Wisconsin African Americans in the Civil War
Join us for a special Curator Conversation: Make Way for Liberty—A Conversation about Wisconsin African Americans in the Civil War with ‘Make Way for Liberty’ author Jeffrey Kannel and Wisconsin...
Fall Event Schedule Announced
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Virtual Events Schedule Fall 2020 MADISON, WIS, September 23, 2020 — Although the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (WVM) remains closed for the safety of our communities, the museum...
A video interview with Brigadier General Robert Andrew Cocroft
...interview with him from February 24, 2000. Please note, this recording has physically deteriorated over the years, and we have done our best to restore it and make it available...
Virtual Drink & Draw March
...Pino will demonstrate how to make trace monoprint memory drawings. A trace mono-print drawing is made my rolling out a small amount of slo-drying ink (usually printmaking ink) onto a...
March 2022 Virtual! Drink & Draw: Trace Monoprint Memory Drawings
...demonstrate how to make trace monoprint memory drawings. Some special supplies will be required, but not to worry—we will teach alternate methods using art supplies you may have around the...
What You Can Support
...have continued as a popular event for more than 20 years. Mess Night where people gather, enjoy dinner, and hear a speaker discuss relevant topics in military history. Online discussions...
Juneteenth: How Wisconsin Was There at the Beginning
Juneteenth: A New National Holiday with Origins in 1865 Even though President Joe Biden signed legislation making Juneteenth a national holiday on June 17, 2021, as is the case with...
The Archivist Chronicles: Civil War History Mystery
...to uncover the story ourselves, even after more than 100 years have passed. These “history mysteries” are a challenging but fun aspect of museum work. Several years ago, our archives...
Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud Jr
...the enemy charged from a brush-covered area less than 100 feet from him, Red Cloud sounded the alarm to his fellow soldiers and immediately grabbed his Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)....