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About the MuseumThe Historical Museum is located adjacent to Memorial United Methodist church on West Forest Home Road at South 52nd Street, Greenfield Wisconsin. A Committee of volunteers is in charge of the exhibits, which change annually. The present exhibit, "Enless Line of Splendor" opened in September of 2009. The exhibit is a remembrnace of hte many missionaries who have gone out from the churches in Wisconsin United Methodism An Historical Building The Rev. John Lutz came from Ohio to southeastern Wisconsin in 1840
and helped to form a congregation of German immigrants which was formally
established on February 9, 1841. In the summer of 1848 the men of the
congregation built a log church on land donated by Frederick Heglmeyer
on the old Jamesville Plankroad, now Forest Home Avenue. In 1858 the present
cream city brick building was constructed and served the congregation
until 1929, when the present Memorial Church building was erected. Between 1929 and 1939 the building was often used as a gymnasium and interchurch basketball games were held. In 1939 the Wisconsin Conference of the Evangelical Church chose the building as its Conference History Building. During the early 1940s, when the Memorial congregation was building a new parsonage, the Rev. Mel Rohrdanz and his family lived in the museum building. In 1963, the building was moved back from Forest Home Avenue to its present location, where it housed records, books, pictures, portraits and other historical pieces.
Today the Memorial congregation holds marriages and Christmas Eve and Easter sunrise worship in the museum building surrounded by more that 160 years of memories which the museum helps to provide.
Coming ExhibitWe are pleased to announce our new exhibit, “Endless Lines of Splendor” which chronicles the story of those that Wisconsin United Methodism has sent into the mission field. An opening ceremony in September of 2009 attracted 30 attendees who viewed the exhibit and heard the witness of former missionaries Florence Norton, Lois Olsen and Andy Oren. The exhibit includes information about fifty missionaries. Enough material has been collected for the exhibit that we hope to publish a booklet Wisconsin United Methodist Missionaries in the near future.After the Grand Opening, the exhibit may be visited by individuals and/or groups by making prior arrangement with the office secretary at Memorial UM Church in Greenfield, Wisconsin (414/545-2440)
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