Kenosha Public Museum Friday Hours: 10am - 5pmCivil War Museum Friday Hours: 10am - 5pmDinosaur Discovery Museum Friday Hours: 12pm - 5pm
Are you a Member?
  • Kenosha Public Museum
    • Exhibitions
      • Special
      • Exhibition Programs
      • Ongoing
    • Group Visits
      • Field Trips
      • Adult Tours
      • Homeschool
      • Field Trip Request Form
    • Programs & Events
      • Workshops
      • Camps
      • Museum Munchkins
      • Artsy Afternoons
      • Scouts
      • Special Events
      • Celebrating 90, 20, 250
    • Online Collections
  • Civil War Museum
    • Exhibitions
    • Group Visits
      • Field Trips
      • Adult Tours
      • Homeschool
      • Scouts
      • Field Trip Request Form
    • Programs & Events
      • Workshops
      • Public Programs
      • Museum Book Club
      • Bus Tour
      • Great Lakes Civil War Forum
      • SPARK!
      • Special Events
    • Resources
      • Resource Center
      • Archives/Collections Library
      • Online Collections
  • Dinosaur Discovery Museum
    • Exhibitions
    • Group Visits
      • Field Trips
      • Adult Tours
      • Homeschool
      • Scouts
      • Field Trip Request Form
    • Programs & Events
      • Celebrating 90, 20, 250
    • Press Releases
  • Get Involved
    • Join
    • Volunteer
    • Donate
    • Planned Giving
    • Impact Report
      • 2024
      • 2023
      • 2022
    • Employment Opportunities
  • Event Space Rentals
    • Corporate Events
    • Private Events
    • Weddings and Evening Events
  • Contact
    • Field Trip Request Form
    • Rental Request Form
  • Calendar
  • Kenosha Public Museum
    • Exhibitions
      • Special
      • Exhibition Programs
      • Ongoing
    • Group Visits
      • Field Trips
      • Adult Tours
      • Homeschool
      • Field Trip Request Form
    • Programs & Events
      • Workshops
      • Camps
      • Museum Munchkins
      • Artsy Afternoons
      • Scouts
      • Special Events
      • Celebrating 90, 20, 250
    • Online Collections
  • Civil War Museum
    • Exhibitions
    • Group Visits
      • Field Trips
      • Adult Tours
      • Homeschool
      • Scouts
      • Field Trip Request Form
    • Programs & Events
      • Workshops
      • Public Programs
      • Museum Book Club
      • Bus Tour
      • Great Lakes Civil War Forum
      • SPARK!
      • Special Events
    • Resources
      • Resource Center
      • Archives/Collections Library
      • Online Collections
  • Dinosaur Discovery Museum
    • Exhibitions
    • Group Visits
      • Field Trips
      • Adult Tours
      • Homeschool
      • Scouts
      • Field Trip Request Form
    • Programs & Events
      • Celebrating 90, 20, 250
    • Press Releases
  • Get Involved
    • Join
    • Volunteer
    • Donate
    • Planned Giving
    • Impact Report
      • 2024
      • 2023
      • 2022
    • Employment Opportunities
  • Event Space Rentals
    • Corporate Events
    • Private Events
    • Weddings and Evening Events
  • Contact
    • Field Trip Request Form
    • Rental Request Form
  • Calendar
9 events found.

history

  1. Events
  2. history

Events

Upcoming Programs & Events

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

  • List
  • Month
  • Day
  • Week

Filters

Changing any of the form inputs will cause the list of events to refresh with the filtered results.

