Old World Wisconsin's newest interactive experience, Catch Wheel Fever!, opened to the public this summer to great enthusiasm from guests. The hands-on experience captures the excitement of the 1890’s cycling craze that swept the nation

Catch Wheel Fever! will be open every day that the museum of 19th- and early 20th-century Midwestern immigrant farm and rural life is open, at no additional admission charge.

Guests of all ages are invited to explore the reproduction 1890’s bicycle repair shop and take a photo aboard a high wheeler. The centerpiece of the experience is the hop-on reproduction tricycles, where children and adults can pedal around a track and catch some wheel fever firsthand.

Catch Wheel Fever! complements the book “Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State” published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press.

The exhibit was made possible, in part, by a generous lead grant from the Sally Mead Hands Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Old World Foundation, Wheel & Sprocket and We Energies Foundation.

Admission and Hours

Catch Wheel Fever! is free all season with Old World Wisconsin admission. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily through Labor Day and Thursday-Sunday Sept. 4 through Oct. 31.

Tickets are $16 for adults, $9 for children (5-17), free for children younger than 5, $14 for students/seniors and $43 per family (up to two adults and two or more dependent children 5-17).

Old World Wisconsin is located at W372 S9727 Highway 67, Eagle.

For more information, call (262) 594-6301 or visit www.oldworldwisconsin.org.