The Wisconsin Veterans Museum became a Smithsonian Affiliate in May of 2014. Affiliates are collaborators on many of the Smithsonian’s strategic priorities, adding content and expertise to national initiatives to amplify the power of the stories we tell and reach broader and more diverse audiences. There is a network of more than 200 Smithsonian Affiliate organizations across the nation plus Puerto Rico and Panama. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum is one of two in the state; the other being the Kenosha Public Museum.