Wisconsin Historical Society experts identified 16 dugout canoes in Lake Mendota, including the oldest recorded canoe from ...

In 2021, archaeologists unearthed the remains of a 1,200-year-old dugout canoe from a lake in Madison, Wisconsin. A year ...

More than a dozen ancient canoes uncovered in a Wisconsin lake offer insights into prehistoric Indigenous transportation ...

Sixteen ancient canoes discovered in Lake Mendota, located in Madison, Wisconsin, are shedding light on historical ...

The 600-acre historic site in Eagle will add a Santa breakfast event to its four-day Home for the Holidays schedule in ...

The Wisconsin Historical Society held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for its new History Center on the Capitol Square. The new facility will feature more than 100,000 square feet of space for ...

MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Historical Society will not fly an LGBTQ+ pride flag over its building this June, breaking the organization's years-long tradition of doing so. WHS said its mission is ...

The de Langlade family, Charles and his father Augustin, were part of the first family to establish a successful fur trading ...

In an effort to diversify the communities represented and the stories told by state historical markers, the Wisconsin Historical Society is inviting community groups to apply for new historical ...

In a few years, more Wisconsinites will be able to learn about North American history at the Wisconsin Historical Society’s new headquarters on Capitol Square in Madison. The new five-story center ...

Wisconsin has 609 historical markers across the state, each one marking a person, place or event that is significant to Wisconsin history. The program started in 1943, when then-Governor Walter ...

Since 1987 former television cameraman Clayborn Benson has been working tirelessly to preserve Milwaukee and Wisconsin's African-American history via his Wisconsin Black Historical Society. As it ...