On 13 November 2010, the New Berlin, WI Library Museum held an Open House.
Although attendance was sparce, visiters had an informative time.

We had WWII veterans and Korean veterans present, to guide visitors and answer questions.

Dave Brouchoud, Korean Veteran and member of the USS Helena Organization, demonstrated the organizations web page.
He also gave a brief talk about the construction of the USS Helena CA-75 in Second Life.
Second Life is a computer cyber world where anything is possible.

Dave Brouchoud. Kobe, Japan 1953

Dave, in 2006.

The boys in the following two pictures have been given permission to play with the 1975 Tonka toys.
They are a matched US Army original Tonka set. A jeep, dozer and grader.

In the spring of 2005, the City of New Berlin, WI opened it's new library.
The library is the only library within the County of Waukesha, WI to have a museum.
The museum has one room (about 75 feet by 30 feet) with a smaller storage room on the ground floor.
It contains displays of all military branches, all time periods and is shared with the New Berlin Historical Society.
To visit the library, click HERE.

West entrance.
The four large windows below the words "New Berlin Public Library" contain the museum portion of the library.

Inside entrance to the museum

The American Flag stands tall along with three of the service flags.

Two more service flags can be seen in the small alcove-top left.

A WWII W.A.V.E. uniform shares space with two WWI Army uniforms.

Note the temporary location of the picture of the USS Helena CA-75
standing against the cover of an ammo box.
The ships history is included with the display.