State Capitol security concerns were raised again after the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. But at the time, the Wisconsin Capitol was closed to the general public due to the ongoing ...

Staff search visitors entering the Wisconsin Senate gallery in the state Capitol just days after the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Madison, Wis.

We checked in with the state Capitol tour desk, and took a look around the Capitol ourselves, to learn more about each piece of lore.Here are the highlights of the reader survey.

But the current bald eagle isn't the original. After Old Abe survived the war, a keeper took take care of him in the Capitol basement. In 1881, paints and oils kept in a room near Old Abe caught fire.

A Capitol police officer, left, stands with a Wisconsin state patrol officer at the top of the public gallery in the Assembly Chamber at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis., on Wednesday ...

State Capitol security concerns were raised again after the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. But at the time, the Wisconsin Capitol was closed to the general public due to the ongoing ...

A Capitol police officer, left, stands with a Wisconsin state patrol officer at the top of the public gallery in the Assembly Chamber at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis., on Wednesday ...