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Most talk about weapons today involves firearms. But one Milwaukee museum curator wanted to examine how our weaponry even evolved to firearms. Through…
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Paul Sereno is proof that the dinosaurs don’t need to be alive for the adventure to be real.Sereno is a paleontologist, National Geographic…
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If you visited the Milwaukee Public Museum over winter break, you may have gone through the newly updated Streets of Old Milwaukee. Many museums, both…
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It came as a big shock to many over the summer when the Milwaukee Public Museum announced it was closing and renovating the museum’s beloved Streets of…
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A notorious day in Milwaukee history is being recreated on Twitter today.In 1892, a fire tore through the Third Ward, primarily populated by the Irish at…
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Some patrons will now be able to use their hands to experience exhibits at the Milwaukee Public Museum, via braille and 'touch bags.' Inside the bags are…
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In 1996, USGS scientists embarked on a 24 hour inventory of a park in Washington D.C. Their aim was to identify every plant and animal species on the…
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At some point during our school years, we learn something about ancient civilizations – think Babylonia, ancient Greece and Egypt or Sumaria – and how our…
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A new era has begun at the Milwaukee Public Museum, with Whitefish Bay native Dennis Kois as the institution's new President and CEO.Kois started in the…
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The Milwaukee Public Museum should begin generating electricity, by year's end. The museum is replacing its decaying marble facade with solar panels.The…