PROGRAMS & EVENTS
71st Annual Awards Dinner
Thursday, May 9, 2024 | 5:30pm-9:00pm
The Pfister Hotel: 424 E. Wisconsin Ave
Each year, the Milwaukee County Historical Society hosts an Annual Awards Dinner that celebrates Milwaukee and the people and institutions that make it special. The evening includes recognition of community entities celebrating milestone anniversaries, as well as distinguished awards bestowed upon specific individuals or organizations that have shaped Milwaukee’s past and continue to forge its future.
How to Support this year’s fundraiser?
This year’s fundraiser is accessible via OneCause! OneCause serves as your all-access platform to support the Milwaukee County Historical Society.
Explore the 50 Silent Auction items, and new this year – Exclusive Raffle Prizes, and a Live Wine Pull!
The Silent Auction goes LIVE Thursday, May 2nd @ 5:30pm and closes Thursday, May 9th @ 8:30pm.
Visit the MCHS OneCause site to start bidding: https://onecau.se/mchs
Virtual Lunch & Learn
Transportation in Milwaukee, Part One
Friday, May 17, 2024 | 12:00pm
Virtual Event
Milwaukee County Historical Society’s new presentation on the history of transportation in Milwaukee with a focus on steel-wheeled forms of transportation (trains, streetcars, and interurbans), plus ships and boats. MCHS Assistant Archivist and Digitization Specialist, Michael Barera, will share his research.
FREE Virtual Event
Join the Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81518191450
Book Club
Monday, May 20, 2024 | 6:00pm
Meet at MCHS: 910 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Join us in May as we discuss Damn the Old Tinderbox!:by local author, Matthew J. Prigge.
“Damn the Old Tinderbox! is the gripping tale of one of the Gilded Age’s forgotten calamities, a fire that remains among the deadliest unsolved arsons in American history, and a significant chapter in both the history of Milwaukee and the Midwest.”
Copies of the book are available for purchase at the MCHS gift shop. Members get a 10% discount.
Please send any questions or ideas for future book selections to info@milwaukeehistory.net
Milwaukee History Trivia @ Amorphic Beer 
Thursday, May 23, 2024 | Doors Open @ 6:00pm, Game Starts @ 7:00pm
Amorphic Beer: 3700 N Fratney St. Milwaukee, WI 53212
Climates of Inequality: Symposium on Collecting Silenced Histories
Saturday, May 25, 2024 | 10:00am-2:00pm 
MCHS: 910 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
41st Annual Trimborn Farm Harvest of Art & Crafts
September 7 & 8, 2024 | 10am-4pm
Trimborn Farm: 8881 W. Grange Ave., Greendale
We invite you to join the Milwaukee County Historical Society as we celebrate outstanding local artisans and support Milwaukee County’s only historic park. This popular show attracts thousands of visitors during its annual 2-day run. The beautiful, historic setting provides a unique back-drop for the high-quality work our artists create.
Please go to www.trimbornfarm.com for more information about this annual event.
