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| Name: |
Racine Heritage Museum |
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| Type: |
Museum |
| Maritime Trail: |
Lower Lake Michigan |
| Lake: |
Michigan |
| Address: |
701 South Main Street |
| City: |
Racine |
| County: |
RACINE |
| Contact: |
Racine Heritage Museum |
| Phone: |
262-636-3926 |
| Open to Public: |
Yes
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| Description: |
The Racine Heritage Museum offers three floors of entertaining and interesting exhibits celebrating the rich heritage of this unique community. Here the stories are told of Racine's people and their products including Hamilton-Beach, SC Johnson, Modine, Twin Disc, Case, Horlick's Malted Milk, Racine County's involvement in the Underground Railroad Movement and the community's brilliant history as a shipbuilding center and port. These are tales of adventure and risk taking, creativity and ingenuity, immigration and settlement, family and quality workmanship.
Of special marine interest is the exhibit featuring 'Boat Manufacturing in Racine.' For more information call the museum or visit thier Web site.
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