World Series Wisconsin - Madison Historical Museum

[sbrylski]

Maybe this was mentioned already, but the Madison Historical Museum across from the Capitol building is running a "World Series Wisconsin" exhibit until December. Just wanted to give the heads up.

 

"This exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of the Milwaukee Braves' World Series victory and the 25th anniversary of the Milwaukee Brewers' American League pennant. Included are dozens of authentic, game-used objects - jerseys, jackets, caps, helmets, bats, balls, gloves, spikes, and more - many of them from the peak seasons of 1957 and 1982, and many actually worn and used by such baseball greats as Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Red Schoendienst, and Warren Spahn of the Braves, and Rollie Fingers, Paul Molitor, and Robin Yount of the Brewers. Original artifacts from Milwaukee County Stadium, fan souvenirs, historical photographs, and original radio broadcast clips and television footage also help bring the excitement of these victory seasons to life."

 

Website Link - includes a neat videohttp://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/wsw/

[1992casey]

We had a thread here from hawing with some good information, but danged if I can find it.

[hawing]

Yeah, the Wisconsin Historical Museum is a division of my employer (the Wisconsin Historical Society), so while I didn't develop the exhibit myself or anything, I've been following its progress for about a year, and the lead curator (David in the video) asked me for some extremely general opinions early in the planning process (which was fun).

 

I don't remember exactly what I said before. But it's a nice collection of memorabilia from the 1957 Braves and 1982 Brewers, along with some artifacts you wouldn't necessarily expect - like the "AT BAT" lighted sign from the original County Stadium scoreboard. For some reason that strikes me as really cool. For this exhibit, relatively few of the artifacts are Historical Society property - a lot of it is on loan from private collectors. As a result, this particular combination of items is never going to be viewable again, after December 2. If you're in or can get to Madison this fall, I highly recommend it. There's also related merchandise in the museum store, much of which can be purchased online.

 

Here is my favorite photograph from the exhibit:

 

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/wsw/images/photo4.jpg

 

This is where Lew Burdette lived in 1957. The folks out front are his neighbors who decorated the house before he returned from Game 7.

Imagine, such a modest home for a World Series hero. I feel confident that no one in MLB nowadays has digs like this.

 

Another cool thing (I think) is that Red Schoendienst made a generous (monetary) donation to the Museum for the exhibit.

[TooLiveBrew]

No one here likes baseball anyway