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Looking forward to the new school year? So are we! With fantastic resources, opportunities for engaging with our team, and important news about our sites and museums, the Wisconsin Historical Society is your partner for the coming year!
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A New Wisconsin History Center
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With every passing day, we are moving closer than ever before to realizing a new history center that will demonstrate our commitment to our mission, vision, and values for all those we serve.
Over the next several months, we will be carefully dismantling the current exhibitions in the Wisconsin Historical Museum and transitioning the museum artifacts into safe storage to make way for the construction of the new history center starting in 2024. As part of this process, our team will begin dismantling the 3rd and 4th floor exhibitions on September 12.
All fall school programs will take place on the 1st and 2nd floors of the museum, where students will encounter and explore museum highlights including Indigenous history, lumbering, dairying, mining, the fur trade, and immigration stories. Lunch space will still be available to groups who have requested it in their reservation.
During our time of transition, we are excited to support you and your students in new ways! Below you'll find education offerings around the state from our historic sites. Additionally, the Society has restarted the Hands-On History program, designed to bring museum education directly to your classroom. Finally, our virtual programs continue to grow and evolve and are ready for you today! Discover all we have to offer on our education page!
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Looking for an exciting out-of-the-classroom field trip? You've found it! Whether reliving the lives of Wisconsin's immigrants, exploring the history of the circus, or engaging in the exploration of Wisconsin's fur trade era, our sites and museums have you covered!
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Old World Wisconsin - Eagle, WI
With new and exciting ways to explore Wisconsin's immigrant past, Old World Wisconsin looks forward to seeing you soon! Experience Village Quest, where small teams of students explore the Crossroads Village completing a set of tasks and solve a Time Travel mystery. Ponder puzzles, gather data, check sources, and navigate the site using a compass and map, all guided by a Historic Text! Plan your visit today!
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Circus World - Baraboo, WI
Explore Wisconsin’s rich circus heritage at the original winter quarters home of the Ringling Bros. Circus in Baraboo. Your admission to this National Historic Site includes seven massive buildings filled with fascinating exhibits, spotlighting the colorful lives, innovation, and passion that fueled America’s most popular form of entertainment for over 50 years. Plan your visit today!
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Wade House - Greenbush, WI
Explore the horse-powered world that existed before planes, cars, and railroads. Your guide will take you to the 27-room Stage Coach Hotel. Then you’ll head to the historic sawmill and blacksmith shop to see firsthand how tools are made and used. Finally, put your knowledge to the test as you build a model in the Carriage Museum. Plan your visit today!
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Museum on the Square - Madison, WI
Join us for "Why History Matters," our standard museum tour for early elementary-level students. A fun and engaging guided tour of the Wisconsin Historical Museum where students explore highlights of the museum, covering Wisconsin’s 14,000-years of stories. Plan your visit today!
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Madeline Island - La Pointe, WI
What happens when cultures meet? In this hands-on visit to Madeline Island students will explore daily life before and after the arrival of the French. This encounter of cultures is key to understanding the long history of Madeline Island and the surrounding Lake Superior region. Plan your visit today!
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Stonefield - Cassville, WI
Explore the ABC’s (the agriculture, butter, and chores, that is!) of history in the beautiful setting of Stonefield, where hands-on learning is as easy as it is fun. Students will try a Babcock tester in the State Agricultural Museum, make butter in The Creamery, learn daily farm chores in the 1901 Farm House, have a lesson in the one-room School House, and explore the 1901 Village. Plan your visit today!
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Villa Louis - Prairie Du Chien, WI
Put on your historical thinking caps and get ready to explore hundreds of years of history in one very special place. Students will tour a late 19th century Victorian mansion and grounds, have an interactive 18th century fur trade experience, and head outdoors for a history hike scavenger hunt. Plan your visit today!
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Reed School - Niellsville, WI
You don’t have to walk uphill, both ways, to explore the history of Wisconsin schoolhouses at Reed School. Take a seat at your desk and journey through the era of the one-room schoolhouse, where generations of rural Wisconsin children came of age in the 6,000 one-room schools that once dotted the landscape of the state. Plan your visit today!
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H.H. Bennett - Wisconsin Dells, WI
From the earliest photographic processes practiced in Wisconsin to modern techniques and equipment, follow the life of H.H. Bennett as you explore state and regional history through science and photography. This guided program leads students through the museum as well as the actual studio used by HH Bennett, including a period darkroom and exploration of chemical and artistic processes used in his famous photographs. Plan your visit today!
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Hands-On History - Statewide
Hands-On History brings research-based, best practice, museum education into the classroom. Our onsite 1-hour sessions are designed to engage the minds and excite the imaginations of young history explorers. Aligned with the WISCONSIN STANDARDS FOR SOCIAL STUDIES and designed for grade bands K-2 and 3-5, these sessions will enhance your classroom study of Wisconsin's past. With five different experiences to choose from, Hands-On History will enrich your studies of Wisconsin history. Plan your visit today!
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"Teaching About Elections" Conference
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Politics can be divisive, confusing, and challenging to approach. This conference will help educators find ways to ensure their students can discuss sensitive and important topics during this election season, and beyond.
Teaching about elections is one of the best opportunities to prepare young people for political engagement. This conference helps K-12 educators teach about electoral politics in a way that is engaging, respectful of multiple viewpoints, age appropriate, and utilizes best practices in civics education. Register today!
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