MPM's Educators will be out on the floors for family engagements until 3 p.m.!
Test your skills and see how much you know about spiders and the webs they weave:
What is a Spider?
Think you know everything about spiders and arachnids? Uncover the misconceptions and check out some spider specimens, too!
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 »
Join us for our third annual Barre Milwaukee Night at the Museum, a charity event benefitting the Milwaukee Public Museum! On November 1, we'll have the Museum all to ourselves to discover exhibits and get a good workout in. Instructor-led teams will have 60 minutes to complete a choreographed workout on all three levels as well as a scavenger hunt.
Show Off Your #InnerAlien!
Would your friends use the words zany, crazy or one-of-a-kind to describe you? Do you live life to the extreme? Then you’ve got a little bit of alien in you, and we want you to show it off!
Wisconsin is known as "America's Dairyland", but why? Learn the historical, cultural and scientific reasons behind the use of dairy in our state.
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.
Sumner W. Matteson wearing his Denver Athletic Club jacket and sweater taken in Denver about 1900.