Touching Virtually Everything That Happens in the Museum: This Is Jennifer Van Haaften
From the corn fields of her home state of Iowa to the field of museum work, Jennifer Van Haaften has dedicated the past 30 years to creating a positive visitor experience through museum education and programming. As the Assistant Director of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, she has a hand in
Gatekeeper of Collections: This Is Brittany Strobel
Deep in the recesses of the State Archive Preservation Facility (SAPF) on the east side of Madison, Brittany Strobel, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Processing Archivist, has the privilege of preserving the significant events and innermost thoughts of some of our veterans. The processing archivist has the official responsibility of the
Keeper of the Stories: This Is Russ Horton
Do you ever wonder where Google gets all the answers? Behind the billions of questions we humans have, there are people combing through and preserving stacks of primary source material to deliver those answers in a digestible form. One of those people works as the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Reference and
Army Tanker Turned Museum Educator: This Is Erik Wright
If you’ve taken a tour, played museum trivia, attended a program, or walked a cemetery tour, you’ve encountered the work of Erik Wright. Since November of 2018, he has served as the education specialist at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Erik artfully redirected in-person museum events during the pandemic to a