Join us for the 2019 Annual Meeting, and step back into the nineteenth century at Old World Wisconsin in Eagle, WI.  OWW is an open air museum with more than 60 historic structures brought here from around the state, including three German immigrant farms from the 1860s, 1870s, and 1880s. We will enjoy a private, guided tram tour of all the grounds, followed by a walking tour of the German sites. Afterwards we will move to the Clausing Barn for our annual meeting and the dinner. The Clausing Barn is an octagonal two-story structure that was built by German barn builder Ernst Clausing in 1897 in Mequon, Ozaukee County. Tying our day together will be a lecture by Johannes Strohschänk, Professor of German at UW-Eau Claire, on “Old Wine in New Bottles or Is Heimat Portable?”
For more information click HERE.

Members receive the Friends Newsletter three times a year, which contains information about Max Kade Institute activities and current research in German-American studies. You will also enjoy reduced fees at MKI workshops and will be the first to learn about the Institute’s events, programs, special lectures, and social events. The Friends of the Max Kade Institute is a 501(c)(3) organization, and contributions are tax-deductible.

The latest Friends of Max Kade Institute Newsletter is here!
Personal German-American stories and documents are the focus of this issue. Read more about…
– “The Greatest Christmas Ever”: A German-American Pastor’s Service on December 25, 1918
– The Autobiography of Christian Pauli of Winterkraut
– The Otto Schroeder Recordings
– From Rural Germany to the 19th-century Midwest
– The Thiel Family Immigration Story.

Looking to find your German ancestors in Europe? The Friends of the Max Kade Institute are co-sponsoring a German genealogy workshop held by the Max Kade Institute and the Wisconsin Historical Society. Join us on February 23, 2019, in Madison! For more details, including registration information, click HERE.

Just in time for spring, here comes the MKI Newsletter Winter 2017-2018 issue. Read about

• “German Immigrants, Silver Fox, and Ginseng: The Colorful History of Hamburg and Berlin, Wisconsin” (this is were the Friends of MKI annual meeting will be held on May 5! Register Here);
• “Restoring The Speaker’s House, Home of the first Speaker of the U.S.House of Representatives, Frederick Muhlenberg;
• “A Thank You to all Donors of the MKI Library Project Campaign; Book review:
• “A Crowded Hour: Milwaukee During the Great War, 1917-1918”

Join the Friends and receive your own copy: https://mkifriends.org/membership/