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 II veteran, Harry Dillon Baker will celebrate his 103rd birthday on October 9th. At the request of his family, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff is asking
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 for America grant program. Madison, Wis. (August 7, 2023) The Wisconsin Veterans Museum (WVM) will received $66,371 for a collection digitization project from the Institute
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 19, 2023) On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at the Ho-Chunk Nation Museum and Cultural Center in Tomah, WDVA Secretary-designee James Bond and Ho-Chunk Nation Vice
W. Jerome Frautschi Gives $10 million to Building a New Wisconsin Veterans Museum
NEWS FROM THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM FOUNDATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Madison, Wis. (March 28, 2023) W. Jerome Frautschi Gives $10 million to Building a New Wisconsin Veterans Museum MADISON, WI – Madison philanthropist, W. Jerome Frautschi, pledged $10 million to the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation to help the Wisconsin Department
50th Anniversary of End of Vietnam War Marked at Wisconsin Veterans Museum
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Madison, Wis. (March 24, 2023) - On March 29, 1973, U.S. ground forces withdrew from South Vietnam. The withdrawal officially ended years of war that forever marked a generation. To mark the 50th anniversary of the official end of the Vietnam War, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will
On Wisconsin – a New Meaning!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Madison, WI (April 19, 2022) – Yesterday at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison, the USS Wisconsin Association accepted a piece of the SSBN 827 Wisconsin, to be commissioned USS Wisconsin upon completion, from Rear Admiral (select) Jonathan Rucker on behalf of Governor Tony Evers and the
Veteran Art Exhibition Opens 3/16/22
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Open Veteran Art Exhibition in Conjunction with the Southern Graphics Conference International Hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wis. (March 3, 2022) — On March 16, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open a new exhibit, “Wisconsin Was There: Sharing the Legacies of Printmakers
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
Souvenirs of Service Exhibit Opens 11/5
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 beginning Nov. 5. MADISON, Wis. (Oct. 18, 2021) —On November 5, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open “Souvenirs of Service: The Things They Kept,”
CEMETERY TOURS BACK IN-PERSON, WILL FOCUS ON WOMEN’S STORIES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CEMETERY TOURS BACK IN-PERSON, WILL FOCUS ON WOMEN’S STORIES Talking Spirits Cemetery Tours set for October 9, 10 August 26, 2021 —The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has announced that the 23rd annual “Talking Spirits Cemetery Tour” will again be conducted in-person this fall, with candlelight tours on