Calendar

Frogs!

• 10:15 am
• 10:45 am
• 11:15 am
• 11:45 am
• 12:15 pm
• 12:45 pm
• 1:15 pm
• 1:45 pm
• 2:15 pm
• 2:45 pm
• 3:15 pm
• 3:45 pm
• 4:15 pm

Experience the vocal and visual beauty of frogs at this special exhibit!
Limited Engagement: October 6, 2018 - January 6, 2019

Tickets

Frog Feedings: Stop by to watch the frogs get fed by a professional keeper and learn something new! Feedings occur daily at 11:00 a.m. for about 15 minutes.

Monday - Amazon Milk Frogs and/or Mexican Dumpy Frogs 
Tuesday -  African Bullfrog and/or Ornate Horned Frogs
Wednesday -  Giant Monkey Frogs and/or Amazon Milk Frogs 
Thursday -  Poison Dart Frogs
Friday  - Amazon Milk Frogs and/or Mexican Dumpy Frogs 
Saturday -  African Bullfrog and/or American Bullfrog
Sunday - Poison Dart Frogs

• Exhibits

Mountain Quest - Giant Film

• 10:30 am
• 1:30 pm
• 3:00 pm
• 4:30 pm

Mountain Quest is tapestry of jaw-dropping action combined with rich STEM content and  physics of the real world – how climbing is a tug-of-war between friction and gravity, while skiing involves the same battle of forces in reverse, and more. Educational insights on engineering are seamlessly integrated with dramatic visuals and action. Narrated by Willem Dafoe.

Opening Monday, October 8

Oceans: The Blue Planet 3D

• 12:00 pm

Take a global odyssey to discover the largest and least explored habitat on earth. From the coastal shallows to deeper, more mysterious worlds, hear the untold stories of the oceans' most astonishing creatures. Meet fascinating characters like the ingenious tusk fish that uses a tool to open its food. Find a cunning octopus who shields herself in an armory of shells to hide from predators. Journey through the oceans to experience these extraordinary discoveries and uncover a spectacular world of life beneath the waves.
Opening Monday, October 8

Planetarium - Spooky Space

• 10:00 am
• 1:00 pm
• 4:00 pm

Looking for cosmic fun this Halloween season? Would you like to meet the stars -- the stars of Halloween? Monsters, zombies, and ghosts -- and their far more terrible counterparts in space? Oh yes, space has its monsters: Black holes,   zombie stars, and   spectacular ghostly nebulae!

Special Halloween programming - Showing October 13 to 31

Planetarium - Wisconsin Stargazing

• 11:30 am
• 2:30 pm

Take a live tour of the current Wisconsin night sky in this 22-minute guided Planetarium program. A lively astronomy educator will show you all of the current sights on a clear Dome Theater “sky,” such as planets, constellations, meteors, and other fun celestial phenomena. The program includes a cosmic Q&A session and requests from the audience.

Buy Now

Frogs!

• 10:15 am
• 10:45 am
• 11:15 am
• 11:45 am
• 12:15 pm
• 12:45 pm
• 1:15 pm
• 1:45 pm
• 2:15 pm
• 2:45 pm
• 3:15 pm
• 3:45 pm
• 4:15 pm

Experience the vocal and visual beauty of frogs at this special exhibit!
Limited Engagement: October 6, 2018 - January 6, 2019

Tickets

Frog Feedings: Stop by to watch the frogs get fed by a professional keeper and learn something new! Feedings occur daily at 11:00 a.m. for about 15 minutes.

