5301. Go to the Bobblehead Museum in Milwaukee

 Over the summer, Stacy asked if I've been to the Bobblehead museum. I told her I have not and it's on my bucket list. She said we could probably do it cookie baking weekend since her son was asking to go again. I'm always game for an adventure.

The Bobblehead Museum is located on South First Street in Milwaukee above a coffee shop. Parking is street parking. There is an elevator to get to the museum. Admission is $5/person and kids under 5 are free. It is open 7 days a week 10-6 weekdays and 10-5 weekends. 

There are thousands of bobbleheads in the museum. They are categorized by sport and other genres.  The only problem is you can't touch them. I get it but then they should behind glass so little hands don't touch them. 

It is not a big museum but it packs a lot of bobbleheads into the space they have. Each bookcase is at least six shelves full of bobbleheads.

I didn't realize how many bobbleheads there are in from pop culture to presidents to sports. I like the Wheel of Fortune one among others.

There are life size bobbleheads scattered throughout the museum.

There a bobbleheads on the window sills. Making good use of the space.

I forgot that Pat McCurdy developed the theme song for the Bobblehead Museum. He has his own Bobblehead.

To keep kids of all ages occupied, there have several activities. They have 2 scavenger hunts -- The A-Z one that Stacy did last time and the random bobblehead scavenger hunt. We did the random one. It was pretty easy to find all the answers if you know where to look.

The other activity is to find Waldo. They have a Waldo bobblehead hidden somewhere in the museum and if you find him you get a prize. With a hint, we found him. They do move Waldo twice a month so repeat visitors have to keep finding him.

It is definitely worth the $5. The collection is huge and I even found one that we have in our collection. This is a great place to check out if you are looking for a rainy day activity or something to do before a Brewer game.

Mike Jirschele Bobblehead Night

Last week I got my weekly update about promotions and happenings at Fox Cities Stadium and the T-Rat game. It said next Thursday was going to be Mike Jirschele, bobblehead night. I mentioned this to the hubby, who said he wanted one and wanted to know where he was. I told him he was in Lomira and asked if he wanted me to go and get him. His response, “Not if you’re going by yourself.” So I put a post on Facebook asking if anyone wanted to go to the game. Danielle said she’d go with me. I ordered tickets to pick up at will call.

I knew from past experience that we would need to get to the stadium before the gates opened to make sure we got a bobblehead since they were only giving away 1000 of them and Mike was a Clintonville native. Danielle was at my place around 4:45 and we were there by 5:00 for a 7 pm start. We stood in line for a half hour before the gates even opened. Luckily it waited to rain.  When we got in line, there were probably close to 100 people already in line and by the time the gates opened, the line stretch all the way down the first base side parking lot. Once we had our bobbleheads, we stood in a much shorter line to have Mike sign them. 

The line when we got in it 30 minutes before gates opened

Now you’re probably thinking why would we stand in line for this Mike guy’s bobblehead? 1. He’s from Clintonville. 2. He used to play for the Appleton Foxes 3. He is now the 3^rd base coach for the Kansas City Royals. So basically, he’s a local guy that made it to the big leagues. If you are not from the Valley or a Royals fan, this bobblehead probably has no value to you. For the hubby, it is a cool piece to add to his collection.

Getting my bobblehead signed

We never did get to see the baseball game. It poured buckets shortly after we got inside and the eventually we left. Shortly after we left, they called the game.