Join us on Saturday, April 11, 2026, from 10am to 3pm Central Time, to learn to read the old German script Kurrent. Registration is required by April 9, 2026. For more information and a registration link, CLICK HERE.
Virtual Workshop: Introduction to German Genealogy
Join us on Saturday, November 15, 2025, from 10am to 2pm, to learn strategies that will help you research your ancestors from German-speaking lands. Registration required by November 12, 2025. For more information and a registration link, CLICK HERE.
Matching opportunity! Support the Max Kade Institute collections.
We are delighted to announce that a good Friend of the Max Kade Institute has offered a $1,000 matching opportunity for the restoration of select books in the MKI Library & Archives and the acquisition of new materials to enhance our collections. With your donation we can match the offer for a combined $2,000!To donate online click HERE and put “collection support” in the Comments field.
Or write a check made out to “Friends of the MKI” with “donation for library collections” in the subject line and mail it to
Friends of the Max Kade Institute
432 East Campus Mall
Madison, WI 53706
For a list of some items under consideration for restoration and our current collection focus, please click HERE.
Annual Meeting in Appleton, May 3, 2025
Join the Friends for their Annual Meeting in Appleton, Wisconsin, on May 3, 2025. For more information and registration details click HERE
Friends of MKI Annual Meeting in Sheboygan, May 4, 2024
Join us on May 4, 2024, for the annual meeting of the Friends of the Max Kade Institute in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. For a detailed program and registration information click HERE.