Monday - Amazon Milk Frogs and/or Mexican Dumpy Frogs 
Tuesday -  African Bullfrog and/or Ornate Horned Frogs
Wednesday -  Giant Monkey Frogs and/or Amazon Milk Frogs 
Thursday -  Poison Dart Frogs
Friday  - Amazon Milk Frogs and/or Mexican Dumpy Frogs 
Saturday -  African Bullfrog and/or American Bullfrog
Sunday - Poison Dart Frogs

• Exhibits

Mountain Quest - Giant Film

• 10:30 am
• 1:30 pm
• 3:00 pm
• 4:30 pm

Mountain Quest is tapestry of jaw-dropping action combined with rich STEM content and  physics of the real world – how climbing is a tug-of-war between friction and gravity, while skiing involves the same battle of forces in reverse, and more. Educational insights on engineering are seamlessly integrated with dramatic visuals and action. Narrated by Willem Dafoe.

Opening Monday, October 8

Oceans: The Blue Planet 3D

• 12:00 pm

Take a global odyssey to discover the largest and least explored habitat on earth. From the coastal shallows to deeper, more mysterious worlds, hear the untold stories of the oceans' most astonishing creatures. Meet fascinating characters like the ingenious tusk fish that uses a tool to open its food. Find a cunning octopus who shields herself in an armory of shells to hide from predators. Journey through the oceans to experience these extraordinary discoveries and uncover a spectacular world of life beneath the waves.
Opening Monday, October 8

Planetarium - Spooky Space

• 10:00 am
• 1:00 pm
• 4:00 pm

Looking for cosmic fun this Halloween season? Would you like to meet the stars -- the stars of Halloween? Monsters, zombies, and ghosts -- and their far more terrible counterparts in space? Oh yes, space has its monsters: Black holes,   zombie stars, and   spectacular ghostly nebulae!

Special Halloween programming - Showing October 13 to 31

Death of the Universe - Special Planetarium Show

• 5:30 pm
• 6:30 pm

Experience a delightful show all about space death -- for adults only!

See how the Earth will slowly incinerate a billion years from now -- give or take. Watch the Sun swell into a red giant and become an iridescent, ghostly nebula. Discover the demise of all stars as they finally cave in to the menacing 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. It promises to be a singular show full of compelling destruction -- all on a cosmic scale! 

Combine it with a tour for a double dose of death.

• Adults
• After Hours

MPM Exposed: Decline, Decay & Death (age 18+)

• 4:15 pm
• 4:30 pm
• 5:15 pm
• 5:30 pm

Celebrate the Halloween season at MPM: Pick a show, tour, or combine both for a double dose of death!

Hear causes, practices, beliefs, and unexpected stories of death from different cultures around the world and through history during our condensed version of MPM Exposed: Decline, Decay, & Death. After, drop by the Dome Theater for a delightful show all about space death. See how the Earth will slowly incinerate about a billion years from now. Watch the Sun swell into a red giant and become an iridescent, ghostly nebula. Discover the demise of all stars as they finally cave in! 

Tickets

• Adults

Kohl's Thank You Thursday

• 9:00 am

ALL visitors receive FREE general admission to MPM on the first Thursday of every month during Kohl's Thank You Thursday.

MPM Exposed Tours

• 5:30 pm

Think you know MPM’s exhibits? Think again! Join these adults-only tours of your favorite exhibits and learn the stories our labels don’t tell you.

Cost

$5 per person plus Museum admission; $3 MPM members
Guests who take the MPM Exposed Tour must be 18+. Tour capacity is 16 people.  
Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. Tours fill up quickly!

Details

• Adults
• Exhibits

Planetarium - Wisconsin Stargazing

• 11:30 am
• 2:30 pm
• 5:30 pm

Take a live tour of the current Wisconsin night sky in this 22-minute guided Planetarium program. A lively astronomy educator will show you all of the current sights on a clear Dome Theater “sky,” such as planets, constellations, meteors, and other fun celestial phenomena. The program includes a cosmic Q&A session and requests from the audience.

Buy Now

Frogs!

