Civil War Museum
The Civil War Museum in Kenosha, Wisconsin believes
that they are unlike any other civil war museum in the nation, since
they has explored the war as seen and experienced on the home front
or the interesting connections between the home front and the battle
front using state-of-the-art museum technology, interactive
displays, and life-size dioramas that whisk travelers back to the
past so that they can learn more about the political, economic and
social issues that would influence their lives and contributions to
the civil war. A new temporary exhibit is happening now until
September, 2011, that is called Bodices, Bonnets and Weeds - Civil
War and Mid-Victorian fashions, while the more permanent exhibits
occupy a 15,000 square foot space that describes the stories of
those people whose lives would be forever changed by the war, and
how they would help shape the course of history. There are many
outstanding relics from the war that are significant to the regional
and national war story that uses life-scale, interactive displays
along with audio and video technology. The museum is surpriseingly
diverse and very interesting, with enough relics and documents,
along with excellent photographs, the museum does an outstanding job
of informing, interacting and encouraging visitors to take a part in
the ongoing history of this excellent museum. Their online website
is most interesting, although not too informative, it does have
quite a few photos and information, but it is not really user
friendly, but that is because they are a museum and not a website,
spending more effort on the effectiveness of the material shown and
showcased; so the best advice would be to visit it when you are in
the Wisconsin area.
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