February 2014
The Amish of Wisconsin: A New Wave of Immigrants to the Badger State
Speaker(s): Mark L. Louden Location: Chippewa Valley Museum in Eau Claire Co-sponsor(s): Chippewa Valley Museum Description: We welcome you to a presentation about Amish culture and language and a discussion of immigration and heritage in…
Find out more »March 2020
CLOSED TEMPORARILY — Eau Claire, Wisconsin — MKI Traveling Exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present: The Wisconsin German Experience”
The Chippewa Valley Museum is currently closed because of the COVID-19 Situation. We will update this site when the exhibit can be viewed again. Location: Chippewa Valley Museum, 1204 E Half Moon Dr, Eau Claire,…
Find out more »WATCH LIVE ON FACEBOOK— Lecture: Pioneer Breweries of Western Wisconsin
This event will be presented live on Facebook. Go to https://www.cvmuseum.com/calendar/ , and click on the event in the calendar, to receive a link shortly before the event begins. This presentation is offered in conjunction…
Find out more »September 2021
Eau Claire, WI — MKI Traveling Exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present”
Display of MKI’s traveling exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present: the Wisconsin German Experience.” On fourteen panels that draw largely on images and resources from the MKI Library and Archives, the exhibit covers German migration and…
Find out more »October 2021
The Place of Faith in Wisconsin German Communities (lecture and tour)
by Mark Louden, Professor of German at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Director of the Max Kade Institute Join Mark Louden for a look at the central role religion has played in German heritage communities…
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