To Learn More about Cheese Making in Wisconsin

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Online Sources

Babcock Hall Dairy Plant, University of Wisconsin–Madison http://foodsci.wisc.edu/store: This campus cheese factory also bottles milk and makes yogurt and ice cream. You can tour the factory and buy Babcock cheese, ice cream, and other dairy products at its retail store.

Wisconsin Cheese Factories and Tours www.wisconline.com/attractions/cheese.html: Here you’ll find a list of working Wisconsin cheese factories and tour information.

Wisconsin Dairy Artisan Network www.wisconsindairyartisan.org: This Web site includes details about artisan and farmstead cheeses. It also offers tips on storing and serving different types of cheese.

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection www.datcp.state.wi.us: This site has information about dairy farming, cows, cheese, and more.

Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board www.wisdairy.com: Games and activities for kids, plus information about the state’s history of cheese making, dairy farming, and different types of cheese are on this Web site.

Wisconsin Cheese Museums and Sites to Visit

1867 Bodenstab Cheese Factory Museum, Sheboygan County Historical Society Museum: Displays include early-nineteenth-century cheese-making equipment. 3110 Erie Avenue, Sheboygan; (920) 458-1103; www.co.sheboygan.wi.us/html/d_museum.html.

Heritage Hill: This state historic park includes an 1894 cheese factory. 2640 S. Webster Avenue, Green Bay; (920) 448-5150; www.heritagehillgb.org.

Historic Cheesemaking Center: The displays include Swiss cheese kettles and cheese-making equipment used for making Swiss and Limburger cheeses. You can watch videotapes of cheese makers, milk haulers, and cheese dealers who once worked in southern Wisconsin. 2108 Seventh Avenue, Monroe; (608) 325-4636.

Stonefield: This Wisconsin historic site has a replica of an 1890 Wisconsin cheese factory complete with cheese vats, presses, and a butterfat milk tester. Off Highway 133 on County Road VV, Cassville; (608) 725-5210; www.wisconsinhistory.org/stonefield.

Swiss Historical Village and Museum: One of the 14 buildings here is a replica of a cheese factory with 100-year-old cheese-making equipment, including a copper kettle used for making Swiss cheese. 612 Seventh Avenue, New Glarus; (608) 527-2317; www.swisshistoricalvillage.org.