Check out what’s happening at the museum
New Exhibit: Orrin Hofferbert, Hometown Hero
New Exhibit: Orrin Hofferbert, Hometown Hero of Beaver Dam
Museum says farewell to Longtime Board Member Mary Beth Jacobson
Retirement of Mary Beth Jacobson from Dodge County Historical Society Board
New Temp Exhibit - Korean War 75th Anniversary
New mini-exhibit at the DHCS Museum: 75th Anniversary of the Korean War
Creepy Doll Contest
DCHS is having a creepy doll contest! Enter yours to see if you can win.
Ghost Story Festival
Join us for an evening of fun and celebration as we mark a special occasion. We will be meeting outside.
Guest Speaker Program
Badger Aces
With guest speaker Mike O’Conner
Come to the museum to learn more about the World War I&II flying “aces” from the Badger State. They are fighter pilots from Wisconsin who fought in air battles in World War I through the Vietnam War. Their stories comprise a new book called "Badger Aces: Wisconsin Fighter Aces 1917-1972," written by a Mike O'Connor, a retired librarian from Wausau, who has been a military aviation researcher for decades.
Guest Speaker Program
The Anthropology of Torture and Execution:
Europeans & American Indians Compared
Four centuries ago, both American Indians and early Europeans practiced forms of public torture and execution. These customs seem barbaric to us today, but they had a logic and specific purpose to both cultures. Whiles these practiced seemed very similar at the time, they had a radically different meaning that is examined in this presentation
Presents a Special Program by: Dr. Patrick Jung of MSOE