Join MPM Educators, interns, and community presenters to learn more about the history and diversity of Wisconsin's tribal nations!
Visit us for floor engagements on the Ground, First, and Second Floors, and cultural presentations from noon to 2:00 p.m.
Explore the Museum's latest special exhibit during the Spiders Alive! member preview.
Explore spiders’ anatomy, diversity, venom, silk, and behavior including little-known defense mechanisms such as mimicry and noise-making.
Experience the vocal and visual beauty of frogs at this special exhibit!
Limited Engagement: October 6, 2018 - January 6, 2019
Frog Feedings: Stop by to watch the frogs get fed by a professional keeper and learn something new! Feedings occur daily at 11:00 a.m. for about 15 minutes.
Monday - Amazon Milk Frogs and/or Mexican Dumpy Frogs
Tuesday - African Bullfrog and/or Ornate Horned Frogs
Wednesday - Giant Monkey Frogs and/or Amazon Milk Frogs
Thursday - Poison Dart Frogs
Friday - Amazon Milk Frogs and/or Mexican Dumpy Frogs
Saturday - African Bullfrog and/or American Bullfrog
Sunday - Poison Dart Frogs
The Milwaukee Public Museum "comes to life"!
Learn about centuries-old European holiday traditions from costumed docents in our European Village exhibit.
This Martin Luther King Day, January 15, our Educators will be out on the floors with special activities for our visitors from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.!Sully and Susanna Watson took their family from the oppressive conditions of ante-bellum Virginia in 1834 and, after several years in Ohio, arrived in Milwaukee in 1850.
Think you know MPM’s exhibits? Think again! Join these adults-only tours of your favorite exhibits and learn the stories our labels don’t tell you.
$5 per person
Guests who take the MPM Exposed Tour must be 18+. Tour capacity is 16 people.
Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. Tours fill up quickly!