Annual Meetings |

Every May, members of the Friends of the Max Kade Institute gather in a different location in Wisconsin for their annual meeting. These meetings are fun-filled days that include not just the business meeting, but tours of historic places, lectures, and a German-style dinner.

Friends of the Max Kade Institute Annual Meeting 2024
Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
Saturday, May 4, 2024

Waelderhaus, Kohler

This year, the Friends will explore the rich German American history of Sheboygan County. Join us for our annual meeting at the Riverdale Country Club in Sheboygan, with a warm lunch buffet and a presentation by Katie Dippel Reilly, researcher at the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center (SCHRC). Afterward we will visit the SCHRC in Sheboygan Falls and view unique German American documents from their collection. We will also take a tour of the Waelderhaus in Kohler, built in 1931 in the architectural style of the Bregenzerwald region of Austria, the ancestral home of the Kohler family.

11:00 – 12:00      Riverdale Country Club 5008 S 12^th St., Sheboygan, Wisconsin
— Registration
— Annual Business Meeting of the Friends (snack platters, beverages, cash bar)
12:00 – 12:15      Socializing; Board of Directors Meeting (election of officers)
12:15 –   1:30      Luncheon (warm buffet: tenderloin tips (GF), herbed chicken (GF), pasta primavera (V)
—Presentation by Katie Dippel Reilly
2:00   –   4:00     Tours:
— Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, 518 Water St., Sheboygan Falls
— Waelderhaus, 1100 W. Riverside Dr., Kohler