Just in time for Oktoberfest, Hearthstone is hosting the Max Kade Institute’s traveling exhibit: “Neighbors Past and Present: The Wisconsin German Experience.” On fourteen panels that draw largely on images and resources from the MKI’s Library and Archives, the exhibit covers German migration and settlement in Wisconsin, questions of ethnicity and identity in newly forged communities, and the cohesiveness of these communities over the decades, especially in times of economic crisis or war. The exhibit will be augmented by artifacts and materials drawn from Hearthstone’s collections that tell the story of German-American experience in Appleton.