Traveling Displays
Share Wisconsin History with Your Community!
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers banner displays to schools, civic organizations, community groups, and other public and private venues. Developed for secondary schools and the general public, these displays offer a way to share history in your community.
Some displays even offer supplemental educational materials and public speakers!
Crossing the Line: The Milwaukee Fair Housing Marches of 1967-1968
The traveling display "Crossing the Line: The Milwaukee Fair Housing Marches of 1967-1968" chronicles the school desegregation and fair housing movements of the 1960s.
Great Lakes Small Streams: How Water Shapes Wisconsin
The traveling display "Great Lakes Small Streams: How Water Shapes Wisconsin" explores our state's long relationship with water and the impact we have had on our vast waterways.
Risking Everything: A Freedom Summer Exhibit for Students
The traveling display "Risking Everything" chronicles the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer project in ways that engage and challenge young people.
"We Stand on Their Shoulders": A History of Wisconsin Women and Voting
The traveling display "'We Stand on Their Shoulders': A History of Wisconsin Women and Voting" explores moments when women in Wisconsin gained political rights and highlights a few key leaders.
We Will Always Be Here: Wisconsin's LGBTQ+ Historymakers
The traveling display "We Will Always Be Here: Wisconsin's LGBTQ+ Historymakers" explores the stories of Wisconsin's LGBTQ+ historymakers through profiles of eight individuals across a wide spectru...
Wisconsin's John Muir
The traveling display "Wisconsin's John Muir: An Exhibit Celebrating the Centennial of the National Park Service" explores Muir's youth in Wisconsin, his advocacy for national parks and his views o...
FAQs
We offer freestanding pull-up banner displays and tabletop displays, depending on title. Many displays combine interpretive text with reproductions of historic photographs and documents from our collections.
Displays cost $100 to rent for up to 4 weeks. Venues may schedule the display for more than 4 weeks for an additional fee.
Renters are responsible for arranging transport to and from their venue. In some cases, venues may be able to make arrangements with preceding or following venues if scheduling allows.
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Proceeds from traveling display rentals support the Society's ongoing outreach programs and activities.
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