Tuesday, February 25 | 6:30pm – 7:30pm | Instructor: Doug Dammann | $8 ($10 for non-members) | Register Here Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter – a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, inflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies […]
Saturday, February 22 | 10am – 4pm Sunday, February 23 | 12pm – 4pm Historic Miniature Gaming and the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society are coming to The Civil War Museum! On both Saturday, February 22 and Sunday, February 23, visit the museum and explore the fascinating hobby of building, painting and sculpting terrain for gaming […]
Friday, February 21 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm SPARK! participants will learn proper Victorian manners while attending a Victorian-themed tea party.
Friday, February 14 | 12pm – 1pm | Presented by Dr. James M. Cornelius James M. Cornelius, Ph.D., the curator of the Lincoln Presidential Library from 2007-2018, has been working on this topic for more than a decade and given two preliminary public talks on the subject. It begins from the well-known surprise that Abraham […]
Saturday, February 8 | 12pm – 2pm | Instructor: Emily Martinsen | $16 ($20 for non-members) | Register Here Food preservation has gone from an essential practice to a fun hobby. Join Civil War Museum Educator Emily Martinsen for a family-friendly, hands-on workshop about the history of food preservation. Try your hand at making butter and […]
Tuesday, February 4 | 6:00pm-7:30pm | Presenters: Joshua Dubbert and C.W. Goodyear | $12 ($15 non-members) | Register Here Join the Civil War Museum online for an in-depth discussion led by Joshua Dubbert and C.W. Goodyear about Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield and their lives during the Civil War Years. Joshua Dubbert is the […]
Sunday, February 2 | 1:30pm – 3pm | Presented by Dr. Trevor Steinbach Dr. Trevor Steinbach, President of the Society of Civil War Surgeons, will present a program on the African American surgeons and caregivers who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. His program will introduce the audience to the service of […]
“To care for him who shall have borne the battle.” Saturday, February 1 | 10am – 4pm Sunday, February 2 | 12pm – 4pm Join the Civil War Museum and the 17th Corps Field Hospital for a weekend of interactive displays, presentations, and programs that explore the medical care provided to soldiers during the Civil […]
“To care for him who shall have borne the battle.” Saturday, February 1 | 10am – 4pm Sunday, February 2 | 12pm – 4pm Join the Civil War Museum and the 17th Corps Field Hospital for a weekend of interactive displays, presentations, and programs that explore the medical care provided to soldiers during the Civil […]
Saturday, January 25 | 1pm – 2pm | Presented by Professor Paul Booth | Free, registration required: Register Here Toys are serious business! Join Professor Paul Booth, DePaul University, in a lecture/discussion about the importance of toys and collecting today. From action figures to models, dolls to playsets, find out what our toys say about us […]
Thursday, January 23 | 6:30pm – 7:30pm | Presented by Doug Dammann and Steve Acker One of the items that brought together the Civil War soldiers and sometimes led to moments of civility and understanding was coffee. No single item of food or drink meant as much to Civil War soldiers. They talked about […]
The Kenosha Public Museum, Civil War Museum, and Dinosaur Discovery Museum will be closed Monday, January 20 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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