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History Makers Tour: Explore the History of Voting Rights
The afternoon will feature film clips from the PBS documentary Freedom Summer, a chronicling of the 1964 fight among civil rights activists to increase voter registration among Black Mississippians against seemingly insurmountable odds.
Find out more »Community Free Day for Against the Grain Exhibit
Jewish Museum Milwaukee is thrilled to host this community day for anyone living in Milwaukee County to visit Against the Grain: The Remarkable Life of Artist Bernard Perlin for FREE!
Find out more »In Progress & In Conversation: ‘Last Kid Picked’
A discussion about the in-progress documentary ‘Last Kid Picked’ (working title) about Bernard Perlin, the subject of the Museum’s current exhibition, Against the Grain.
Find out more »Reclaim Armistice Day
Armistice Day observance sponsored by Veterans for Peace and a coalition of peace and justice groups.
Find out more »2024 Holiday Folk Fair International
Holiday Folk Fair International celebrates the cultural heritage of the people living in southeastern Wisconsin.
Find out more »2024 Holiday Folk Fair International
Holiday Folk Fair International celebrates the cultural heritage of the people living in southeastern Wisconsin.
Find out more »2024 Holiday Folk Fair International
Holiday Folk Fair International celebrates the cultural heritage of the people living in southeastern Wisconsin.
Find out more »Lunch & Learn: Greece and the Holocaust
Join Louise Jesse, whose family experienced the Holocaust in Greece before immigrating to Milwaukee, and scholar Amy Shapiro, for a lunch and learn exploring this chapter in history.
Find out more »Very Merry, Holiday Celebration
Join the Milwaukee County Historical Society for a Very Merry holiday celebration!
Find out more »To Tell the Truth: Bernard Perlin during the New Deal and World War II
Join Dr. Melanie Herzog to learn about Perlin’s and Shahn’s approach to art and propaganda during these years, and their use of the visual language of social realism in murals and their work for the OWI.
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