Museum Exhibits

Marking Time: Voyage to Vietnam

This new traveling exhibit from the Vietnam Graffiti Project features a number of artifacts from the troopship General Nelson M. Walker, including an original eight-man berthing unit complete with bedding, life vests, and bunks, over a dozen original canvas bunks written and drawn on by soldiers, and a number of photographs taken by Walker passengers in the living quarters and on the deck. In addition, the exhibit features a cell phone audio tour that can be accessed in the museum gallery.

Through September 1 at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison
From September 15 through November 15 at the Wisconsin National Guard Museum at Volk Field in Camp Douglas, WI (I-90/94, Exit 55)

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Nuestros Veteranos from Wisconsin: Latino Veterans - Stories of Valor, Honor, and Duty to Country

A new photography exhibit featuring Wisconsin’s Latino veterans on the frontlines, from World War II through Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom

A 2008 Hispanic Heritage Month Event
Presented in partnership with the American G.I. Forum

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A Concrete of Images: Paintings and Photographs from Iraq and Afghanistan

A new traveling exhibit from the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum (Chicago)
Featuring the work of:
Steve Danyluk, Marine Corps Reserves, Iraq
Eric Edmundson, Army, Iraq
Bill Smock, Indiana National Guard, Iraq
Andres Zavas, Jr., Navy Reserves, Afghanistan

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Fishhook and Siege Line: Gettysburg and Vicksburg in Photographs and Battle Maps

Using reproduction cartes de visite (CDV) of Union and Confederate officers from the collections of the Museum and private collector Robert Drane of Madison, this unique exhibit highlights the first and third days at Gettysburg and the many battles and skirmishes during the Vicksburg Campaign in 1863. CDV portraits of the generals and senior staff will be placed on large scale reproductions of the battle maps to emphasize the lines of battle. The map of the Vicksburg Campaign was hand drawn by Hosea Rood, a veteran of the 12^th Wisconsin Infantry who oversaw the GAR Memorial Hall in the State Capitol. The Gettysburg map is reprinted from an 1877 pamphlet titled The Rebel Invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and highlights the names of Union and Confederate genreals and the battle lines as they stood at the end of each day of battle.

Learn more at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum website.

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