The Future Museum's construction manager Mortenson took over the site on June 10 to begin the four-month-long process of driving 523 steel beams, called piles, into the ground. These piles will anchor the building and establish the deep foundations.
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.
“I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side.”
- Elon Musk
“Do not look at stars as bright spots only; try to take in the vastness of the
The most significant holdings are from Wisconsin, a major portion of these being freshwater mussels collected and donated by Harold A. Mathiak.
