Special Exhibitions
“Planet or Plastic?”
August 19, 2023 – January 14, 2024
Kenosha Public Museum
“Planet or Plastic?” shines a spotlight on the fragility of the natural environment due to the global plastic waste crisis. The exhibition endeavors to raise awareness of society’s dependence on plastic by visually depicting the crisis through 70 photographs and highlighting the innovative individuals and communities working on solutions to this urgent problem.
Planet or Plastic? is developed and traveled by the National Geographic Society.
This exhibition is made possible by our sponsors: Educators Credit Union, Kenosha Community Foundation, Snap-On, Visit Kenosha, Wisconsin Humanities
Ongoing Exhibitions
The Wisconsin Story
A larger-than-life, multi-disciplinary adventure that starts in the Ice Age.
The Wisconsin Story
First Floor
Treasures Gallery
Our rest and study area is centrally located on the first floor.
This is an area where smaller collections are displayed on a long-term, temporary basis. This changing area features collections installed in an “intensive study” fashion.
Treasures Gallery
First Floor
Mammoths at the Museum
A centerpiece of the Kenosha Public Museum is the Schaefer and Hebior mammoth exhibition. Archaeologists Dan Joyce and David Wasion rediscovered the Schaefer mammoth in the Town of Paris, Kenosha County in 1992.
Mammoths at the Museum
First Floor
From Curiosity to Science
Humans are curious. This curiosity has led to collecting, scientific inquiry and the development of science, and the establishment of museums. This exhibition tells that story.
From Curiosity to Science
Second Floor West Gallery
Virtual Exhibitions
Coming soon
Past Exhibitions
Transparent Watercolor Society of America 47th Annual National Juried Exhibition
May 4, 2023 – August 4, 2023
Kenosha Unified Schools District-Wide Student Art Exhibition
March 18, 2023 – April 23
Wild Ones – Native Plants, Natural Landscapes
November 19, 2022 – March 5, 2023
