Upcoming School Group Events

Panel Display: “Crossing the Line: The Milwaukee Fair Housing Marches of 1967-1968"

February 13 - March 6, 2026

Come view a special traveling display from the Wisconsin Historical Society in MPM's Ground Floor Garden Galleries! Join Museum Educators in examining how historians use primary sources to learn about Milwaukee's Black history. Educators will run workshop activities alongside the panels catered for school audiences February 18, 25-26, and March 4-5. The display is most suitable for middle and high school-aged students and the general public. FREE with admission.

Reserve an Educator: Cool for School Days

March 19 and 27, 2026

Schedule one of our school-only Reserve an Educator programs, each with adaptable modules. Portions of these programs will be available as drop-in programming on these dates—each of which use MPM's world-class dioramas as teaching tools!

• Time Travel: What did life look like long ago? Take a hands-on look at what roamed the Earth throughout some of its many eras while engaging with our The Third Planet exhibit.
• Wisconsin Tribes: Since time immemorial, the area we call Wisconsin has been home to Indigenous communities that still reside here today. Learn about the Tribes of Wisconsin and touch on their stories.
• A Bug's World: It's a bug's world, and we're just living in it! Take an up-close look at this often-tiny world of arthropods and how it interacts with ours.
• Ancient Civilizations: Dig into the past to explore how museums use archaeology to learn about ancient people and cultures! This program highlights Ancient Egypt and features MPM's Crossroads of Civilization exhibit as a model.