Episodes: Early Wisconsin, the Civil War and Reconstruction

Taylor L. Bailey standing in front of some old circus posters that have been framed and mounted on the wall behind her

Circus World

Early Wisconsin

Step right up to see how the circus came to be in Wisconsin and how transportation innovations, business, and social issues were juggled under the big top.

 Kacie and Taylor looking at a sculpture

Not Set
In Stone

Early Wisconsin, Civil War, and Reconstruction

Get a different take on Lincoln’s legacy and the freeing of enslaved people through the Emancipation Group sculpture.