Press Releases

Below you will find the most recent press releases from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. If you need assistance, please contact Jennifer Stevenson, Marketing Specialist, Sr.

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Jennifer Stevenson
Marketing Specialist, Sr.
608.224.9653
jennifer.stevenson@dva.wisconsin.gov

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum Anchors State’s Contribution to America’s Time Capsule

MADISON, Wis — (June 11, 2026) As part of the America250 national celebration, a time capsule will be buried on July 4, 2026, at Independence

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Host Smithsonian’s Making History, Making Change Lecture The National Native American Veterans Memorial: Honoring the Military Service of Native Americans

MADISON, Wis — (June 2, 2026) Rachelle B. Pablo (Diné), Museum Specialist with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian will present “The National

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM “PORTRAITS OF SERVICE” OPENS FEB. 6

MADISON, Wis. (January 26, 2026) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum is debuting a powerful new exhibit, Portraits of Service: Wisconsin Warriors from WWII, Korea, and

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Tribute to Fallen Wisconsin Sailor Opens at Veterans Museum

MADISON, Wis — (October 8, 2025) The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has opened a temporary exhibit to remember a Wisconsin sailor killed in the bombing of the

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WISCONSIN’S HIGHLY-DECORATED WWII VETERAN MEGELLAS FEATURED IN NEW DISPLAY

WISCONSIN’S HIGHLY-DECORATED WWII VETERAN MEGELLAS FEATURED IN NEW DISPLAY Megellas Family entrusts WVM with internationally renowned war hero’s collection  (MADISON, Wis.) September 5, 2024—The artifacts

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Exhibit Selected for National Award

MADISON, WIS (June 20, 2024) — The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) in Nashville, TN proudly announced that the Wisconsin Veterans Museum is

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WDVA Secretary and Veterans Museum Staff Deliver 600+ Birthday Wishes to WWII Veteran

Madison, Wis. (September 27, 2023) More than 600 birthday cards were sent from around the world to WWII veteran and soon-to-be 103-year-old Lt. Col. (Ret.)

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1941 Harry D. Baker ROTC Lt. Cadet MSC

Wisconsin World War II Veteran Harry Baker to Celebrate 103rd Birthday

For Immediate Release Wisconsin World War II Veteran Will Celebrate 103rd Birthday Wisconsin Veterans Museum Collecting Birthday Cards MADISON, Wis. (August 22, 2023) — Wisconsin World War

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Federal Grant Awarded to Wisconsin Veterans Museum

The Wisconsin Veterans Museum (WVM) will received $66,371 for a collection digitization project from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Museums

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Photo taken at the memo of agreement signing between the Ho-Chunk Nation and the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, an educational activity of the WDVA. The Ho-Chunk Nation and the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff will collaboratively gather oral histories from Ho-Chunk Nation veterans to be preserved by the Ho-Chunk Nation. A master copy of each interview will be included in the oral history collection of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. The agreement ensures the stories of Ho-Chunk Nation veterans are treated with cultural sensitivity and respect as led by the Ho-Chunk Nation and that the Ho-Chunk Nation is represented in the military history of Wisconsin.

Ho-Chunk Nation and WDVA/WVM Sign Historic Agreement

Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, Wisconsin Veterans Museum and Ho-Chunk Nation Create Joint Oral History Program Documenting the Lives of Ho-Chunk Veterans Madison, Wis. (May

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