This is a great museum. Lots of old, informative newspaper articles on the walls and old artifacts from the era. They have a really cool train display with sound effects. Then the middle of the museum, they show a short movie about the war in a round display.
March 2024
I want to give more stars because it was really cool, but it's so small.
December 2023
Nice museum, well laid out, clean and modern. Thought the price was a bit high and no discount for military veterans.
The Civil War Museum is like no other Civil War museum in the country. The Museum focuses on the Civil War from the perspective of the people of the seven states of the upper middle west: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. These seven states sent over one million men to serve in the Union army while providing much of the food and raw materials necessary for the northern states to carry on the war. Through the use of personal stories and narratives, the Museum also explores how the Civil War impacted the people on the Western home front before, during, and after the war by connecting the prewar causes to the postwar effects.
