March 4 - November 1, 2026
Free Admission
A major new exhibit honoring the original peoples of this land – past, present, and future.
Step back to the Ice Age and walk forward through time.
Unique Central American artifacts.
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Six Breathtaking Custom Dioramas ​
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Woolly mammoth hunt on an Ice Age prairie
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Mound-building at Cedarburg’s own Hilgen Springs (500 BCE)
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Wisconsin’s fortified Mississippian city of Aztalan
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Northwest Coast cedar longhouses
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Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings
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A Great Plains Village
1851 Navy Colt Revolver
Unnamed Solider Tintype
Wisconsin-issued Light Artillery
Shell Jacket Adopted in 1854
1840 Cavalry Saber & Scabbard
50 cent Obsolete Banknote
from Florida dated 1863
Confederate $5 banknote
dated 1861
Visit Wisconsin in the Civil War!
Wisconsin in the Civil War is open during regular museum hours.
Exhibit Sponsor: Military Collectibles Shop
9707 West Greenfield Avenue, West Allis, WI 53214
While visiting the museum be sure to stop into our gift shop, featuring local Cedarburg items, gifts and
other history-related merchandise.