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Cosmic Curiosities

“For when I look at the moon, I do not see a hostile, empty world.
I see the radiant body where man has taken his first steps into a frontier that will never end.”                      - David Scott, Gemini and Apollo Astronaut

Meteor Drip

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Together, we are creating a new wonder for Wisconsin, a world-class museum that’s alive with the wonders around us and unleashes the wonder within us.

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Education Programs take your group on a 50-minute, guided adventure of a specific subject area. These hands-on, interactive experiences incorporate objects, displays and exhibits that support your classroom course of study and support specific Wisconsin Model Academic Standards.

In October 2011, a green roof was installed on the tallest section of the Museum building.

In October 2014, our enormous five-story solar wall went "live."

References cited and publications by donors

Bruce, Robert

1967 Jerarquia Maya entre los dioses lacandones. Anales del Instituto Macional de Antropologia e Historia Volume 28 pp.93-108.

1968 Gramatica del Lacandon. Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Mexico City. Masters Thesis.

1973 Figuras Ceremonials Lacandonas de Hule.

Introduction

Cosmic Curiosities

“When you look at the origins and evolution of life on Earth, it's been severely affected by asteroid impacts through history."
- Rusty Schweikart, Apollo 9 Astronaut

By the end of 2021, NASA plans to launch three significant missions. One will help protect us from a big impact; another starts the journey to have astronauts walk on the moon again. The last one will send into orbit the world’s most powerful space telescope.