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Cosmic Curiosities

“Antarctica is a paradise compared to Mars.”
- Sandra Faber, American Astrophysicist

Four to Mars This July

The health and well-being of community members were of prime importance, and Great Lakes Indians people had a number of techniques which they used to prevent and cure various illnesses.

Both illnesses of the body and the spirit were recognized and had specific cures and preventative techniques. Minor illnesses of the body could sometimes be cured by a sweat bath or by taking an herbal or other remedy.

Cosmic Curiosities

“Justice is like the north star, which is fixed, and all the rest revolve about it.”
- Confucius

Stellar Speedway

Cosmic Curiosities

“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.”
- Maya Angelou, American Author & Poet

Diving Into Deep Space

Cosmic Curiosities

“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
- Buddha

Eclipses on the Horizon… On the Horizon

Two eclipses—one lunar, one solar—are on the horizon, literally—in both definitions of the word.

Cosmic Curiosities

"If the dinosaurs had had a space program, they would not b

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One of the food staples particularly enjoyed by the Ojibwe and Menominee was wild rice. 

Wild rice is not a true rice, but rather a cereal grass -- Zizania aquatica -- which grows in shallow lakes and streams. It ripens in late summer, usually from the middle of August to early September. Native people in the Great Lakes boiled rice and ate it with corn, beans, or squash. Meat, a small amount of grease, or maple sugar was often added for seasoning. As a treat, it was occasionally parched like popcorn.

Natural history museums and extinct species have a long, intertwined history, and at the intersection lies the diorama.

Here at Milwaukee Public Museum, our renowned and immersive habitat dioramas have many different extinct or endangered species on display.

Below, we highlight 10 dioramas and how each relates to extinction stories.

MPM’s Native American galleries on the Second Floor illustrate the connection that America’s first people had with the land.

Their ingenuity and ability to adapt to their surroundings supported them as they settled across a broad range of environments and developed into hundreds of culturally diverse tribes.