Curatorial Departments
- Anthropology
- The study of humankind, past and present from cultural and biological perspectives.
- Geology
- Fossils, minerals, rocks to present and preserve Earth's materials and processes.
- Invertebrates
- The study of animals without backbones.
- Conservation
- Museum collections items are conserved to maximize the display quality and longevity.
- Library
- A unique resource of over 100,000 volumes regarding natural and human history, plus the Museum's archives.
- Botany
- The botanical collections represents a catalog with rich variety of plant species.
- History
- The preservation and study of cultural artifacts and documents to interpret the human story.
- Vertebrates
- The study of animals with backbones.
- Registration
- Overseeing the inventory of collection items at the Milwaukee Public Museum.
- Photography
- The Photograph Collection includes an estimated 300,000 images.