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Kenosha Public Museums
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Welcome to the Kenosha Public Museum

The Kenosha Public Museum, located in Kenosha, Wisconsin is a natural sciences and fine and decorative arts museum. Established in 1933, the Museum's collections have grown to over 70,000, including almost 1,000 works in the fine arts collection. Exhibit programming includes world cultures, Native Americans, zoology, geology, fossils and fine and decorative arts.

Kenosha Public Museum Focus and Mission

The Kenosha Public Museum collects, preserves, and interprets decorative and fine arts, natural science specimens, and cultural artifacts from around the world and throughout time.

Kenosha Public Museum
5500 First Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53140
262-653-4140

Exhibits

   

Tales and Legends: Oriental Ivory Sculptures from the Dr. and Mrs. Clifton Peterson Collection

The collection includes beautiful carved ivory representing the rich history and culture of ancient Asia.

   

Wisconsin Pottery

Hand-crafted, signed pottery from the Kensoha Public Museum's collection. The most representative collection of early Wisconsin ceramics with hundreds of pieces.
   

Hatching the Past - Dinosaur Eggs and Babies

This award-winning exhibit blends the arts and sciences with an astounding array of authentic fossils collected from all over the world.

 

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Events

   

Kenosha Public Museum Kenosha Art Association Spring Art Event

April 5, 2008
One day juried art show. Interested artists call 262-654-0065.
   

Sunday Funday - Southport Rendezvous

April 20, 2008
Travel back in time and find out how people lived during the fur-trading era. Costumed reenactors will demonstrate various crafts and skills of the day.
   

Art Fair in Library Park

July 20, 2008

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