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Sunday, July 27 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm | Instructor: Jennifer Young | Free, registration required | Register Here Ever curious about how your favorite pair of wool socks, mittens, or sweater is made? How exactly does a spinning wheel work? What even is a skein? Join Old World Wisconsin’s Collections and Exhibits Coordinator, Jennifer Young, for […] |
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Tuesday, July 29 – Thursday, July 31 | 10am – 12pm | $60 ($75 non-members) Dive into the wonders of our oceans, rivers, and lakes. Discover incredible sea creatures, from vibrant fish to majestic whales, while learning about their unique habitats. Conduct scientific experiments to test tap water quality and explore the beauty of Lake […] |
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Tuesday, July 29 – Thursday, July 31 | 10am – 12pm | $60 ($75 non-members) Dive into the wonders of our oceans, rivers, and lakes. Discover incredible sea creatures, from vibrant fish to majestic whales, while learning about their unique habitats. Conduct scientific experiments to test tap water quality and explore the beauty of Lake […] |
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Tuesday, July 29 – Thursday, July 31 | 10am – 12pm | $60 ($75 non-members) Dive into the wonders of our oceans, rivers, and lakes. Discover incredible sea creatures, from vibrant fish to majestic whales, while learning about their unique habitats. Conduct scientific experiments to test tap water quality and explore the beauty of Lake […] |
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Friday, August 1 | 8am – 4pm | $50 per person | Register Here Includes Continental breakfast, catered lunch, and Professional Development Credits (IL teachers only) Calling Middle School, High School, and emerging teachers alike! Are you planning on teaching about the Civil War this upcoming school year? Have you ever wondered how a museum field […]
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Friday, August 1 | 9am – 4pm | Instructor: Sandy Bulgrin | $140 ($175 for non-members) | Register Here Create a charming handcrafted footstool and master the art of seven-step caning to bring a stylish touch to your home. The frame, finished in a light stain, sets the perfect foundation for 12 caning pegs. By the […] |
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Final weekend to see "Transparent Watercolor Society of America 49th Annual National Juried Exhibition". Closes Sunday, August 3. |
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Tuesday, August 5 – Thursday, August 7 | 10am – 12pm | $60 ($75 non-members) Young explorers will uncover the wonders of nature right in their backyard. From buzzing bees to chirping birds, they’ll learn about local ecosystems, grow a mini-garden, study habitats, and learn about conservation through museum exhibits and nature walks. It’s an […] |
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Tuesday, August 5 – Thursday, August 7 | 10am – 12pm | $60 ($75 non-members) Young explorers will uncover the wonders of nature right in their backyard. From buzzing bees to chirping birds, they’ll learn about local ecosystems, grow a mini-garden, study habitats, and learn about conservation through museum exhibits and nature walks. It’s an […] |
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Tuesday, August 5 – Thursday, August 7 | 10am – 12pm | $60 ($75 non-members) Young explorers will uncover the wonders of nature right in their backyard. From buzzing bees to chirping birds, they’ll learn about local ecosystems, grow a mini-garden, study habitats, and learn about conservation through museum exhibits and nature walks. It’s an […] |
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Friday, August 8 | 12pm – 1pm | Presented by: Dr. Steve Fratt Some have seen the Civil War as the first modern war due to the introduction of new technologies. They also mention that sadly, the casualties on the battlefield were caused by employing obsolete tactics against these new technologies. Our guest will explain […] |
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Saturdays, August 9 – August 23 | 10:30am – 12:30pm | Instructor: Beth Dugan | $56 ($70 for non-members) | Register Here Ever wanted to start stitching but didn’t know where to start? This sampler class highlights popular techniques, including Bargello, Blackwork, Couching, Weaving, and making circles and fans. Stitches include Jessicas, Braids, Fans, Milanese, Norwich, […] |
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Tuesday, August 12 – Thursday, August 14 | 10am – 12pm | $60 ($75 non-members) Explore the world through creative expression with activities like crafting intricate sand mandalas, painting Aboriginal dot figures, experimenting with Japanese spilled ink prints, and decorating traditional Matryoshka nesting dolls. Each art form offers a fun and hands-on way to learn […] |
