Different From The Rest

Going to a historic house like the Pabst Mansion is a different learning experience then just sitting in the classroom reading about it and looking at pictures. Being able to be in the house, seeing, smelling, touching everything that the house has to offer is a unique experience that a classroom can't offer. Not only are you able to see, touch and smell the history of the place but you get sent back into time to better understand the information about the house, owners, and land. An open-air museum like the Pabst Mansion can have such an impact on a viewer because they get to learn and retain all the information in their own way. A custom history lesson I guess you can call it.

Being able to go inside a house like this, you get a feel for how the owners lived, what they did day by day and just how the land around you has changed since the house was built. With that kind of opportunity to go back in the past (sort of) and get a sense of everything really changes your perspective on things especially if you are really into a museum-like career. My aunt is one of three people that work at the Kneeland-Walker house in Wauwatosa. That itself is a historical building from 1890. She loves history and preservation. She really gets into the dirt of what really happened with where ever she goes to explore. Having her kind of love for beautiful buildings such as the Pabst Mansion really gives us a gift of the past. They are able to save what could be torn down. They are able to give us a piece of the past that could not only teach us a thing or two but change our views on what we do today.