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2024 Solar Eclipse Watch

On Monday, April 8, Milwaukee will see its biggest solar eclipse in 70 years!  

MPM is your resource for a safe viewing experience. Visit us or one of the below safe-viewing locations as the moon covers approximately 90% of the sun, clear skies permitting! We’ll have telescopes with special filters as well as eclipse glasses for $2 each (NOTE: Our eclipse viewing glasses are sold out). Cross your fingers for clear skies! 

Educational activities will be available in the event of inclement or cloudy weather. 

 

Breads and Grains

Breads and grains are a global food; almost all cultures across the globe use them for a variety of purposes. Learn about the variations of breads and grains around the world and the differences between gluten, leavened bread, and unleavened bread.

Titans of the Ice Age - 3D

mammothTitans of the Ice Age transports viewers to the beautiful and otherworldly frozen landscapes of North America, Europe, and Asia 10 thousand years before modern civilization. Travel across monumental glaciers and sweeping grasslands, rich in life—a Northern Hemisphere whose vast plains resembled the African Serengeti. Roam the mammoth steppe with baby Lyuba, a 40,000 year old female Woolly Mammoth calf, now one of the best preserved mammoth mummies in the world. Discover the story of Zed, one of the most complete Colombian Mammoth skeletons ever uncovered. Witness a time when the hunters became the hunted, where saber-tooths, dire wolves, and cave bears ruled untamed continents.

Showing June 15 - October 7, 2018

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Gift Membership

The gift of membership keeps on giving year-round! 

Big adventure is guaranteed in-stock at MPM. From the Streets of Old Milwaukee to Africa to the Rainforest, your recipient will be able to discover the whole world and beyond, just a few minutes from home.

Catalog Number : 55477
Accession Number : 17163
Accession Date : 9/13/1951
Tribe : Potawatomi - Forest County, Wisconsin
Region : Northeast
Material : wood, leather, cotton textile, iron nails
Source : Robert Ritzenthaler - MPM Curator of Anthropology (1943-1972)

Ceremonial Use of Tobacco

In Woodland Indian rituals, ceremonies, and religious observances, tobacco is the unifying thread of communication between humans and the spiritual powers.

The manidog (spirits) are said to be extremely fond of tobacco and that the only way they could get it was from the Indians, either by smoke from a pipe or by offerings of dry tobacco. According to tradition, the Indians received tobacco as a gift from Wenebojo who had taken it from a mountain giant and then given the seed to his brothers.