April 26, 2012
For Immediate Release
(MADISON) –
Not At Ease: A Veteran Print Project, provides a forum for 20 female veterans from Wisconsin to share their stories by pairing them with 20 artists, who create an edition of prints inspired by the resulting dialogue. These prints will then culminate in an exhibition opening at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum on May4, 2012- Gallery Night.
March 30, 2012
(MADISON) ― New York Times’ Best-Selling Author Hugh Ambrose will be guest speaker at the 2012 Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s Gala. The event is scheduled for Thursday, May 3, 2012 from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Hugh Ambrose is the author of The Pacific, a non-fiction account of WWII, and project consultant for the Emmy award-winning HBO miniseries produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman.
February 1, 2012
(MADISON) ― On Friday, March 9, 2012, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will present a special Civil War 150 concert celebrating the release of a new record by Madison's
Count This Penny.
January 24, 2012
(MADISON) ― On Tuesday, January 31, a new exhibit will open at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum highlighting the service of Fritz Wolf of Shawano, Wisconsin, a naval aviator who flew with the famed “Flying Tigers” in Burma and China in 1941-42, and later off the decks of the USS Hornet and USS Yorktown in 1944-45.
January 12, 2012
(MADISON)— The Wisconsin Veterans Museum announces new service hours starting Monday, January 30, 2012, when the main Museum galleries and gift store at 30 West Mifflin Street, Madison, will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and Sunday Noon to 4:00 p.m. (April through September). The Research Center on 3rd floor will remain open to the public Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
December 1, 2011
(MADISON)— The most anticipated annual event at the Capitol will honor veterans and their service this year. The Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place on Friday, December 2, 2011 at 8:15 a.m. in the Capitol’s Rotunda and will include items from the Wisconsin VeteransMuseum’s collections.
November 1, 2011
(MADISON) ― The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has a number of interesting
programs in November. All programs are free, and open to the public.
They are hosted in the Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s 2nd Floor Education
Center, unless otherwise noted.
October 12, 2011
(MADISON) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum opened A Vision from Another Sky: The Paintings of Vietnam Veteran Jim Walktendonk exhibit on October 1, 2011. The exhibit will remain on display through the end of the month, until October 31st.
September 9, 2011
(MADISON)— Five influential people from Civil War times will be featured
during the Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s thirteenth annual Talking
Spirits: Forest Hill Cemetery Tour. This award-winning living history
program illuminates the lives of many prominent—and lesser known—figures
in Wisconsin history.
August 23, 2011
(MADISON) ― The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has a number of interesting
programs coming up this fall. All programs are free, and open to the
public. They are hosted in the Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s 2nd Floor
Education Center, unless otherwise noted.
July 19, 2011
(MADISON) – On Saturday, July 23, 2011, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum
will host the visit of a live bald eagle from the National Eagle Center
at the Museum program “Eagles on the Square.”
June 27, 2011
(MADISON) – There is still time to play at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum
Foundation’s 7th Annual Golf Outing. Sponsored by Spacesaver
Corporation, the outing will be held on Monday, July 11th at the Oaks
Golf Course in Cottage Grove. The event begins at 11:00 a.m. and the
cost to play is $125 per individual or $500 per foursome. Golfers with
at least three first-time players can golf for $100 per person. Space is
limited to the first 120 players.
June 27, 2011
(MADISON) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s promotional video was
honored with a Silver Telly Award in the 32nd Annual Telly Awards
Competition. The video was shot and directed by Reel Wave Media, a
Madison-based video production company. This is their sixth Telly Award.
June 9, 2011
(MADISON) ― The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open From Paper to Iron:
Wisconsin Joins the Civil War on Saturday, July 2, 2011. An exhibit to
commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War, From Paper to Iron
will display never before seen Civil War artifacts from the Museum’s
collection. All media are invited to attend an open house on Tuesday,
July 5, 2011 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. to interview and meet the curator of
the exhibit, Jeff Kollath. The exhibit will remain on display until
September 30, 2012.
April 21, 2011
(MADISON) –The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open Point of View: The
Veteran Print Project exhibit on May 6, 2011. The exhibit will remain on
display until July 31, 2011.
April 15, 2011
(MADISON) – New York Times Best-Selling Author Jeff Shaara will serve as
keynote at the 2011 Wisconsin Veterans Museum Gala. The event is
scheduled for Thursday, May 5, 2011 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The son
of Michael Shaara, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War novel
Killer Angels, Jeff has established himself as America’s most popular
military history novelist.
April 5, 2011
(MADISON) – VFW Ladies Auxiliary National President Cortina Barnes will
be visiting Madison on April 11, 2011. Following a morning meeting with
state legislators, President Barnes will visit the Wisconsin Veterans
Museum for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of collections led by
curatorial staff at 2:00 p.m.
April 1, 2011
(MADISON) – The Wisconsin Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission will
open a statewide four-year commemoration of events of 1861-1865 with a
special program at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum at 7:00 p.m. on
Tuesday, April 12 — the 150th anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter
in Charleston, S.C. Lance Herdegen, author and chair of the commission,
will discuss his book The Raising of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, which
explains how Wisconsin, a state just a dozen years old, began to raise
soldiers to put down the rebellion in the Southern states.
March 18, 2011
(MADISON) – Join Professor of History from Missouri State University,
William Meadows, at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum as he discusses the
origins and development of Native Americans as code talkers in World War
I and II, serving in Europe, Africa, and the Pacific Theaters,
including recruitment, training, and combat service.
March 17, 2011
(MADISON) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has a number of interesting
programs planned this spring to kick off the commemoration of the 150th
Anniversary of the Civil War. All programs are free, and open to the
public. They are hosted in the Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s 2nd Floor
Education Center, unless otherwise noted.
January 4, 2011
(MADISON) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open The Scorching Desert
Sun: A Wisconsin Photographer Chronicles Operation Desert Storm exhibit
on Friday, January 14, 2011. The exhibit will remain on display until
March 31, 2011.
