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Catalog Number : A 15041
Accession Number : 3884

Charred wood, fragment of plank or rafter

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.

 

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.

Catalog Number : A 10153
Textile
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)

The Collection

The Milwaukee Public Museum has a representative collection of Lacandon material culture, totaling 113 objects and numerous photographs. Peter Thornquist collected the majority of the artifacts while visiting a Lacandon village in Metzabok, Mexico in 1979. The items were collected with funds provided by the Friends of the Museum and the Milwaukee Public Museum. The collection contains information on dress as well as domestic and religious life, including many unique and perishable objects such as feather hair ornaments, seed necklaces, and photographs.

Dioramas at MPM

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Natural history museums and extinct species have a long, intertwined history, and at the intersection lies the diorama.

Here at Milwaukee Public Museum, our renowned and immersive habitat dioramas have many different extinct or endangered species on display.

Below, we highlight 10 dioramas and how each relates to extinction stories.