The Hoard Historical Museum will be hosting walking tours of downtown Fort Atkinson. The activity will be held Saturday, July 29.
According to information released by the museum, a tour, which will be held in conjunction with the Fort Farmers Market, will offer two opportunities for participation. The first will be offered at 8:30 a.m. and a second will begin at 10 a.m.
Each tour is one hour long, and will give tour-goers an opportunity to see examples of commercial and residential architecture, with buildings accompanied by “inspiring, heartwarming and occasionally tragic stories,” associated with the people who built and occupied them, the release stated.
“This walking tour will highlight the structures and people who helped build Fort Atkinson. Walking tours will explore the buildings and area around the downtown section of Fort Atkinson,” the release noted.
According to the release, tour participants are encouraged to prepare for a one-mile walk over paved surfaces.
Those using strollers and wheelchairs, and accompanied by leashed dogs are invited to participate.
Each tour will begin and end at the Fort Farmers Market, which is held in the central downtown parking lot adjacent to the Fort Atkinson Post Office, 24 Milwaukee Ave.
Dana Bertelsen, assistant director of the Hoard Historical Museum, and the individual who will lead both tours on Saturday, noted within the release that much of Fort Atkinson’s early history is found around the Fort Farmers Market location.
Participating in either tour is free, although donations are accepted, the release noted.
Additionally noted in the release, “the Hoard Historical Museum is able to provide these programs and tours at no cost to the public due to the ongoing support of the museum’s membership and business patrons, and the city of Fort Atkinson.
The Hoard Historical Museum and National Dairy Shrine Museum are located at 401 Whitewater Ave., Fort Atkinson. The museums are open Tuesdays through Saturdays, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. They are closed on Sundays and Mondays. For more information, visit the museum’s website: www.hoardmuseum.org, or call: 920-397-9914. The museum also can be found on Facebook.
The Fort Atkinson Farmer’s Market is held each Saturday, from May though October, from 8 a.m. until noon. For more information about the market, visit its website: www.fortfarmersmarket.com.
Dana Bertelsen, assistant director of the Hoard Historical Museum, at right, leads a group on a tour of Fort Atkinson’s historical buildings located within the city’s downtown area. File photo/contributed.
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