Explore the Stories that Made Wisconsin
History is a story with many voices, always growing and evolving—a story we tell together. At the Wisconsin Historical Museum, you’ll immerse yourself in fascinating and diverse stories of people and places from Wisconsin history.
Explore the state’s diverse and dynamic past through engaging exhibits, fascinating historical objects, and hands-on experiences that focus on Native Nations and Tribes. Enter a replica of a 1,000-year-old house and examine a fur trade post.
A new history center is on the way!
Artifacts are on the move! We’ve got big news to share as we move one step closer to the construction of the new Wisconsin history center. This state-of-the-art space will invite visitors to engage with history in an exciting new way and more than double the museum’s current footprint.
Our exhibits will close as we start to pack artifacts for safe storage. “People of the Woodlands” will remain open through Nov. 27. Plan your visit today before these exhibits close!
The fun doesn’t end here! The museum will continue to host walking tours, special exhibitions, and other exciting programs.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Best Deal in History!
Becoming a member is the best way to explore Wisconsin history. Members get free admission to our historic sites and discounts on special events!
Follow Us!
Feeling Canadian?
On this day in 1774 Britain passed the Quebec Act, making the Wisconsin Territory part of the province of Quebec.
Enacted by George III, the act restored the French form of civil law to the region. The Thirteen Colonies considered the Quebec Act as one of the "Intolerable Acts," as it nullified Western claims of the coast colonies by extending the boundaries of the province of Quebec to the Ohio River on the south and to the Mississippi River on the west.
📸: The Thirteen Original Colonies in 1774: Library of Congress: www.loc.gov/resource/g3701sm.gct00482/?sp=15 ... See MoreSee Less
Comment on Facebook
"Intolerable Act" is right!
So I'm really Canadian when you go back the right amount in time? Cool.
Sacre bleu!
👄I want to feel how you kiss my whole body. Write me a direct mes I waiting for u
💋💋Doctors in the house, what drugs can someone take when he starts seeing symptoms of falling in love came me a personal I'm waiting for u
View more comments
This Saturday in Lake Geneva, join us for the Oak Hill Cemetery Tour!
As the sun sets and Halloween approaches, grab a flashlight and walk through the beautiful grounds of the Oak Hill Cemetery, recently added to the National Registry of Historic Places.
Hear stories of Lake Geneva's prominent past citizens, and the history behind the cemetery's design and construction by renowned landscape architect Horace W.S. Cleveland from knowledgeable historians from Black Point Estate & Gardens.
For more info, go to: wihist.org/3SVyIdD ... See MoreSee Less
Comment on Facebook
I came to read the comments after seeing those seated on the 🪦. Another picture would be better / crop it. See attached respectively as #4 & #5 may need to be addressed before the tour begins. www.usurnsonline.com/funeral-resources/10-things-not-to-do-in-a-cemetery/
💋😍A man must shave a d**ck, otherwise he is like a monkey send me a personal I'm wait for you
Horrible behavior, disrespectful
My Mama would have jacked me to Jesus if I sat on a headstone.
Tell those bums to get off the tombstones
👄😍Please... Can someone explain me this send me a direct message im waiting for you
💋👄besides transparent panties, I don’t have anything on, but I also want to take them off, I hope you can help Send me a message im waiting for u
Don't sit on someone's head stone!!
Thanks for sharing!
those sitting are disrespecting the dead
View more comments
On this day in 1846, Wisconsin's first state Constitutional Convention met in Madison.
The Convention sat until December 16,1846. The Convention was attended by 103 Democrats and 18 Whigs. The proposed constitution failed when voters refused to accept several controversial issues: an anti-banking article, a homestead exemption (which gave $1000 exemption to any debtor), providing women with property rights, and black suffrage.
The following convention, the Second Constituitional Convention of Wisconsin in 1847-48, produced and passed a constitution that Wisconsin still very much follows today.
📸: Rejected Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, 1846: wihist.org/3s6bmHn ... See MoreSee Less
Comment on Facebook