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Breaking Our Silence: The Road to Freedom

Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

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 […]

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The Shuttlesworth Project: A Fire You Can’t Put Out

Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Friday, July 7  |  6:30pm – 8:00pm  |  Speaker: Cassandra Griffen, Photojournalist Cassandra Griffen’s program will showcase her images of the foot soldiers of the Civil Rights Movement who, though largely unknown to the nation, served as integral parts of Reverend Fred Lee Shuttlesworth’s determination to undo Jim Crow laws in the South.  These images will […]

Second Friday Lecture: Theodore Roosevelt and the Civil War

Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Friday, July 14  |  12:00pm – 1:00pm  |  Speaker: Calvin Watts, Academic Advisor, UW-Parkside Only two years old when Fort Sumter was fired upon, Theodore Roosevelt would spend the rest of his life reckoning with, and trying to live up to, the legacy of the Civil War generation. Acutely aware of the sacrifices made by those […]

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Museum Crawl

Kenosha Public Museum 5500 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Friday, July 14  |  6:00pm - 10:00pm |  $52 ($65 non-members)  |  Register Here  Kenosha's favorite progressive museum party is back! Make your way through our three museum stops, sampling delicious food and beer from local restaurants and breweries, while enjoying live music and playing crazy games we'd never usually allow indoors. Must be 21+ […]

Event Series Sensory Friendly Days

Sensory Friendly Day at the Civil War Museum

Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

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 […]

Second Friday Lecture: The Union Prisoners of War at Camp Douglas

Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Friday, August 11  |  12:00pm – 1:00pm  |  Speaker: Rob Girardi Camp Douglas, located on the south side of Chicago, was Illinois’ largest Civil War training camp. More than 40,000 Union volunteers mustered here. In February 1862, the camp was converted to accommodate Confederate prisoners of war. About 24,000 Confederates were held there during the […]

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Museum Mash Up

Kenosha Public Museum 5500 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Sunday, August 20  |  1:00pm – 4:00pm  |  Free Have you ever wished you could dig for dino fossils, hunt a Woolly Mammoth, create your own unique art, and compete in a potato sack race all at one location? Well, at the Kenosha Public Museums Museum Mash Up, you can do all that and more. […]

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Exhibit Opening: Faith in the Fight

Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Opening day for the Civil War Museum's "Faith in the Fight" exhibit, running through June 30, 2024.

Second Friday Lecture: The Grant-Rawlins Relationship: Some New and Surprising Revelations

Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Friday, September 8  |  12:00pm – 1:00pm  |  Speaker: Al Ottens To Civil War buffs, General John Rawlins is usually regarded as the scold that kept Ulysses Grant sober. But the complex motivations behind Rawlins’s temperance interventions are not well known. Nor are the rare communication skills Rawlins possessed that significantly impacted his relationship with […]

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The Great Lakes Civil War Forum: Vicksburg Is The Key

Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Saturday, September 23  |  9:30am - 4:00pm  |  $64 ($80 non-members)  Register Here Check-in starts at 8:30am, program begins at 9:30am. Schedule of Presentations Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg  |  Presented by Dr. Tim Smith, University of Tennessee-Martin Through all the long months of operations against Vicksburg, Champion Hill stands as the most decisive […]

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Girl Scouts Juniors: A Victorian Tea

Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Saturday, October 7  |  10:00am - 12:030pm  |  $25 per scout  |  Register Here Travel back in time and explore customs and traditions among women and girls during Victorian America. Learn about the challenges and triumphs of being a girl in this era while accomplishing a creative writing task, trying on clothes, and sharing tea […]

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