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SUMMARY:“To care for him who shall have borne the battle.” Civil War Medical Weekend with the 17th Corps Field Hospital Group
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 2  |  10am – 4pm \nSunday\, May 3  |  12pm – 4pm \nJoin the Civil War Museum and the 17th Corps Field Hospital for a weekend of interactive displays\, presentations\, and programs that explore the medical care provided to soldiers during the Civil War.  Members of the 17th Corps Field Hospital\, the largest Civil War Medical unit in the Midwest\, will set up displays and materials highlighting Civil War-era surgery\, nursing care\, pharmaceuticals\, and embalming at the Civil War Museum. \nActivities include: \n\nCivil War surgical demonstrations both Saturday and Sunday\nView hundreds of original surgical instruments up close\nHear about the different diseases that affected soldiers during the Civil War\nLearn how women nursed the wounded and sick\n\nThe 17th Corps Field Hospital is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation in Illinois that is dedicated to educating the public about Civil War Medicine.  The group consists of educators\, RN’s\, accountants\, first responders\, retired Police Officers\, and college students that do medical displays and demonstrations in the Midwest.
URL:https://museums.kenosha.org/events/to-care-for-him-who-shall-have-borne-the-battle-civil-war-medical-weekend-with-the-17th-corps-field-hospital-group/2026-05-03
LOCATION:Civil War Museum\, 5400 1st Ave\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Civil War Museum,Family
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SUMMARY:Fused Glass Workshop: Jewelry
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 7  |  6:00pm – 8:30pm  |  Instructor: Jayne Herring  |  $60 ($75 for non-members)  |  Register Here \nDesign and create wearable works of art in this fused glass jewelry workshop. Participants will create one or more glass pieces using colorful\, pre-cut glass and simple design techniques to explore color\, pattern\, and texture. \nNo prior glass experience is required. All materials and instruction are provided. Finished pieces will be kiln-fired and assembled with jewelry findings\, then ready for pickup at a later date.
URL:https://museums.kenosha.org/events/fused-glass-workshop-jewelry-2
LOCATION:Kenosha Public Museum\, 5500 1st Ave\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Kenosha Public Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260508T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260508T130000
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SUMMARY:Second Friday Lecture: The Organ of the Soldiers: An Introduction to Civil War Camp Newspapers
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 8  |  12pm-1pm  |  Presented by: Dan Freas \n“Camp newspapers are a feature of the war that is worth attention\,” reported a St. Louis newspaper in 1862. “The camp paper is the organ of the soldiers\, through which they communicate their condition\, wants\, enjoyments\, and local news to the public\, and to their distant friends.” Historians have documented more than 200 camp newspapers printed during the Civil War. The majority of these publications were published by printers in Union regiments using confiscated shops\, equipment and materials in occupied southern communities. A few were created using portable printing offices. Mr. Freas’s presentation will introduce you to the printers\, technology\, and content from some of these camp newspapers which\, given the lack of military or government censorship\, provide honest and intriguing accounts of the soldier experience. An emphasis will be placed on camp newspapers associated with the Upper Middle West.
URL:https://museums.kenosha.org/events/second-friday-lecture-the-organ-of-the-soldiers-an-introduction-to-civil-war-camp-newspapers
LOCATION:Civil War Museum\, 5400 1st Ave\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Civil War Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260515T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260515T153000
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SUMMARY:SPARK! Civil War Games…and Bingo!
DESCRIPTION:SPARK! programs are designed for people in the early-to-mid stages of memory loss to visit with their family and care partners. \nThis monthly program engages participants in lively conversations\, storytelling\, object handling\, and other multi-sensory activities that relate. Space is limited so reservations are appreciated. For more information or to register\, please call 262-653-4432 or send an email to spark@kenosha.org \nFriday\, May 15 \nWhat games did Civil War soldiers play to pass the time? Our SPARK! group will play some of them\, then host our own version of Bingo! for fabulous Civil War-themed prizes.
URL:https://museums.kenosha.org/events/spark-civil-war-gamesand-bingo
LOCATION:Civil War Museum\, 5400 1st Ave\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Civil War Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260521T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260521T200000
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SUMMARY:Paint and Sip: Spring Wreath Watercolor Painting
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 21  |  6:00pm – 8:00pm  |  Instructor: Tiffany Knopow\, MFA  |  $52 ($65 for non-members)  |  Register Here \nPractice making some springy watercolor wreaths with artist Tiffany Knopow.  Students will learn how to mix colors\, use transparent layers\, and other painting techniques to make stylized leaves and flowers.  All supplies are included\, no experience necessary. Guests must be 21+.
URL:https://museums.kenosha.org/events/paint-and-sip-spring-wreath-watercolor-painting
LOCATION:Kenosha Public Museum\, 5500 1st Ave\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Kenosha Public Museum
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260523T160000
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Outside-In Basket
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 23  |  10:00am – 4:00pm  |  Instructor: Sandy Bulgrin  |  $60 ($75 for non-members)  |  Register Here \nThis basket is woven with Green spokes and natural weavers. Students will learn a unique “V” stitch with dyed spokes and natural reed. The “V” stitches becomes the decorative inside base.  This basket is woven in a continuous twill pattern. Completed basket measures: 10”L x 5”W x 4”T
URL:https://museums.kenosha.org/events/workshop-outside-in-basket
LOCATION:Kenosha Public Museum\, 5500 1st Ave\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Kenosha Public Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260530T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260530T123000
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SUMMARY:Spring Acrylic Painting: Beginners and Beyond II
DESCRIPTION:Saturdays\, May 30 – June 27 (no class June 6)  |  10:30am – 12:30pm  |  Instructor: Kathy Laybourn  |  $80 ($100 for non-members)  |  Register Here \nBe enchanted with texture and color in acrylic paint! Students will learn how to construct a painting by determining basic composition\, blocking in the underlying dark\, middle\, and light values\, and layering color. Students will work from an image of an impressionist painting. This class is perfect for those who are beginners or have previous experience and want to expand their skills in acrylics. A supply list will be sent to students when they sign up.
