Kenosha Celebrates National Travel & Tourism Week at the Civil War Museum

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Peggy Gregorski, Development Coordinator

262-653-4428

Apr. 29, 2011

Kenosha Public Museum

5500 First Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53140

262-653-4140

KENOSHA, WI –In honor of National Travel & Tourism Week, the Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is sponsoring a free admission afternoon at the Civil War Museum, 5400 First Ave.
Admission to the Fiery Trial exhibit will be free on Tuesday, May 10th from 12 to 5 p.m. with free guided tours offered at noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., and 4 p.m.

The Civil War Museum focuses on the role of six Upper Middle West states (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan) and tells the personal stories of men, women and children before, during and after the Civil War. The main exhibit, The Fiery Trial, takes visitors back in history through state-of the art technology and interactive exhibits. The exhibit takes visitors through a town square, with a snapshot of family life as war breaks out. A train bound for the battlefront features the stories of soldiers, nurses, doctors, clergymen and underground railroad participants. Men and women experience the battlefront. A riverboat is the setting as people travel home from war and spread the news of President Lincoln's assassination.

Regular general admission is $7, Kenosha/Somers Residents $5. Friends of the Museums members and children 15 and younger are admitted free of charge.

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Kris Kochman
Special Events Coordinator
Kenosha Public Museums
262-653-4406
kkochman@kenosha.org