“To me, NASA is kind of the magical kingdom. I was sort of a geek, and you go there,
and there are just these wondrously strange things and people.”
~ Mary Roach, American Author
“Do not look at stars as bright spots only; try to take in the vastness of the
Join us for a fascinating overview exploring how First Americans survived and thrived while shaping U.S. history and transforming the rest of the world.
Date and Time
Saturdays, November 2-30
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Cost
$4 non-members plus admission, $2 members
Visitors will also learn about Native peoples across the United States, and the variety of dwellings used by these peoples, from round earth lodges to pueblos.
“I was star-struck at age nine. Having been born in the Bronx, I thought I knew how many stars there were in the night sky, about a dozen. Then you go into the dome of the planetarium and then thousands of stars come out. I just thought it was a hoax.”
~ Neil de Grasse Tyson, American Astronomer
Adamson, Joy. The Peoples of Kenya. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace, and World, Inc., 1967.
Appiah, Kwame Anthony and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., eds. Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. New York, NY: Basic Civitas Books, 1999.
Barrett, Samuel A. and Ira Edwards, eds. Yearbook of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 1928: the Cudahy-Massee-Milwaukee Public Museum African Expedition, 1928-29. Milwaukee, WI: North American Press, 1930.
Join MPM and the Zeidler Center for Public Discussion for a Community Conversation about museums, interpretation, and Native American collections. We'll begin with a panel of varying perspectives in the Gromme Lecture Hall and continue with a facilitated conversation in the A Tribute to Survival exhibit.
This event is full.
Miniature Canoe, PotawatomiCollected by S.A. Barrett at Laona, Wisconsin, 1917. MPM E23266/6140
Twine, PotawatomiCollected by S.A. Barrett at Laona, Wisconsin, 1917. MPM E23396/6140
Masks are highly valued by the Kwakiutl, serving as potent manifestations of ancestral spirits and supernatural beings and offering these supernatural entities temporary embodiment and communication through dance and other kinds of performance (Greenville 1998: 14). Masks also allow the wearer to undergo spiritual and social renewal, and serve as an outward manifestation of inward transformations (Pollock 1995: 588-590). However, Northwest Coast tribes do not all share the same myths or characters, nor do they necessarily use masks in the same way during their ceremonies (Malin 1978: 47).