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Charles Allis Art Museum

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Art, Botanical Garden, Culture, History, Historic House, Library

Designed by prominent Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler for Charles Allis, the first president of Allis Chalmers, and his wife Sarah in 1911, this unique Tudor-style mansion and art collection was built with the sole purpose of bequeathing it to the public to delight, educate and inspire. The permanent collection features 19th Century French and American Paintings, Chinese and Japanese porcelains, Renaissance bronzes, Japanese netsuke, and original antique furnishings.

Crivitz-Stephenson Historical Society

Crivitz, Wisconsin

History, Historical Society, Library

A collection of area history areas included: Village of Crivitz, Towns of Stephenson, Lake, Middle Inlet Lake Noquebay Area and Peshtigo River flowages

Civil War Museum

Kenosha, Wisconsin

Archaeology, Culture, General, History, Library, Military

Located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the Civil War Museum is like no other museum in the country. No current museum explores this war as seen and experienced on the home front nor the connections between the home front and the battle front. Through state-of-the-art museum technology, life-size dioramas, and interactive engaging exhibits, visitors travel back in history to the social, political and economic influences that contributed to the Civil War.