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Kenosha History Center, Kenosha, WI

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Kenosha History Center

Kenosha County Historical Society campus with a history museum and the Southport Light Station lighthouse and keeper's home.

Kenosha, WI

About Kenosha History Center

The Kenosha County Historical Society runs a two-part campus. The Kenosha History Center building covers county history across three exhibit galleries and includes an archive, offices, and a gift shop. Up the hill sits the Southport Light Station Museum, which pairs an 1866 lighthouse with an 1867 keeper's home restored to a 1908 setting and presents maritime history as the site's fourth gallery.

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