Sensory Friendly Days give visitors of all ages with complex developmental disabilities, sensory sensitivities, or on the autism spectrum a safe, comfortable environment to explore the museum exhibits during special hours before the museum opens to the general public. Where possible, our lights will be dimmed and the sound turned off. Signage will be posted […]
Mondays, June 5 – July 15 | 9:00am – 10:00am | Instructor: Ruth McGee | $52 ($65 non-members) | Register Here Enjoy the sunshine over the lake as you practice the gentle movements of Tai Chi from the warmth of the museum’s mezzanine. Tai Chi is a slow-moving mind and body exercise, patterned after movements in […]
Get your preschoolers excited about science and the world around them. Each week they will learn about a different museum collection animal through songs, stories and activities. MAY: 17 – Wombats; 24 – Platypus; 31 – Red Lipped Bat Fish JUNE: 7 – Red Pandas; 14 - Saigas *SUMMER BREAK UNTIL AUGUST* Museum Munchkins […]
Friday, June 9 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Speaker: Mr. Dick Zimmermann A new book, More Than Just Grit: Civil War Leadership, Logistics and Teamwork in the West, 1862, has entered the collection of Civil War titles describing the war in its second and crucial year. More evenly matched on battlefields with the South than at […]
Saturdays, June 10 – July 1 | 10:30am – 12:30pm | Instructor: Kathy Laybourn | $76 ($95 non-members) | Register Here Be 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 […]
Saturday, June 10 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm | Free The Kenosha Pops kick off their summer concert season with their annual indoor option concert in the Civil War Museum’s Freedom Hall.
Join a painter represented in the Transparent Watercolors Society of America and see the annual exhibition, now in its 47th year, through the eyes of an artist. Learn techniques, discuss composition, and ask any questions you have about the art form.
Get your preschoolers excited about science and the world around them. Each week they will learn about a different museum collection animal through songs, stories and activities. MAY: 17 – Wombats; 24 – Platypus; 31 – Red Lipped Bat Fish JUNE: 7 – Red Pandas; 14 - Saigas *SUMMER BREAK UNTIL AUGUST* Museum Munchkins […]
Thursday, June 15 | 6:00pm – 8:30pm | Instructor: Jayne Herring | $52 ($65 non-members) | Register Here Make a fused glass dish perfect for holding jewelry, change, or just as decoration. All supplies are included in the workshop price.
Opening day for the Civil War Museum's "I AM A MAN" exhibit, running through August 11.
June 17-25 | Presented by Harborside Academy Visit the Harborside Academy Juneteenth Reflection Exhibit in the Civil War Museum’s Procarione Classroom during open hours. The Exhibit features artwork and poetry completed by the 7th and 8th-grade students from Harborside Academy—a Kenosha Unified School District charter school that emphasizes service learning and community service—that reflects upon […]
Tuesday, June 20 – Thursday, June 22 | 10am – 12pm | $60 ($48 members) Explore all things dinosaurs this week! We will be excavating dinosaur fossils, learning what a dinosaur is, about how these amazing animals lived millions of years ago, and the science of Paleontology. Explore the collections both at the Kenosha Public […]
