• From Keshena to Kenosha and Beyond: The Menominee Tribe in Wisconsin

    Southwest Library 7979 38th Avenue, Kenosha, WI, United States

    Join David Grignon, Menominee Tribal Director of Historic Preservation, at the Southwest Library as he speaks on the past, present, and future of the tribe, as a First Nation whose ancestral home has always been within the boundaries of the state of Wisconsin. The Menominee tribe is among the few tribes in Wisconsin whose origin […]

  • 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: […]

  • SPARK! Harvest Time

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

    Friday, October 20  |  2:00pm - 3:30pm  |  Free but registration required The farms of the Upper Midwest were responsible for feeding the United States Army during the Civil War. We will talk about farming and harvesting at this SPARK! meeting and then make apple cider and decorate pumpkins. Email spark@kenosha.org to register.  

  • Workshop: Fancy Wastebasket

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

    Saturday, October 21  |  10:00am – 4:00pm  |  Instructor:  Sandy Bulgrin  |  $77 ($96 non-members)  |  Register Here This basket starts on an oval wood base and is woven to about 11″ high. Using natural and dyed reed students will weave this basket to fit a plastic liner. A great basket for bath or office. Dyed […]

  • 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: […]

  • Fused Glass Workshop: Pocket Vase

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

    Thursday, October 26  |  6:00pm – 8:30pm  |  Instructor: Jayne Herring  |  $52 ($65 non-members)  |  Register Here Create a beautiful pocket vase to decorate your home.  All supplies are included in the workshop price.

  • Victorian Spiritualism

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

    Friday, October 27  |  6:00pm – 8:30pm  |  $44 ($55 non-members)  |  Register Here  Connect with your past self or peer into your future at this “otherworldy” event! Inspired by the golden age of magic, explore the spiritual lives of the Victorians through a parlor performance of Ghost stories, followed by common spiritualist activities such as […]

  • Workshop: Fall Acrylic Painting Beginner and Beyond II

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

    Saturdays, October 28 – November 18  | 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 […]