• 9:15 am
• 9:45 am
• 10:15 am
• 10:45 am
• 11:15 am
• 11:45 am
• 12:15 pm
• 12:45 pm
• 1:15 pm
• 1:45 pm
• 2:15 pm
• 2:45 pm
• 3:15 pm
• 3:45 pm
• 4:15 pm
• 4:45 pm
• 5:15 pm
• 5:45 pm
• 6:15 pm
• 6:45 pm
• 7:15 pm

Experience the vocal and visual beauty of frogs at this special exhibit!
Limited Engagement: October 6, 2018 - January 6, 2019

Tickets

Frog Feedings: Stop by to watch the frogs get fed by a professional keeper and learn something new! Feedings occur daily at 11:00 a.m. for about 15 minutes.

Monday - Amazon Milk Frogs and/or Mexican Dumpy Frogs 
Tuesday -  African Bullfrog and/or Ornate Horned Frogs
Wednesday -  Giant Monkey Frogs and/or Amazon Milk Frogs 
Thursday -  Poison Dart Frogs
Friday  - Amazon Milk Frogs and/or Mexican Dumpy Frogs 
Saturday -  African Bullfrog and/or American Bullfrog
Sunday - Poison Dart Frogs

• Exhibits

Planetarium - Space Aliens

• 10:00 am
• 1:00 pm
• 4:00 pm
• 6:00 pm

Join our alien experts — “Hopeful” and “Skeptical” – as they examine Xtra-terrestrial files and try to convince each other whether or not life exists beyond the Earth. Follow their cosmic arguments from the ocean floor to a journey across the galaxy!

Opening Monday, October 8

Mountain Quest - Giant Film

• 10:30 am
• 1:30 pm
• 3:00 pm
• 4:30 pm
• 6:30 pm

Mountain Quest is tapestry of jaw-dropping action combined with rich STEM content and  physics of the real world – how climbing is a tug-of-war between friction and gravity, while skiing involves the same battle of forces in reverse, and more. Educational insights on engineering are seamlessly integrated with dramatic visuals and action. Narrated by Willem Dafoe.

Opening Monday, October 8

Oceans: The Blue Planet 3D

• 12:00 pm

Take a global odyssey to discover the largest and least explored habitat on earth. From the coastal shallows to deeper, more mysterious worlds, hear the untold stories of the oceans' most astonishing creatures. Meet fascinating characters like the ingenious tusk fish that uses a tool to open its food. Find a cunning octopus who shields herself in an armory of shells to hide from predators. Journey through the oceans to experience these extraordinary discoveries and uncover a spectacular world of life beneath the waves.
Opening Monday, October 8

Planetarium - Wisconsin Stargazing

• 11:30 am
• 2:30 pm

Take a live tour of the current Wisconsin night sky in this 22-minute guided Planetarium program. A lively astronomy educator will show you all of the current sights on a clear Dome Theater “sky,” such as planets, constellations, meteors, and other fun celestial phenomena. The program includes a cosmic Q&A session and requests from the audience.

Buy Now

Frogs!

• 10:15 am
• 10:45 am
• 11:15 am
• 11:45 am
• 12:15 pm
• 12:45 pm
• 1:15 pm
• 1:45 pm
• 2:15 pm
• 2:45 pm
• 3:15 pm
• 3:45 pm
• 4:15 pm

Experience the vocal and visual beauty of frogs at this special exhibit!
Limited Engagement: October 6, 2018 - January 6, 2019

Tickets

Frog Feedings: Stop by to watch the frogs get fed by a professional keeper and learn something new! Feedings occur daily at 11:00 a.m. for about 15 minutes.

Monday - Amazon Milk Frogs and/or Mexican Dumpy Frogs 
Tuesday -  African Bullfrog and/or Ornate Horned Frogs
Wednesday -  Giant Monkey Frogs and/or Amazon Milk Frogs 
Thursday -  Poison Dart Frogs
Friday  - Amazon Milk Frogs and/or Mexican Dumpy Frogs 
Saturday -  African Bullfrog and/or American Bullfrog
Sunday - Poison Dart Frogs

• Exhibits