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Tuesday, August 12 – Thursday, August 14 | 10am – 12pm | $60 ($75 non-members) Explore the world through creative expression with activities like crafting intricate sand mandalas, painting Aboriginal dot figures, experimenting with Japanese spilled ink prints, and decorating traditional Matryoshka nesting dolls. Each art form offers a fun and hands-on way to learn […] |
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Tuesday, August 12 – Thursday, August 14 | 10am – 12pm | $60 ($75 non-members) Explore the world through creative expression with activities like crafting intricate sand mandalas, painting Aboriginal dot figures, experimenting with Japanese spilled ink prints, and decorating traditional Matryoshka nesting dolls. Each art form offers a fun and hands-on way to learn […]
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Thursday, August 14 | 6:00pm – 8:30pm | Instructor: Jayne Herring | $84 ($105 for non-members) | Register Here Add a touch of elegance to your home with a handmade fused glass fluted dish! In this workshop, you’ll learn to cut, arrange, and layer glass pieces before they’re fired and shaped into a beautiful fluted form. […] |
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August 16, 2025 – November 30, 2025 In the Ancestral Women exhibit, award-winning jacquard weaver Mary Burns honors women's journeys by creating their portraits in jacquard weavings. The Ancestral Women project features elders from Wisconsin's 12 tribes, and was conceived to portray the strength of ancestral women around the world, both elders and their contemporaries, […] 
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August 16, 2025 – November 30, 2025 The Women and Water exhibit celebrates and honors water by portraying women who work with it, protect it and advocate for it. Featured are scientists, water-walkers, teachers, farmers, activists and healers, all who hold deep connections with water.
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Saturday, August 16 | 10:30am – 12:30pm | Instructor: Tiffany Knopow, MFA | $55 ($44 for non-members) | Register Here Use the sun to make beautiful cyanotypes and photograms (sun prints) of three-dimensional objects on paper. The result is a beautiful silhouette of the object placed on the photosensitive paper. We will start off using nature as […] |
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Tuesday, August 19 | 10:00am – 12:00pm | $48 ($60 non-member) | Register Here Whether your child is a budding foodie or a kitchen novice, this workshop is the perfect opportunity for young chefs to develop essential kitchen skills, cultivate a love for cooking, and gain confidence in their culinary abilities. In this class, students will […]
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Tuesday, August 19 | 6:30pm – 8:00pm | Instructor: Doug Dammann | $8 ($10 for non-members) | Register Here Before 1862, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain had rarely left his home state of Maine, where he was a minister and mild-mannered professor of speech and rhetoric at Bowdoin College. His colleagues were shocked when he volunteered for the […] |
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Wednesday, August 20 | 10:00am – 12:00pm | $48 ($60 non-member) | Register Here In this lively workshop, kids will become junior chefs as they learn the art of assembling and rolling their very own spring rolls. Museum Staff will guide them through the process, teaching age-appropriate cooking techniques and emphasizing the importance of fresh, wholesome […] |
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Thursday, August 21 | 10:00am – 12:00pm | $48 ($60 non-member) | Register Here Sign your kids up for a delightful pizza-making workshop designed to turn them into pizza-making maestros! Get ready for a hands-on, cheesy adventure that will have them kneading, topping, and baking their very own personalized pizzas in an outdoor pizza oven. Kids […] |
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Every Wednesday Morning | 9:30am – 10:00am | Free Join Mr. Nick for songs, stories, and activities designed to get you and your preschooler excited about natural science and the world around us. Every week we learn together about a new animal, so there’s ALWAYS something new to discover, for kids and adults alike! No […] |
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The Kenosha Public Museum, Civil War Museum, and Dinosaur Discovery Museum will be closed Monday, September 1 for Labor Day. |
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Every Wednesday Morning | 9:30am – 10:00am | Free Join Mr. Nick for songs, stories, and activities designed to get you and your preschooler excited about natural science and the world around us. Every week we learn together about a new animal, so there’s ALWAYS something new to discover, for kids and adults alike! No […] |
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Saturdays, September 6 – September 27 | 10:30am – 12:30pm | Instructor: Kathy Laybourn | $80 ($100 for 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 […] |
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