What if you had the chance to ask the people behind the scenes at your favorite museum anything you wanted? What would you want to know?
Ask a Curator Day on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 aims to blur the barriers that can make curators seem inaccessible to the public and wider sector.
Learn how holiday traditions brought from European immigrants to Milwaukee blended together to create our modern celebrations.
Saturdays, November 24 - December 29 (no tour on December 8)
11:00 a.m. (50 minutes)
In honor of the 25th anniversary of the Museum's groundbreaking A Tribute to Survival exhibition, join us for a fascinating overview exploring how First Americans survived and thrived while shaping U.S. history and transforming the rest of the world. Presented by Potawatomi Hotel & Casino.
Who better to pick tour topics than our very own docents?!
February 2 - Shanna Hillard: Apex Predators
February 9 - Paul Komorowski: Weapons
February 16 - Chris Hillard: Ancient Urbanization
February 23 - Chris Rundblad: The T. rex
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!
Showing October 8 - March 29
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
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.
Showing October 8 - March 29
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.
Showing October 8 - March 29