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  • Civil War Museum’s Media Club: Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade Running and the Slave Trade by Jonathan White

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

    Tuesday, January 30  |  6:30pm  |  Presenter: Doug Dammann  |  $8 ($10 non-members)  |  Register Here We will meet at the Civil War Museum Historian Jonathan W. White tells the riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid-19th century, […]

  • Workshop: Bookmaking for Beginners

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

    Saturday, February 24  |  10:30am – 12:30pm  |  Instructor: Tiffany Knopow  |  $40 ($50 non-members)  | Register Here Learn the foundations of bookmaking while creating an amazing book that you can actually use! This class will cover creating a Japanese stab bound book as well as a three hole pamphlet bound book. All supplies are included in […]

  • Civil War Media Club: The Mexican-American War Experiences of Twelve Civil War Generals

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

    Tuesday, December 9  |  6:30pm – 8pm  |  Instructor: Doug Dammann  |  $8 ($10 for non-members)  |  Register Here Long overshadowed by the American Civil War, the Mexican-American War (1846–1848) has received significantly less attention from historians, partly because of its questionable origin and controversial outcome. The contributors to this volume, however, argue that the Mexican-American […]

  • Museum Book Club: James by Percival Everett

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

    Thursday, February 26  |  12pm – 1pm  |  Discussion led by: Emily Mentzel  |  Free, registration appreciated  |  Register Here Tackle your 2026 reading goals at the Civil War Museum and register for Museum Book Club! The Civil War Museum is hosting an America 250th themed book club, reading works of fiction and non-fiction that touch […]

  • Museum Book Club: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Greatest Migration by Isabella Wilkerson

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

    In this beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson presents a definitive and dramatic account of one of the great untold stories of American history: the Great Migration of six million Black citizens who fled the South for the North and West in search of a better life, from World War I to 1970. […]