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The Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) is seeking a Director of Information and Electronic Systems. The Director of IES defines and implements the strategic plan for all MPM information systems, exhibit audio and video presentation and conference systems, sound systems, paging systems, telephone and 2-way radio systems, voice/data networks, and the Museum’s website. This position is responsible for procurement of all computers, systems, software and other computer–related technologies.

The Daniel M. Soref Planetarium is offering a new five-week class for adults this fall 2025!

This class dives into five engaging topics in space and astronomy, instructed by Planetarium Director Bob Bonadurer.

DATES AND TIMES

Thursdays, October 16-November 13
6:30-8:15 p.m.

For the most comprehensive introduction to Maroon societies (including several articles about the Ndyuka), see:

Richard Price (ed.), Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas (third editions, revised, with a new preface, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996).

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.

The Man

Sumner W. Matteson wearing his Denver Athletic Club jacket and sweater taken in Denver about 1900.

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.

For September, we're looking at all things flora and fauna in Wisconsin!

This month's featured exhibit is our Second Floor's Wisconsin Woodlands. Understanding our state’s natural environment is both exciting and essential.