Future Museum Update - October 2024 - Tower Crane Installation
On October 5, 2024, crews erected the tower crane on the Future Museum site, which will be used to lift and move heavy materials and machinery throughout the duration of construction.
On October 5, 2024, crews erected the tower crane on the Future Museum site, which will be used to lift and move heavy materials and machinery throughout the duration of construction.
Times: 6 p.m. Thursday, March 26; 9:30 a.m. or 6 p.m. Saturday, March 28
Cost: $7
Tickets: Call (414) 278-2728 or purchase online »
“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.”
- Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian Poet-Writer

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.