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Museums Closed Memorial Day
Museums Closed Memorial Day
The Kenosha Public Museum, Civil War Museum and Dinosaur Discovery Museum will be closed, Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial Day.
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Museum Munchkins
Museum Munchkins
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 […]
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Gettysburg in Color, Volume I: Brandy Station to the Peach Orchard
Gettysburg in Color, Volume I: Brandy Station to the Peach Orchard
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 […]
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Workshop: Macrame Wall Hanging
Workshop: Macrame Wall Hanging
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 Day at the Dinosaur Discovery Museum
Sensory Friendly Day at the Dinosaur Discovery Museum
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 […]
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Morning Tai Chi on the Mezzanine
Morning Tai Chi on the Mezzanine
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 […]
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Museum Munchkins
Museum Munchkins
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 […]
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Second Friday Lecture: More than Just Grit: Civil War Leadership, Logistics and Teamwork in the West, 1862
Second Friday Lecture: More than Just Grit: Civil War Leadership, Logistics and Teamwork in the West, 1862
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 […]
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Summer Acrylic Painting Beginner and Beyond I
Summer Acrylic Painting Beginner and Beyond I
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 […]
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Kenosha Pops Summer Kick-Off Concert
Kenosha Pops Summer Kick-Off Concert
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.
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TWSA Gallery Talk with Jill Witty and Vicki Morley
TWSA Gallery Talk with Jill Witty and Vicki Morley
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.
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Museum Munchkins
Museum Munchkins
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 […]
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Workshop: Fused Glass Square Dish
Workshop: Fused Glass Square Dish
Thursday, June 15 | 6:00pm – 8:30pm | Instructor: Jayne Herring | $52 ($65 non-members) | Register Here Make a fused glass dish perfect for holding jewelry, change, or just as decoration. All supplies are included in the workshop price.
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Exhibit Opening: I AM A MAN: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960–1970
Exhibit Opening: I AM A MAN: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960–1970
Opening day for the Civil War Museum's "I AM A MAN" exhibit, running through August 11.
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Breaking Our Silence: The Road to Freedom
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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Summer Camp: Dinosaur Field Camp
Summer Camp: Dinosaur Field Camp
Tuesday, June 20 – Thursday, June 22 | 10am – 12pm | $60 ($48 members) Explore all things dinosaurs this week! We will be excavating dinosaur fossils, learning what a dinosaur is, about how these amazing animals lived millions of years ago, and the science of Paleontology. Explore the collections both at the Kenosha Public […]
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Summer Camp: Star Wars
Summer Camp: Star Wars
Tuesday, June 27 – Thursday, June 29 | 10am – 12pm | $60 ($48 members) Register for Ages 5 – 6 | Register for Ages 7 – 10
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BioBlitz at Hawthorn Hollow
Friday, June 30 - Saturday, July 1 | Starts at 2:30pm | Free Join the Kenosha Public Museum out at Hawthorn Hollow for a BioBlitz! BioBlitzes are 24-hour citizen science biodiversity surveys that are held all over the world by different organizations. This is a place for anyone with an interest in ecology, biology, botany, […]
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