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Anthropology Collection Access Policies
The Anthropology department of the Milwaukee Public Museum supports and encourages the use of the collections and documentation for research, educational, and exhibition purposes. Any reasonable and appropriate request for access is considered. Given the significance and sensitivity of the collections, however, certain guidelines have been established to govern access, publication, and/or other uses of the museum's cultural collections and related documentation.
Anatomy of a Sampler
Cartouche
A cartouche is an embroidered decorative enclosure that included a schoolgirl’s name, date, age, and other personal information. This sampler has an unusual, irregularly-shaped cartouche.
History Collection Access Policies
The History department of the Milwaukee Public Museum supports and encourages the use of the collections and documentation for research, educational, and exhibition purposes. Any reasonable and appropriate request for access is considered. Given the significance and sensitivity of the collections, however, certain guidelines have been established to govern access, publication, and/or other uses of the Museum's cultural collections and related documentation.
MLK Day Programming
This Martin Luther King Day, our Educators will be out on the floors with special activities for our visitors!
Watson Family Cart
Sully and Susanna Watson took their family from the oppressive conditions of ante-bellum Virginia in 1834 and, after several years in Ohio, arrived in Milwaukee in 1850.
MPM History
MPM was one of several major American museums established in the late 19th century.
Although it was officially chartered in 1882, its existence can be traced back to 1851, to the founding of the German-English Academy in Milwaukee. The Academy's principal, Peter Engelmann, encouraged student field trips, many of which collected various specimens—organic, geological, and archaeological in nature—which were kept at the Academy.