Photos: Pritzker Military Archives Center
The 51,800-square-foot Kenosha County facility was designed by Helmut Jahn, a world-renowned architect, and holds the collections of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library in downtown Chicago.Â
The entryway to the Pritzker Military Archives Center will hold a museum, but the vast majority of the building will be used to store books, papers, posters, paintings and photographs. The building was designed by Helmut Jahn, a world-renowned architect.
Visitors to the Pritzker Military Archives Center walk past a future public reading room, at right, during a tour of the research and military artifact preservation facility in the village of Somers.
Susan Rifkin, CEO of philanthropic activities for the Pritzker organization, walks past vintage military-themed artwork displayed in a public gallery of the Pritzker Military Archives Center in the village of Somers. The facility is home to 65,000 books and 40,000 other artifacts.
A U.S. military journal, with inscriptions dating to 1792, is displayed at the Pritzker Military Archives Center in the village of Somers.
Visitors to the Pritzker Military Archives Center explore the grounds of the research and military artifact preservation facility in the village of Somers.
Phillip Castillo, managing director at Jahn, the architectural firm that designed the Pritzker Military Archives Center, is pictured with an early rendering of the facility during a media tour of the research and military artifact preservation facility.
Flags representing the U.S. and the country’s branches of military greet visitors to the Pritzker Military Archives Center in the village of Somers.
Jennifer N. Pritzker founded a museum and library in Chicago to hold her collections of military books and other historical artifacts. The collection has grown over the past 20 years thanks to donations, so Pritzker has constructed the Pritzker Military Archives Center in Kenosha County to store the collection.
The Pritzker Military Archives Center in the Kenosha County village of Somers stands out amid its rural surroundings. The 51,800-square-foot research and military artifact preservation facility is scheduled to open in 2024 and holds the collection of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library in downtown Chicago.
Boxes of books and papers wait to be catalogued and stored at the Pritzker Military Archives Center. The facility is scheduled to open to the public in 2024.
An 1814 first edition copy of "The Expedition," which details the explorations of Captains Meriwether Lewis and Willam Clark is displayed at the Pritzker Military Archives Center in the village of Somers.
Jennifer Berzin, a reference and circulation manager, shows off a rare map that details the Lewis and Clark expedition to the Pacific Northwest from 1804 to 1806. The map is among the items stored at the new Pritzker Military Archives Center in Somers.
The Pritzker Military Archives Center is a project by billionaire Jennifer Pritzker and will be used to house books, art work and other military related documents for her museum and library in downtown Chicago.
Two officers involved in the arrests of a Black couple inside an Applebee’s restaurant in Kenosha over the summer have been placed on administrative leave.
An 18-foot-tall replica of the village's historic water tower has been erected after a three-year, $50,000 fundraising effort.
Gov. Tony Evers is seeking applicants for the Kenosha County Circuit Court – Branch 3 to fill a vacancy being created by Judge Bruce E. Schroeder’s retirement, effective Nov. 27, 2023. The new judge will complete a term ending July 31, 2024. Applications must be submitted by 5 p.m. on Fri., Nov. 10, 2023.
Gov. Tony Evers on Nov. 30 announced his appointment of Frank Gagliardi to the Kenosha County Circuit Court – Branch 3. The appointment fills the vacancy created by Judge Bruce E. Schroeder’s resignation, effective Nov. 27. Gagliardi will complete a term ending July 31, 2024.
