Smithsonian Chooses Museum for Community Engagement Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Collaborate with Smithsonian and International Coalition of Sites of Conscience on Year-Long Community Engagement Initiative MADISON, Wis. (Feb. 10, 2022) This Smithsonian Institution has selected the Wisconsin Veterans Museum to participate in the Fostering Critical Conversations with Our Communities program. The museum
FEB 2022 Virtual! Drink & Draw: Colored Pencils
Cold days, warm colors. Grab your colored pencils and draw images of the cold using warm tones. Gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. This event is free of charge and open to anyone who registers.
William L. Sims: A Lifetime of Service
William L. Sims calm smile and collected manner belies a man whose herculean efforts empowering veterans in Wisconsin are almost without equal. He continues shaping veterans organizations, mentoring fellow veterans, and implementing programs. There is a reason why Sims has a statue featured on the main floor of the War
March 2022 Virtual! Drink & Draw: Trace Monoprint Memory Drawings
**SPECIAL DATE AND TIME Please join us for a special two-hour Virtual Drink & draw where we will be recording live from our storefront window in conjunction with the 2022 Southern Graphics International Printmaking Conference being held right her in Madison, Wisconsin. Using images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection,
January 2022 Virtual! Drink & Draw: Sumi Ink Painting
Welcome to Sumi Ink Painting. Using an image from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection, guest artist Amber Zora will teach about Sumi Ink Painting and explore materials with essentials about paper, brushes, brush strokes, controlling water, and ways to use your brushes to the fullest abilities. You will look
Wisconsin Was There: Pearl Harbor Survivors Talk
Tap/click on each person to listen to their experience of the Pearl Harbor Attack on December 7, 1941.
Museum Staff Draws Out Creative Veteran Voice for Award-Winning Soldiers Home Renovation
The newly renovated Soldiers Home located on the campus of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee received an award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). The Milwaukee Soldiers Home, Milwaukee is the recipient of the
December 2021 Virtual! Drink & Draw: Remembering Pearl Harbor
Welcome to December 2021 Virtual! Drink & Draw Gather your drawing supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. No experience is necessary. Feel free to reference some of the provided drawing guides below. This event is free
Badgers and the Day of Infamy
Fifteen minutes before 8 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 1941, 183 Japanese planes winged in over Kahuku Point, the northernmost tip of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. Their commander, Fuchida Mitsuo, surveyed the scene and signaled for the attack to begin. The formation broke apart as groups of planes zoomed
Honoring Native American Veterans of Wisconsin
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we are featuring Native American veterans and their stories from the oral history collection. Native Americans served in the United States military since the Revolutionary War and continue to do so with honor and distinction. Their military experiences vary greatly as you will