Fourth grade is when the state’s schoolchildren typically learn Wisconsin history. To supplement those lessons, they take a field trip to Madison to visit the capitol, meet their representatives, maybe take a trip to the zoo and visit the state history museum.
Until recently.
The history museum closed earlier this year as preparations began in earnest to build a new Wisconsin History Center, which will be finished in late 2026. While the promise of a new museum is exciting, for three years, fourth graders will be taking their Madison field trips without a history museum.
That’s where the new History Maker Space comes in. The area is on the main level of the US Bank Plaza on Madison’s Capitol Square and houses a retail space and pop-up history exhibits that are open to the public, as well as a special event space and an interactive education space for field trips.
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