Indigenous Peoples' Day Luncheon
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Kohl's Thank You Thursday
Visit MPM during Kohl's Thank You Thursdays (KTYT)!
ALL visitors* (excluding groups) receive FREE access to the permanent exhibits of MPM on the first Thursday of every month during Kohl's Thank You Thursday.
*Children must be accompanied by an adult to receive free admission.
Nickelodeon Volunteer
What is a Nickelodeon Volunteer?
The Streets of Old Milwaukee was created as a nostalgic look back at our city as it was from the 1880s through the early 1910s. The Nickelodeon, located in the Streets exhibit, is a replica of a 1900 theater called Pastimes. Volunteers run selected silent films from the era and share information about the beginnings of the film industry.
Library
The Museum's Reference Library is a unique resource of over 100,000 volumes relating to natural and human history.
It also houses the Museum's archives.
The Library is open to researchers by appointment only. Those wishing to use the Library facilities must make an appointment at least 24 hours in advance of their visit.
Photography
MPM's Photograph Collection serves as visual record of the history of the Milwaukee Public Museum.
Most of the estimated 300,000 images in the collection were taken by Museum staff and record the work of the Museum -– its collections, research, exhibitions, and activities. Images from the collection increase awareness of the Museum and are used in exhibits, textbooks, journals, and electronic media.
Significant collections include:
Lake Amatitlán Collection
Milwaukee Public Museum director Dr. Stephan F. de Borhegyi spent many years excavating in and around Lake Amatitlán in Guatemala. This area was occupied over a great length of time by the Maya, from 500 BC to the Spanish Conquest (about AD 1500). Many items were brought up from the lake by divers, including several ceramic censers, containers used to burn copal incense, which played an important role in Maya rituals. The Milwaukee Public Museum is one of the primary repositories of artifacts from sites from this area. The Museum website has a page on the Lake Amatitlán collection and its history. You can also see the Lake Amatitlán exhibit on the Museum’s Pre-Columbian mezzanine.
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Vertebrate Zoology Collections Overview
Ichthyology (fishes) collection is the largest in the department with about 685,000 catalogued specimens in over 35,000 lots and representing more than 2000 species and 300 families. The majority of the collection is Wisconsin freshwater fishes (29,000 lots), but more than 26 U.S. states and 15 countries are represented.