Roots & Leaves Museum

The Cultural Center’s Roots and Leaves Museum will be housed in the 1872 Mamer/Hansen stone barn built by Jacob Mamer, a Luxembourg immigrant to Ozaukee County. The 1872 Mamer/Hansen Stone Barn

The barn is but one of a handful of Luxembourg archetypal stone barns in America. The barn was donated to the Luxembourg American Cultural Society, Inc.

The barn has been dismantled, select stones numbered, and the remnants of the barn are in storage until construction of the Roots & Leaves Museum begins in Fall 2006 The Roots and Leaves Museum will be a state-of-the-art facility depicting Luxembourg American immigration and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg past and present. Phase Two of the Luxembourg American Cultural Center will include a Research Center and a Community & Conference Center.  Phase One of the project, the Roots and Leaves Museum, will be dedicated on August 11/12, 2007 in conjunction with the annual Luxembourg Fest of Belgium, Wisconsin.

The interior displays for the Roots & Leaves Museum are being given as a gift from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.  The interior displays are being manufactured in Luxembourg and will be shipped to the US.  The donation of these displays by the Grand Duchy is a gift of approximately $500,000

One half of the museum will reflect Luxembourg:  Past & Present.  The other half will reflect Luxembourg immigration, heritage and culture in America. The museum will reflect Luxembourg heritage from all regions of the US. The Wëllkomm Centre adjacent to the museum will contain a 12-foot sculpture of a tree called the Luxembourg American Family Tree.  The “leaves” on this stunning sculpture will contain hotographs of Luxembourg American immigrants and their descendants.  Individuals/families/corporations can purchase leaves as part of the fundraising plan for Phase One of the project.