Motorcoach Tours

• Overview
• Schedule a Tour
• Create-a-Tour
• Events Information

Motorcoach Tours: An Overview
Seeing Ourselves: Masterpieces of American Photography from George Eastman House Collection represents an ideal centerpiece for motorcoach tour packages. The Paine Art Center and Gardens can host groups of up to 100.

Visits to the Seeing Ourselves exhibition may be paired with tours of the stately Paine mansion with period style interiors and the Salon Galleries. Seasonally, the Paine gardens featuring traditional to trendsetting designs offer an inspiring addition to tour packages. Groups can request a garden or mansion docent to lead a tour, or simply browse the estate on a self-guided tour.

Plan a visit as part of another tour or create a custom tour. We’re here to assist you in tailoring a tour that is just right for your group and interests.

Schedule a Tour
Motorcoach tour operators and Group tour organizers are invited to schedule tours of the Paine Art Center and Gardens and the Seeing Ourselves exhibition by calling:

Michelle Rector, Special Events Coordinator
Paine Art Center and Gardens
(920) 235.6903 x 27

The Oshkosh Convention and Visitors Bureau can simplify one-day or multi-day tour planning, by providing you with terrific ideas for destinations, dining and overnight accommodations.

To schedule a complete Oshkosh tour package, contact:
Arlene Schmuhl, Regional/Group Project Manager
Oshkosh Convention and Visitors Bureau
(877) 303.9200

Create-a-Tour
A visit to Oshkosh and the Fox Valley this summer provides Motorcoach and other group tours will numerous offerings. The Oshkosh Public Museum located conveniently adjacent to the Paine estate features the highly anticipated exhibition The Era of Public Enemies: A Wave of Crime in a Troubled Time. On view June 27 through October 18, 2009, the exhibition merges history and Hollywood to recreate the scene of the 1930s and transport visitors back 75 years to one of the most tumultuous economic and criminal times in America. Visit www.oshkoshmuseum.org for more information or call (920) 236.5799.

Tour-goers will also enjoy a stop at the Hearthstone Historic House Museum in Appleton, the first home in the world lit by hydroelectricity! And, this summer the Hearthstone features The Lost Photographs of Thomas A. Edison on view May 30 through November 7, 2009. The exhibition unveils a collection of artifacts including published and unpublished photographs taken by photographer, Lewis Lueder. Lueder was the official photographer to Mr. Thomas A. Edison and manager of the Photographic Studio, part of the Edison Laboratory organization from 1913 to the 1920’s. For more information, visit www.focol.org/hearthstone or call (920) 730.8204.

There are several other noteworthy institutions in the area including the EAA Aviation Museum, the Grand Opera House and the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum offering an array of performances, exhibitions and collections to suit your interests.

Customize your group’s tour, with stops at these and other local or regional attractions and restaurants, including:

Bergstrom-Mahler Museum
(920) 751-4658
Becket’s Restaurant
(920) 230.3333
EAA Aviation Museum
(920) 426.4818
Fratellos on the Fox
(920) 232.2337
Grand Opera House
(920) 424.2350
Morgan House
(920) 232.0260
Originals Antique Mall
(920) 235.0495
Prime Outlets Shopping Center
(920) 231.8911
Robbins Restaurant
(920) 235.2840
Roxy Supper Club
(920) 231.1980

Events Information
Oshkosh is home to a beautiful, waterfront amphitheater, restored Victorian opera house and Wisconsin’s third largest public university as well as a monthly gallery art walk and countless annual festivals and celebrations.

If you’d like your tour to coincide with performing arts, festivals or other Oshkosh events, visit www.oshkoshevents.com or call the Oshkosh Convention and Visitors Bureau at (877) 303.9200.

Seeing Ourselves: Masterpieces of American Photography from George Eastman House Collection