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~Historic Downtown Burlington Wisconsin ~
discover family events and family fun
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~Special events in historic downtown Burlington, Wisconsin ~
Some downtown specialty shops are offering free chocolate with certain purchases,
free parking is always a treat, bring your family, enjoy the fun…
...early bird fun during Chocolate Fest weekend..
Chocolate is Tops!
Spinning Top & Yo-Yo Museum: Highlights tour:
A unique and memorable visit: The 1.5 hour program includes: Try 40 hands-on tops & top games, see 2,000 item exhibition, videos and live presentation by the Tops Expert from an MGM movie, Admission. Best for ages 4-104, children must be with an adult. Reservations please. Gift shop open after program. Free parking. Spinning Top & Yo-Yo Museum, 533 Milwaukee Ave. www.topmuseum.org (262) 763-3946
Times TBA LOGIC PUZZLE MUSEUM 90 minute, hands-on sessions, with reservations. Admission.. Museum is for ages 5-105, not younger. Children must be with an adult. Free parking. 262 763-3946
Times TBA
Free Chocolate Top Spinning Challenge: throughout the day, stop by and win a free piece of chocolate when you make all of the tops spin at once! Celebrate that “Chocolate is Tops!” It only takes a few minutes to try it, free in front of Spinning Top & Yo-Yo Museum, 533 Milwaukee Ave. (Hwy.36), free parking. 262 763-3946, www.topmuseum.org
Museum Gift Shop open: 125 kinds of logic puzzles, 400 kinds of tops- yo-yos -gyroscopes, and other fun
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Chocolate is Tops! Spinning Top & Yo-Yo Museum: Highlights tour: A unique and memorable visit: The 1.5 hour program includes: Try 35 hands-on tops and top games, see 2,000 item exhibition, videos, and live presentation by the Tops Expert from an MGM movie, $11/person, all ages. Best for ages 4-104, children must be with an adult. Reservations please. Gift shop open after program. Free parking. Spinning Top & Yo-Yo Museum, 533 Milwaukee Ave. www.topmuseum.org (262) 763-3946
Old Fashion Yo-Yo Contest, free to watch, enter the contest for $3, win chocolate, of course! Bring your yo-yo or buy one here. Held in front of Spinning Top & Yo-Yo Museum, 533 Milwaukee Ave. (Hwy.36). 262 763-3946, www.topmuseum.org
And following the Yo-Yo contest:
after yo-yo contest & magic:
Museum Gift Shop open: 125 kinds of logic puzzles, 400 kinds of tops- yo-yos -gyroscopes, and other fun
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9 am Veteran’s Memorial Day Parade
through downtown Burlington followed by Memorial Service, 10:30 am in Echo Park
TBA Chocolate is Tops! Spinning Top & Yo-Yo Museum: Highlights tour: A unique and memorable visit: The 1.5 hour program includes: Try 40 hands-on tops and top games, see 2,000 item exhibition, videos, and live presentation by the Tops Expert from an MGM movie, Admission, all ages. Best for ages 4-104, children must be with an adult. Reservations please. Gift shop open after program. Free parking. Spinning Top & Yo-Yo Museum, 533 Milwaukee Ave., Burlington, WI 53105 www.topmuseum.org (262) 763-3946
TBA Old Fashion Yo-Yo Contest, free to watch, enter contest for $3, win chocolate, of course! Bring your yo-yo or buy one here. Held in front of Spinning Top & Yo-Yo Museum, 533 Milwaukee Avenue . Free parking. 262 763-3946, www.topmuseum.org
TBA Museum Gift Shop open: 100 kinds of logic puzzles, 400 kinds of tops- yo-yos -gyroscopes, and other fun
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All information subject to change, and watch for additional fun in historic downtown…
Summer downtown Farmer's Market, Thursdays
Year round: Many Tue/Wed afternoons: free to spin 4 selected tops in the Top Museum gift shop Downtown Historic Burlington Christmas Open House - weekend before Thanksgiving..................................................
~Gift certificiates for the 2007 Christmas Open house were from these shops and museums:
Allison Wonderland, Artistic Fibers, Burlington Flowers & Interiors, Burlington Footwear,
Burlington Health Foods, Burlington Menswear, Chase Bank,
Chocolate Expressions, Pine Street Curiosities, Delights,
Exclusively Yours Floral, Fox River State Bank, Happy Cayuse,
Jasmine Tree, Midwest Wildlife Gallery,
Sci-fi Café, Shy Violet, Spinning Top & Yo-Yo Museum
~Discover other surprises throughout downtown at toy stores,
flower shops, banks, clothing stores , art galleries,
health food shops, gift shops
~Free parking for shopping at your leisure
Five downtown unique museums including the
Spinning Top & Yo-Yo Museum, hands-on Logic Puzzle Museum,
Earth Mysteries Museum, Burlington Historical Museum, Chocolate Museum.
Always call ahead for museum hours.
~Enjoy Historic Downtown Burlington Wisconsin~
Burlington is in Racine County. 12 minutes from Lake Geneva. 45 minutes from Milwaukee.
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