Kenosha Public Museum, Civil War Museum, and Dinosaur Discovery Museum Easter Weekend Hours: Friday, April 18 | Closed Saturday, April 19 | Open Sunday, April 20 | Closed
This monthly program engages participants in lively conversations, storytelling, object handling, and other multi-sensory activities that relate. Space is limited so reservations are appreciated. For more information or to register, please call 262-653-4432 or send an email to spark@kenosha.org Kindness in a Cup of Coffee Friday, March 21 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm No single item of […]
Friday, April 11 | 12pm – 1pm | Presented by Nancy Shumm and E. Olivia Darden Author of The Anointed One, Nancy Schumm, and Narrator of the Audiobook, E. Olivia Darden will present Seth Paine and Harriet Tubman in a new light focusing on Seth’s work on the Midwest Underground Railroad, black history, and his collaboration […]
Sunday, April 6 | 1:30pm – 3:30pm | $20 ($25 for non-members) | Instructor: Jean Hoffmann | Register Here At this workshop, attendees will learn the basics of family history research. What’s the difference between genealogy, ancestry, and lineage? What does first cousin once removed mean? We’ll discuss the answers to these and other questions, as […]
Saturday, April 5 | 1:30pm – 2:30pm | Presented by Brendon Baillod This program is being held in conjunction withy the Kenosha County Archaeological Society Brendon Baillod is an award-winning maritime historian based in Madison, Wisconsin. He is the current president of the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association and the author of Fathoms Deep But Not Forgotten: […]
Saturday, March 22 | 1pm – 2pm | Presented by Ron Kirkwood The blood stains are gone, but the worn floorboards remain. The doctors, nurses, and patients who toiled and suffered and ached for home at the Army of the Potomac’s XI Corps hospital at the George Spangler Farm in Gettysburg have long since departed. […]
March 22, 2025 - March, 2026 The Civil War was a turning point not just in American history, but in the advancement of technology. Civil War Innovation & Technology explores the groundbreaking developments that reshaped medicine, transportation, communication, daily life, and warfare. From battlefield surgery and the rise of anesthesia to the expansion of railroads and the […]
This monthly program engages participants in lively conversations, storytelling, object handling, and other multi-sensory activities that relate. Space is limited so reservations are appreciated. For more information or to register, please call 262-653-4432 or send an email to spark@kenosha.org Kindness in a Cup of Coffee Friday, March 21 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm No single item of […]
Friday, March 21 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm No single item of food or drink meant as much to Civil War soldiers. They talked about coffee, wrote about coffee, and dreamed about coffee. This SPARK! program describes the different methods Civil War soldiers obtained, brewed and shared their coffee and how these actions sometimes brought them […]
Friday, March 14 | 12pm – 1pm | Presented by Mr. Dave Wiegers In the middle of the 19th century, women were not generally a force in American sculpture. Art, and especially sculpture, were a male-centric occupation. Three women sculpted images of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860s and 1870s, and each has an interesting story. […]
Closes Sunday, March 9 For centuries, children have collected and played with toy soldiers. Early examples of soldiers made from stone, clay, or metal can be traced back to the time of ancient Egypt. By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mass-produced toy soldiers made of lead, tin, cardboard, or molded plastic could be […]
Friday, March 7 | 6:00pm – 7:00pm | $16 ($20 for non-members) | Instructor: Dr. Karl Brown | 21+ only | Register Here Wisconsin and beer go way back. In this talk, we’ll focus on Wisconsin’s role in three key episodes in brewing history – the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, Prohibition, and the rise of the […]
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