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Event Series Museum Munchkins

Museum Munchkins

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

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. AUGUST: 23-Japanese Spider Crab; 30-Okapi SEPTEMBER: 6-Helping at Home; 13-Gerenuk; 20-Proboscius Monkey; 27-Blue Glaucus OCTOBER: 4-Helping in my Neighborhood; 11-Goblin Shark; 18-Lowland Streaked Tenrec; 25-Indian Purple Frog NOVEMBER: […]

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 […]

Fall Acrylic Painting Beginner and Beyond

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

Saturdays, September 9 – 30  | 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 work […]

Event Series Sensory Friendly Days

Sensory Friendly Day at the Dinosaur Discovery Museum

Dinosaur Discovery Museum 5608 10th 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 […]

Community Fossil Hunt and Beach Clean-up

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

Kenosha’s distant past is hidden all along the lakeshore, fossils of ancient coral reefs and the animals that lived there flood the sandy beaches. Kenosha’s future depends on us taking care of the beautiful spaces we have. So join us for a community fossil hunt and beach clean-up! Curator of Education Nick Wiersum will be […]

Event Series Museum Munchkins

Museum Munchkins

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

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. AUGUST: 23-Japanese Spider Crab; 30-Okapi SEPTEMBER: 6-Helping at Home; 13-Gerenuk; 20-Proboscius Monkey; 27-Blue Glaucus OCTOBER: 4-Helping in my Neighborhood; 11-Goblin Shark; 18-Lowland Streaked Tenrec; 25-Indian Purple Frog NOVEMBER: […]

Root River Kayak Clean-up

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

Wednesday, September 13* | 5:30pm – 7:30pm  |  $8 ($10 non-member)  |  Register Here Help clean up the Root River, a 43-mile-long tributary that flows into Lake Michigan at the City of Racine, with the Kenosha Museums! Participants will paddle kayaks and collect trash together as we enjoy the beauty of the river bank. A […]

Event Series SPARK! Program

SPARK! Faith in the Fight Tour

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

Friday, September 15  |  2:00pm - 3:00pm  |  Free   Our SPARK! group will tour the new temporary exhibit at the Civil War Museum called Faith in the Fight: Religion in the Civil War.  Email spark@kenosha.org to register.

Event Series Artsy Afternoons

Artsy Afternoon: Tissue Paper Lantern

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

Explore the amazing world of art through the eyes of artists and see how their artwork can inspire your own. Try new techniques and get your creativity flowing. All materials are included in this free program.  Register Here

Plastic Yarn Weaving

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

Sunday, September 17 | 1:00pm and 2:00pm  |  Instructor: Tiffany Knopow  |  Free  1:00pm Session Register Here 2:00pm Session Register Here Pre-register for this family workshop and bring your plastic shopping bags to upcycle into useful crocheted items like coasters and start on bigger projects like mats. After the workshop drop into the Field Station to continue […]

Event Series Museum Munchkins

Museum Munchkins

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

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. AUGUST: 23-Japanese Spider Crab; 30-Okapi SEPTEMBER: 6-Helping at Home; 13-Gerenuk; 20-Proboscius Monkey; 27-Blue Glaucus OCTOBER: 4-Helping in my Neighborhood; 11-Goblin Shark; 18-Lowland Streaked Tenrec; 25-Indian Purple Frog NOVEMBER: […]

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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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