The History department of the Milwaukee Public Museum supports and encourages the use of the collections and documentation for research, educational, and exhibition purposes. Any reasonable and appropriate request for access is considered. Given the significance and sensitivity of the collections, however, certain guidelines have been established to govern access, publication, and/or other uses of the Museum's cultural collections and related documentation.
The DataBlitz is an event where you, the museum visitor, get to help us by transcribing scientific data from our collections. Like MPM's BioBlitzes, we want to see how many natural history specimen records can be transcribed in a single day. Unlike the BioBlitz, however, where the public comes to see scientists in action, we are inviting you to do the action!
This event will take place on Saturday, October 22, 2016 from 11:00am-3:00pm.
First, when they are extended federal recognition, they can establish tribal governments that possess a measure of sovereignty. Non-recognized tribes can form tribal organizations but lack sovereign powers. Second, federally recognized tribes can have their reservation lands placed in trust. This means that their land is protected by the federal government from being purchased or taken by non-Indians.
1. Specimens may be borrowed from the Milwaukee Public Museum Geology Collections for purposes of research. All loans must be authorized and documented by a formal loan agreement or contract.
Pompeii Today - Via di Mercurio
(Photo courtesy of Elisabetta Cova)
2014 Winning Poems
Dark Wonder
Abbey Cameranesi, Grade 5, Grafton Elementary School
Teacher: Mary Beth Wild
Space is beautiful.
With glowing stars.
Rocks flow by
Like fireflies in the night.
We are stargazers.
As we watch,
We stare. We
See something up there.
Everything is different,
Than how it is on Earth,
As it is in space.
