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 JUNE: 7 – Red Pandas; 14 - Saigas *SUMMER BREAK UNTIL AUGUST* Museum Munchkins will return on August 23. This […]
The Kenosha Public Museum, Civil War Museum and Dinosaur Discovery Museum will be closed, Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial Day.
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 2 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Presented by: Pat and Dylan Brennan Patrick Brennan, a long-time student of the Civil War, published author, and an editorial advisor for The Civil War Monitor magazine, has teamed up with his technology-astute daughter Dylan Brennan to bring the largest Civil War battle to life in the remarkable 2-volume study: Gettysburg […]
Saturday, June 3 | 10:30am – 12:30pm | Instructor: Tiffany Knopow | $40 ($50 non-members) | Register Here Revisit the new and trendy world of macrame. Learn how to macrame in this introductory class. We will be using a few simple knots to create one macrame wall piece suspended on a branch. Follow the suggested pattern […]
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.