URL:https://museums.kenosha.org/events/spring-acrylic-painting-beginners-and-beyond-ii
LOCATION:Kenosha Public Museum\, 5500 1st Ave\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Kenosha Public Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260612T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260612T130000
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SUMMARY:Second Friday Lecture: Gettysburg in Color: Volume 3: Sacred Ground\, 1863-1938
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 12  |  12pm – 1pm  |  Presented by: Patrick Brennan \nThe third and final entry of this groundbreaking trilogy examines the battlefield’s transformation from post-battle Hell to American shrine. Patrick Brennan used an artificial intelligence-based computerized color identifier\, which results in a monumental full-color study of the important three-day battle like it has never been seen before. This sweeping installment closes his three volume series\, which every student of history in general\, and the Civil War in particular\, will want to own for a lifetime.
URL:https://museums.kenosha.org/events/second-friday-lecture-gettysburg-in-color-volume-3-sacred-ground-1863-1938
LOCATION:Civil War Museum\, 5400 1st Ave\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Civil War Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260625T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260625T130000
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SUMMARY:Museum Book Club: My Dear Hamilton by Laura Kaye and Stephanie Day
DESCRIPTION:From the New York Times bestselling authors of America’s First Daughter comes the epic story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton–a revolutionary woman who\, like her new nation\, struggled to define herself in the wake of war\, betrayal\, and tragedy. Haunting\, moving\, and beautifully written\, Dray and Kamoie used thousands of letters and original sources to tell Eliza’s story as it’s never been told before–not just as the wronged wife at the center of a political sex scandal–but also as a founding mother who shaped an American legacy in her own right. \nThursday\, June 25  |  12pm – 1pm  |  Discussion led by: Emily Mentzel  |  Free\, registration appreciated  |  Register Here
URL:https://museums.kenosha.org/events/museum-book-club-my-dear-hamilton-by-laura-kaye-and-stephanie-day
LOCATION:Civil War Museum\, 5400 1st Ave\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Civil War Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T153000
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SUMMARY:SPARK! Riding for the Union
DESCRIPTION:SPARK! programs are designed for people in the early-to-mid stages of memory loss to visit with their family and care partners. \nThis monthly program engages participants in lively conversations\, storytelling\, object handling\, and other multi-sensory activities that relate. Space is limited so reservations are appreciated. For more information or to register\, please call 262-653-4432 or send an email to spark@kenosha.org \nFriday\, June 26 \nA new exhibit called Riding for the Union is open and summer is here. Let’s celebrate by touring the new gallery and with ice cream on the Civil War Museum terrace.
URL:https://museums.kenosha.org/events/spark-riding-for-the-union
LOCATION:Civil War Museum\, 5400 1st Ave\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Civil War Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260827T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260827T130000
DTSTAMP:20260415T002340
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SUMMARY:Museum Book Club: Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution by H.W. Brands
DESCRIPTION:George Washington and Benjamin Franklin were the unlikeliest of rebels. Washington in the 1770s stood at the apex of Virginia society. Franklin was more successful still\, having risen from humble origins to world fame. John Adams might have seemed a more obvious candidate for rebellion\, being of cantankerous temperament. Even so\, he revered the law. Yet all three men became rebels against the British Empire that fostered their success. \nThursday\, August 27  |  12pm – 1pm  |  Discussion led by: Emily Mentzel  |  Free\, registration appreciated  |  Register Here
URL:https://museums.kenosha.org/events/museum-book-club-our-first-civil-war-patriots-and-loyalists-in-the-american-revolution-by-h-w-brands
LOCATION:Civil War Museum\, 5400 1st Ave\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Civil War Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261029T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261029T130000
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SUMMARY:Museum Book Club: Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
DESCRIPTION:In 1874\, in the wake of the War\, erasure\, trauma\, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans\, renegades and wanderers\, freedmen and runaways. Twelve-year-old ConaLee\, the adult in her family for as long as she can remember\, finds herself on a buckboard journey with her mother\, Eliza\, who hasn’t spoken in more than a year. They arrive at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia\, delivered to the hospital’s entrance by a war veteran who has forced himself into their world. There\, far from family\, a beloved neighbor\, and the mountain home they knew\, they try to reclaim their lives. \nThursday\, October 29  |  12pm – 1pm  |  Discussion led by: Emily Mentzel  |  Free\, registration appreciated  |  Register Here
URL:https://museums.kenosha.org/events/museum-book-club-night-watch-by-jayne-anne-phillips
LOCATION:Civil War Museum\, 5400 1st Ave\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261217T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261217T130000
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SUMMARY:Museum Book Club: Written in the Waters by Tara Roberts
DESCRIPTION:When Tara Roberts first caught sight of a photograph at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History depicting the scuba and underwater archaeology group Diving With a Purpose\, it called out to her. Here were Black women and men strapping on masks\, fins\, and tanks to explore Atlantic Ocean waters along the coastlines of Africa\, North America\, and Central America\, seeking the wrecks of slave ships long lost in time. Inspired\, Roberts joined them—and started on a path of discovery more challenging and personal than she could ever have imagined. \nThursday\, December 17  |  12pm – 1pm  |  Discussion led by: Emily Mentzel  |  Free\, registration appreciated  |  Register Here
URL:https://museums.kenosha.org/events/museum-book-club-written-in-the-waters-by-tara-roberts
LOCATION:Civil War Museum\, 5400 1st Ave\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Civil War Museum
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