Sensory Friendly Days are designed to provide visitors of all ages with complex developmental disabilities, sensory sensitivities, or on the autism spectrum with a safe, comfortable environment to explore the […]
Sunday, February 4 | 1:00pm | Speaker: Dr. Carla Knorowski | Free The Gettysburg Address is one of the greatest, if not the greatest speeches ever delivered by an American […]
Tuesday, February 6 | 6:30pm | Presenter: Mr. Dick Zimmermann | $16 ($20 non-member) | Register Here Dick Zimmerman’s workshop will give participants an introduction to the history of American artillery […]
Friday, February 9 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Speaker: Frank P. Varney Speaker will be live-streamed at the Civil War Museum Ulysses S. Grant has long been viewed as one […]
Friday, February 16 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm | Soldiers in the Union Army came from all over the world and had very diverse backgrounds. At this SPARK! session our group […]
Saturday, February 24 | 10:00am – 4:00pm | Free Sunday, February 25 | 12:00pm – 4:00pm | Free Join the Civil War Museum and the 17th Corps Field Hospital for a […]
Friday, March 8 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Speaker: Terry Arliskas The Milwaukee VA Soldiers Home was one of the first soldiers’ homes in the country, and the only one […]
March 12, 2024 | Civil War Museum | Register Here The tour uses immersive displays, artifacts, and hands-on activities to teach visitors the important roles the Upper Midwestern states played before, […]
Friday, March 15 | 2:oopm – 3:30pm We will learn how to make natural dyes out of plants, fruit, and vinegar at this meeting of the SPARK! SPARK! programs are […]
Saturday, March 23 | 10:00am – 4:00pm | Free The 1st Michigan Engineers will be discussing the regiment’s role as combat engineers, while displaying the many tools and equipment that would […]
Friday, April 12 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Speaker: Steve Worsham Dwight L. Moody moved from Boston to Chicago as a teenager shortly before the start of the Civil War. […]
Saturday, April 13 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm | Speaker: Brendon Baillod The Lady Elgin is infamous as one of the worst disasters in the history of the Great Lakes. The […]
