Jewish Museum Milwaukee has curated several award-winning, critically acclaimed, one-of-a-kind traveling exhibits available to rent. Exhibits can be customized for larger or smaller venues.
Traveling Exhibits
Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare
Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare explores one of the most turbulent periods in American history, when fear of Communist influence led to investigations, blacklists, and the suppression of civil liberties. Through rare artifacts, photographs, film clips, and personal stories, the exhibition examines the profound impact of the Hollywood blacklist on the lives and careers of artists, writers, and filmmakers—many of them Jewish-Americans. By connecting this history to enduring questions about free expression, patriotism, and democracy, Blacklist invites audiences to reflect on issues that remain strikingly relevant today.
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DEGENERATE! Hitler’s War on Modern Art
Under the control of the Nazi regime, works of art across Europe were confiscated in the thousands. Some were destroyed; some were sold to help build their war machine; others were used as propaganda, promoting the idea that certain perspectives and people were ‘degenerate’ and unworthy of life. This exhibit tells their story. Through over 70 artworks and 40 artists from private and public collections, this exhibit explores artists, movements, events and outcomes of being branded ‘degenerate,’ and the role it played in public indoctrination to Nazi ideology. The exhibit’s historical and artistic content provides a cautionary tale for today.
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Stitching History From the Holocaust
Paul and Hedy Strnad are trapped in Czechoslovakia as the Holocaust closes in on them. Can Hedy's dress designs and their cousin in Milwaukee help them get to the United States? Explore the life and fashion designs of Hedy Strnad whose recreated dresses form the core of this exhibit.
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