Kids & Family - Nov. 26, 2009
Family Weekend Roundup: Nov. 27-29, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving, Milwaukee parents. Here are a bunch of family-focused events that might tickle your fancy, including the lighting of a whale, skateboarding elves and a lovable, high-voiced Muppet.
Tags: holiday lights, milwaukee public museum, harley davidson museum, santa, jingle bell bus, a christmas carol, david seebach

Kids & Family - Nov. 16, 2009
Kids dig multicultural experiences
Providing kids the chance to enjoy other cultures is fun, educational and important. The easiest way to celebrate another culture is to sample its food, music or performance. Here is a list of places to take kids for multicultural fun in Milwaukee.
Tags: ethnic, multicultural, bilingual, milwaukee public museum, holiday folk fair, ko-thi, izumi's, italian community center, el rey

Kids & Family - Dec. 29, 2008
Museum welcomes Skyberg's "Snickeyfritz"
Local artist and writer Andrea Skyberg introduces her new book, "Snickeyfritz," on Dec. 29 and Jan. 3 at the Milwaukee Public Museum during a drop-in workshop from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Skyberg created life-sized characters out of masking tape and photographed them for the book's art.
Tags: snickeyfritz, andrea skyberg, milwaukee public museum, kids' book

Arts & Entertainment - Dec. 8, 2008
Getting coal for Christmas might not be so bad
The Milwaukee Public Museum's "Titanic" exhibition is offering up real pieces of coal from the legendary ship that came to its untimely end in 1912. Available in the museum's gift shop, the coal gifts range in price from $14.99 to $349.99, and come in loose pieces, jewelry and large chunks framed in a shadow box.
Tags: titanic, coal, milwaukee public museum

Milwaukee Buzz - Nov. 12, 2008
Mortician confirms corpse flower smells like death
Milwaukee funeral director Elaine Litzau confirms that the Milwaukee Public Museum's "corpse flower" does indeed smell like a human corpse. We'll take her word for it.
Tags: corpse flower, elain litzau, funeral director, milwaukee public museum

Arts & Entertainment - Oct. 8, 2008
"Titanic" exhibit is a fascinating, emotional journey
Most of us are familiar, if not fascinated, with Titanic's historic tragedy and the real objects and real stories presented in the Milwaukee Public Museum's "Titanic -- The Artifact Exhibition," opening Friday, Oct. 10 and running through May 25, 2009, bring us even closer to the fateful events of April 14 and 15, 1912.
Tags: milwaukee public museum, titanic, titanic the artifact exhibition, dan finley, edmund fitzgerald

Milwaukee Buzz - May 28, 2008
Video of the Day: May 28, 2008
If you haven't seen the "Body Worlds" exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum, time is running out. Here is a clip to whet your appetite.
Tags: body worlds, milwaukee public museum

Kids & Family - Jan. 30, 2008
“Body Worlds” confusion
The "Body Worlds" show confused my 5-year-old son.
Tags: Milwaukee Public Museum, "Body Worlds, " Street of Old Milwaukee

Kids & Family - Jan. 29, 2008
Milwaukee Talks: Amy Chionchio, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters
In September 2007, Amy Chionchio became the CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee. Now, she needs your help to reach her organization's goal.
Tags: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Amy Chionchio, United Performing Arts Fund, Milwaukee Public Museum, mentoring

Arts & Entertainment - Jan. 22, 2008
Tasteful presentation, humor make "Body Worlds" easier to stomach
I saw "Body Worlds" at the Milwaukee Public Museum on Monday, and found it engrossing, educational, freaky and beautiful.
Tags: Body Worlds, Milwaukee Public Museum, Plastination, plastinates, death

Travel & Visitors Guide - Jan. 18, 2008
"Body Worlds" opens a window on "inner space"
In "Body Worlds, The Original Exhibition of Real Human Bodies," which opens today at the Milwaukee Public Museum, whole organs, bodies and cross sections of each are on display in a way that is meant to inform, engage, and inspire visitors.
Tags: Body Worlds, Milwaukee Public Museum, plastination, Angelina Whalley, Dan Finley, Gunther von Hagens

Kids & Family - Nov. 29, 2007
OMC Family Weekend Roundup: Dec. 1-2, 2007
Check out this long list of fun activities for the family to do this weekend. Giddy up!
Tags: Christmas in the Ward, Milwaukee Public Museum, Santa, Pier Wisconsin, Milwaukee Children's Choir, Acadia Theatre Company, Discovery World, Curious George, Betty Brinn Children's Museum, North Pole, IMAX, "Santa vs. the Snowman, " First Stage Milwaukee, Ba

Kids & Family - Aug. 20, 2007
Rainy days and Mondays...
We passed a wet Sunday at the firehouse and the Public Museum. And not once did the little one resort to saying, "outside" while pointing to the door. Success.
Tags: firefighter, Milwaukee Fire Department, Milwaukee Public Museum, Dunkin' Donuts

Milwaukee Buzz - June 21, 2007
Supervisors approve museum bailout plan
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors voted 13-5 Thursday to approve the Milwaukee Public Museum's financial recovery plan. Now the plan must get approval from County Executive Scott Walker.
Tags: County, Milwaukee Public Museum

Arts & Entertainment - April 25, 2007
Frauds, fakes and phonies: Devising "The Art of Deception"
Feel free to test your sleuthing skills at the new student exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum, "More than Meets the Eye: The Art of Deception," as you stroll through centuries of fakes, frauds, lies and illusions from around the world.
Tags: Milwaukee Public Museum, More Than Meets the Eye: The Art of Deception, Andrea Skyberg