"As a professor, I tended to think of history as run by impersonal forces. But when you see it in practice, you see the difference personalities make."

- Henry Kissinger

 

Plays on History

Join us weekdays, June 22nd -Aug 7th, every half hour from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. for Plays on History! In partnership with the Lawrence University Theatre Arts program, Plays on History will be performed in the galleries throughout the summer. The three short vignettes deliver historical dramas that have shaped the lives of ordinary Wisconsinites. In a quarter of an hour, visitors are able to make a personal connection to history. Suddenly, the objects in our exhibits become less static as they create the context of the story about to be told. The past takes on a very tangible presence.

The Plays on History program has been a popular and powerful summer offering at The History Museum - we hope you enjoy them!

Mondays Remembering Joe (11:30) Down to the Wire (12:00) Remembering Joe (12:30) Down to the Wire (1:00)	Tuesdays Remembering Joe (11:30) Quarantine (12:00) Remembering Joe (12:30) Quarantine (1:00)	Wednesdays Down to the Wire (11:30) Quarantine (12:00) Down to the Wire (12:30) Quarantine (1:00)
Thursdays Remembering Joe (11:30) Down to the Wire (12:00) Remembering Joe (12:30) Down to the Wire (1:00)	Fridays Remembering Joe (11:30) Quarantine (12:00) Remembering Joe (12:30) Quarantine (1:00)

 

Quarantine

The Polio epidemic in Outagamie County in 1955 as seen through the eyes of an 8 year old boy, his mother and his physician.

Down to the Wire

A depiction of the 1957 strike at Appleton Wire Works over the automation of wire looms.

Remembering Joe

Two journalists, one local and one national, talk about their different perspectives on Joseph McCarthy.