WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TO UNVEIL A PIECE OF NEW COLUMBIA CLASS USS WISCONSIN NUCLEAR SUBMARINE

August 22, 2022 WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TO UNVEIL A PIECE OF USS WISCONSIN NUCLEAR SUBMARINE 50ft Inflatable Submarine Replica on View on the Capitol Balustrade The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will be unveiling a piece of the new USS Wisconsin (SSBN 827) submarine in a ceremony on Saturday, August 27, 2022. 

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Media Preview of New Exhibit Souvenirs of Service

WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSUEM OPENS “SOUVENIRS OF SERVICE” EXHIBIT Wisconsin servicemembers have been collecting souvenirs since the Civil War. Learn the stories of the things they kept. MADISON, October 21, 2021 — On November 5, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open “Souvenirs of Service: The Things They Kept,” an exhibit featuring objects

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MEDIA COVERAGE FOR WVM SUMMER CAMP 2019

July 8, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (July 8, 2019) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has received the following media coverage for the WVM Summer Camp, When I Group Up I Want to Work in a Museum (July 8, 2019).   Wisconsin State Journal: July 8, 2019  

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MEDIA COVERAGE OF NEW EXHIBIT–”IN MY SPARE MOMENTS: THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (June 14, 2019) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has received the following media coverage for the new exhibit – “In My Spare Moments: The Art of Harold F. Schmitz.” Wisconsin Regional Arts Blog , May 15, 2019 Isthmus, March 15, 2019 Isthmus, June 6, 2019

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MEDIA COVERAGE FOR NEW DISPLAY CASE COMMEMORATING 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY

June 10, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (June 10, 2019) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has received the following media coverage for new display case commemorating 75th anniversary of D-Day (June 6, 2019). AP: May 31, 2019 The Morning Call, May 31st, 2019 570 News, May 31st, 2019 660

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MEDIA ALERT: NEW DISPLAY CASE: COMMEMORATING 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2019   NEW DISPLAY CASE: COMMEMORATING D-DAY 75TH ANNIVERSARY FEATURES ARTIFACTS OWNED BY MILWAUKEE NATIVE AND NAVY RADIOMAN MARTIN F. GUTEKUNST, WHO SERVED IN NORMANDY LANDINGS, ON JUNE 6, 1944 ON UTAH BEACH. MADISON — At 9 a.m. on Thursday, June 6, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum

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MEDIA ALERT: NEW EXHIBIT–”IN MY SPARE MOMENTS: THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 2019   NEW EXHIBIT: IN MY SPARE MOMENTS: THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ FEATURES MILWAUKEE NATIVE’S DRAWINGS COMPLETED WHILE SERVING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC DURING WORLD WAR II. What: The Wisconsin Veterans Museum new art exhibit, In My Spare Moments: The Art of Harold

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MEDIA COVERAGE OF VETERANS DAY ACTIVITIES AT THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM

November 15, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (November 15, 2018) – The Veterans Day and World War I Armistice activities of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum has received the following media coverage. Real Life Library: Veterans Edition NBC15, November 11, 2018 WKOW27, November 11, 2018 World War I Armistice Milwaukee

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MEDIA COVERAGE FOR SAPF MOVE

May 3, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (May 3, 2018) – The State Archive Preservation Facility, shared by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and the Wisconsin Historical Society, move process has received the following media coverage. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 20, 2018 Wisconsin State Journal, April 23, 2018  

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MEDIA COVERAGE FOR SAPF RIBBON CUTTING

March 8, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (March 8, 2018) – The State Archive Preservation Facility, a facility shared by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and the Wisconsin Historical Society, ribbon cutting has received the following press. WKOW (March 8, 2018) State Journal (March 8, 2018)

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