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2024 Solar Eclipse Watch

On Monday, April 8, Milwaukee will see its biggest solar eclipse in 70 years!  

MPM is your resource for a safe viewing experience. Visit us or one of the below safe-viewing locations as the moon covers approximately 90% of the sun, clear skies permitting! We’ll have telescopes with special filters as well as eclipse glasses for $2 each (NOTE: Our eclipse viewing glasses are sold out). Cross your fingers for clear skies! 

Educational activities will be available in the event of inclement or cloudy weather. 

 

Museum Studies Program

Established in 1963, the Museum Studies Program is a unique cooperative partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and MPM.

The goal of the program is to provide, in a museum environment, the basic scholarship and functional training needed to equip UW-Milwaukee graduate students with the skills necessary to assume professional entry-level positions in museums, galleries, archives, historical societies, and related institutions.

Museum Days

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Tickets to MPM are 25% OFF during VISIT Milwaukee’s Museum Days, January 22-February 1, 2026!

Enjoy MPM’s three floors of exhibits, plus special programming free with admission. Please note MPM is closed Tuesdays.

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Kohl's Thank You Thursday

Visit MPM during Kohl's Thank You Thursdays (KTYT)!

kids looking through glassALL visitors* (excluding groups) receive FREE access to the permanent exhibits of MPM on the first Thursday of every month during Kohl's Thank You Thursday.

*Children must be accompanied by an adult to receive free admission. 

Volcanoes - 3D Film

men in mouth of volcanoEarth is a planet born of fire. For billions of years, volcanoes have helped create the world we know.  With over 500 active volcanoes, the Earth is bursting at the seams with these forces of mass construction. The story of volcanoes is the story of the planet’s creation, and the story of us.

With intrepid explorer Carsten Peter, dodge boulders at the edge of an active volcano in Indonesia, descend to a lava lake in Vanuatu, and visit the incredible mineral deposit fields in Ethiopia. Travel across the globe to see the archaeological ghost town of Pompeii and witness the devastating effects of the recent Kilauea eruption in Hawaii. Audiences will be on the edge of their seats as they discover molten worlds and exploding craters in this adrenaline-filled, immersive experience!

Botany

The Botany department at Milwaukee Public Museum consists of a reference library, a research collection of 200,000 botanical specimens, a molecular biodiversity laboratory, microscopes, and work space for scientists to conduct their investigations.

We call the collection space for our plant specimens a herbarium.