Winter Break Programming
Find our Educators on the Museum floors from December 23-31* between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. for fun activities!
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WI Spring Fruits & Vegetables
Learn about the seasonal availability of edible spring plants in Wisconsin.
Future Neighbor Membership Offer
Did you know the Museum is moving to Sixth and McKinley? With the relocation, we want our future Halyard Park and Hillside neighbors to start enjoying it today! As one of our future neighbors, you can get a FREE family membership to enjoy the current location at 800 West Wells Street.
Your free membership gives you:
Wisconsin Woodlands
Explore the fens, forests, oak barrens, and meadows of Wisconsin, then visit the Birds of Wisconsin display with more than 75 mounted specimens of rare and common birds.
Mounted Wisconsin mammals are also on display. In addition, visitors can explore the habitats of Wisconsin's Woodland Indians, and see excellent examples of porcupine quillwork, beadwork, weaving, and other crafts.
Blaschka Glass Works
Known for their precise detail and distinguishing color, the Blaschka glass models are accurate representations of biological specimens. Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolph were Bohemian, or Czech , by birth, but worked in Germany. MPM purchased 70 invertebrate glass models, which were offered for sale through Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc.
The models are known for their representative accuracy and have been accredited by the scientific community for their representative quality. Used as biological models, the glass works have been great contributions to the scientific community in providing scientists with models to teach and educate plant and marine anatomy.
One of the most famous Blaschka collections, the Ware Collection of Glass Models of Plants, contains almost 4,000 plants and flowers and is held at the Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard University. The Blaschka work also extended to marine invertebrates like the one shown here. Most of this collection is housed at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York. Leopold Blaschka died in 1895 and his son in 1939, but their work lives on and continues to awe and inspire artists, biologists, and lay people alike.
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İBienvenidos a Celebración Latina!
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Saturday, September 28, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
¡Celebremos juntos! Join us as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with hands-on activities from Museum Educators, docents and volunteers, and presentations by community artists and performers. All offerings are included with daily admission.
SPARK!
SPARK! programs are designed for people in the early to mid-stages of memory loss to visit with their family, care partners, or group facility.
3 Rivers Powwow
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3 Rivers Powwow
Presented by Milwaukee Public Museum with support from Potawatomi Casino Hotel
Join us as we kick off Native American Heritage Month with a powwow celebrating Indigenous cultures through song and dance!
This event is FREE and open to the public.