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    Kenosha Public Museum

    4.3 (35 reviews)
    Closed • 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    So much fun in this super-clean, baby friendly, exploratory area. Great rest spot for parents.
    Laura W.

    Loads of easy-to-access, free parking! Charming exhibits beautifully presented to appeal to children and adults of all ages. Space to explore and discover the area history and wildlife that even the tiniest toddlers can enjoy. Lovely, charming gift shop with gifts for all ages. Kind, personable staff who are friendly, helpful, patient and inspiring. Can't wait to come back and bring visiting relatives and friends!!

    Corina M.

    First of all, I just want to say that I was so relieved this place was open on a Monday! As someone who works weekends it's often hard to find museums that are open then. As for the museum itself, it combined natural history, science, history, and art wonderfully. I learned a lot about the area but history at large as well. Also, I am IN LOVE with their Cabinet of Curiosities exhibit. Well done, overall. Glad we made the stop.

    PJ S.

    Free parking, free admission, a gorgeous art exhibit of river paintings as well as Japanese prints, and a cool curiosities and science exhibit. Space could be used a little better to have a few more hands-on items, but overall a good way to spend 30 minutes.

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    Kids will love this museum! And it's FREE! If you are in the area and you have kids, make the time for a visit. It is not huge, but surprisingly spacious inside. The exhibits are not on fantastic, like some of the major museums, but that does not mean you and the kids are not going to have some fun. I am not into taxidermy or stuffed animals, but their collection is fascinating. Their Native American display is interesting as well, even though most of the figures facial features look rather depressed. Give it a try!

    Emon D.

    There is a reason why this is one of the must see places in Kenosha! This museum is much smaller if you're comparing it to the ones in Milwaukee and Chicago, but with its prime lakefront location, huge free parking lot, and no entry or exhibition change ($5 recommended for donation), this place definitely is worth visiting. They have a beautiful Native American exhibit and a huge mammoth fossil. The exhibits are easy to follow and they have loads of artifacts neatly organized and definitely a dream place for any curious child and adult! There are elevators to go up to the second floor which has a couple of huge rooms filled with beautiful paintings. There is also an area on the second floor that has floor to ceiling glass walls that look out to lake Michigan. There is a gift shop on the ground floor as you enter which is a perfect location as you're exiting the museum. The ground floor also has a kids area called 'The Field Station' which has different stations (such as zoology, art, anthropology, paleontology and geology stations) to let kids explore the arts and science. As a family, we had a great time here, and definitely can see ourselves back here again soon!

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    Brent B.

    I enjoyed the Kenosha (free, donation appreciated) Museum. The first floor had many very interesting fossils and artifacts. Charming woman, who runs the trading post, and I talked a while. She went to the digs of the TRex in the Dakotas. Finding a fossil of a crocodilian. She plays the flute to add colour to the 1st floor: hope you get to meet her. The 2nd floor had an exhibit of 19th century Japanese wood block and water colour pieces. The revivalist teacher wanted to reintroduce an artistic style and method lost to Japan: while teaching the method to students to create in the old style with modern influence. Dioramas of ancient and old masters at work. You will see in my picture the Elgin marbles displayed. Also, on this floor are 'curiosity cabinets' full of mostly random items the wealthy stole from far off lands. These collections collected, eventually, into what we see as the natural history museums of the 19th and 20th century.

    Brad C.

    You can tour it in 30 minutes but for the price (free) it is worth your time. Mammoths downstairs, art up. Clean and maintained well. We had the most fun in the kids area (another 30 minutes). Now that I reflect, that is where they excelled here, the kids hands on stuff. It really was a great interactive section. We came up here for the Jelly Belly (storage facility) tour and this was a b or c list stop. Glad we did it though.

    Dustin B.

    Cool little museum. The displays are very well done. Lots of information for those who want to read and learn more. The second floor had a great water color art exhibit when we were there. The field study area for kids was lots of fun for my son.

    Stephen K.

    Really wonderful place to visit while in Kenosha. I had the opportunity to learn a lot about the history of Kenosha. The statues of the animals were very realistic and beautiful. The gift shop was reasonably priced as well. I would go back to just talk to the lady running the trading post. She really made the place authentic.

    Kenosha Public Museum Exterior with glass "glacier"
    Richie D.

    You just can't go wrong with a free museum!! Better yet, when you add in Kenosha's beautiful lakefront harbor view and the world's largest and GINORMOUS local mammoth skeleton to ever be excavated, it's a must-see! This was Kenosha's second museum (established in 1993) and now is one of several (to be exact, 1 of 4). You begin by taking a trip back in time 425 million years ago and within an hour find yourself where Kenosha finds itself today--historical, progressive and growing. It is home to a constantly aumenting collection of 70,000 pieces, including almost 1,000 works in the fine arts collection. The exhibits present world cultures, Native Americans, zoology, geology, fossils and fine and decorative arts. If you're still not won over, check out a video of what the museum has to offer at: http://www.kenoshacvb.com/podcast/museum.asp.

    View from second floor window...beautiful!

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    A nice museum in a modern building....admission is free, and the museum is very kid friendly!

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