacy is the Chalet of the Golden Fleece. The three-story building houses a collection, mostly European, but from many other countries as well. The chalet is a replica of a Bernese Mountain chalet and was designed and built by Jacob Rieder. Rieder's chalet designs earned him the Juror's Prize from the Yale University School of Architecture for the Swiss-style house plans he submitted to the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress. The chalet was listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places in Spring of 2015. The chalet is one of three intact examples of an authentic Swiss chalet in the state.
The chalet will be open Saturdays during September and October from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, visit the Chalet of the Golden Fleece Museum's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Chalet-OfTheGoldenFleece?fref=ts or email nggoldenfleece@-gmail.com.
