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Manitowoc County Historical Society launches new digital guide featuring Historical Buildings

Manitowoc County Historical Society launches new digital guide featuring Historical Buildings to Enrich Both Onsite and Offsite Visits
 
The free guide joins hundreds of cultural institutions around the globe on the Bloomberg Connects app
Manitowoc County Historical Society has launched a new, digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and cultural app created by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Bloomberg Connects makes MCHS accessible for either onsite or offsite visits through photo, audio and video features; offering insights into the 25 plus historical buildings located at Pinecrest Historical Village.
The Manitowoc County Historical Society digital guide brings guests into the past with first person narratives for over 20 of their historic buildings. The digital guide also includes insights to the construction of Pinecrest Historical Village and heirloom garden development. 
"We are thrilled to launch this new digital guide for our guests!" stated Devinne Fackelman, Engagement Manager at the Manitowoc County Historical Society. "This guide will give our guests to MCHS and Pinecrest Historical Village a new way to engage with our buildings and programs on and off site. We are so honored to be partnering with Bloomberg Philanthropies and we look forward to our continued partnership". 
Bloomberg Connects offers free digital guides to cultural organizations around the world. The app platform is part of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ longstanding commitment to supporting digital innovation in the arts. Bloomberg Connects makes it easy to access and engage with arts and culture from mobile devices when visiting in person, or anytime from anywhere. With dynamic content exclusive to each partner organization, the app provides a range of features including video, audio, and text; expert commentary; and way-finding maps.
The Bloomberg Connects app, available for download from Google Play or the App Store.

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About the Manitowoc County Historical Society
Nestled in the scenic rolling Ice Age Kettle Moraine countryside of Eastern Wisconsin, the Manitowoc County Historical Society is a museum of living history. This 60-acre interpretive museum of local history features a Welcome Center with local history exhibits and research services and the outdoor Pinecrest Historical Village - a collection of over 25 historic buildings with period furnishings from Manitowoc County's early settlers. 
 
Pinecrest Historical Village began in 1970 with a land donation from the Hugo and Eleanor Vetting family.  The Village has grown to represent a reproduction of a small Wisconsin community during the early 1900s. The buildings form the commercial, social, and political core of a town and they represent several architectural styles of Wisconsin's history. The furnishings, items, and tools in the various buildings used by the Pinecrest Village interpreters are either original pieces or carefully researched reproductions. 

For more information on the Manitowoc County Historical Society, contact the museum at (920) 684-4445 or ManitowocCountyHistory.org.