Event Category

Cost ($)

Venues

Featured Events

Tags

Today
  • May 2026

  • Sat 2

    “To care for him who shall have borne the battle.” Civil War Medical Weekend with the 17th Corps Field Hospital Group

    Featured May 2 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm “To care for him who shall have borne the battle.” Civil War Medical Weekend with the 17th Corps Field Hospital Group
    Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

    Saturday, May 2  |  10am – 4pm Sunday, May 3  |  12pm – 4pm Join the Civil War Museum and the 17th Corps Field Hospital for a weekend of interactive […]

  • Sun 3

    “To care for him who shall have borne the battle.” Civil War Medical Weekend with the 17th Corps Field Hospital Group

    Featured May 3 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm “To care for him who shall have borne the battle.” Civil War Medical Weekend with the 17th Corps Field Hospital Group
    Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

    Saturday, May 2  |  10am – 4pm Sunday, May 3  |  12pm – 4pm Join the Civil War Museum and the 17th Corps Field Hospital for a weekend of interactive […]

  • Fri 8

    Second Friday Lecture: The Organ of the Soldiers: An Introduction to Civil War Camp Newspapers

    May 8 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

    Friday, May 8  |  12pm-1pm  |  Presented by: Dan Freas “Camp newspapers are a feature of the war that is worth attention,” reported a St. Louis newspaper in 1862. “The […]

  • June 2026

  • Fri 12

    Second Friday Lecture: Gettysburg in Color: Volume 3: Sacred Ground, 1863-1938

    June 12 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

    Friday, June 12  |  12pm – 1pm  |  Presented by: Patrick Brennan The third and final entry of this groundbreaking trilogy examines the battlefield’s transformation from post-battle Hell to American […]

  • Thu 25

    Museum Book Club: My Dear Hamilton by Laura Kaye and Stephanie Day

    June 25 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

    From the New York Times bestselling authors of America’s First Daughter comes the epic story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton–a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself […]

  • July 2026

  • Thu 30

    Museum Book Club: Revolutionary War on Wednesday by Mary Pope Osborne

    July 30 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

    This family-friendly book club meeting will take place in the Civil War Museum Resource Center, followed by a craft!  It is a dark and snowy night when the Magic Tree […]

  • August 2026

  • Thu 27

    Museum Book Club: Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution by H.W. Brands

    August 27 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

    George Washington and Benjamin Franklin were the unlikeliest of rebels. Washington in the 1770s stood at the apex of Virginia society. Franklin was more successful still, having risen from humble […]

  • October 2026

  • Thu 29

    Museum Book Club: Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips

    October 29 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

    In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, renegades and wanderers, freedmen and runaways. Twelve-year-old ConaLee, the adult in her family for […]

  • December 2026

  • Thu 17

    Museum Book Club: Written in the Waters by Tara Roberts

    December 17 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

    When Tara Roberts first caught sight of a photograph at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History depicting the scuba and underwater archaeology group Diving With a Purpose, it […]

  • Previous Events
  • Today
  • Google Calendar
  • iCalendar
  • Outlook 365
  • Outlook Live
  • Export .ics file
  • Export Outlook .ics file
Sign up for our eNewsletter! 

News about workshops, events, exhibits, and more delivered to your inbox

Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.
Name *
Send me news about:
Loading
field trips in kenosha, school field trips in kenosha, museum trips in kenosha
civil war theatre in kenosha, civil war reenactment in kenosha, things to do in kenosha
kenosha public museum, public museum in kenosha, civil war museum in kenosha
museums in kenosha, fine arts museum in kenosha, decorative arts museum in kenosha
free kid activities in kenosha, professional lectures in kenosha, fun things for tourists in kenosha

Kenosha’s natural sciences and fine and decorative arts museum

Follow us

  • facebook
  • instagram
  • youtube
  • pinterest
fun things for kids in kenosha, history museum in kenosha, places to take your kids in kenosha

The Civil War from the perspective of the people of the 7 states of the upper mid-west

Follow us

  • facebook
  • instagram
  • youtube
  • pinterest
dinosaur museum in kenosha, venue space for rent in kenosha, space for rent in kenosha

The only museum to focus on the link between meat-eating dinosaurs and birds.

Follow us

  • facebook
  • instagram
  • pinterest
© 2026 Kenosha Public Museum.
Website development powered by The Gratzi, Inc.