Milwaukee Public Museum

I've been enlightening the general public since 1882. I got my start in the building that is now the Downtown Public Library, but moved across the street in the fall of 1962. Carl Akeley, the "father" of modern taxidermy started his career in Milwaukee, and although others had included props and backgrounds in cases holding taxidermy specimens, Akeley's muskrat colony, completed in 1890, is considered the museum world's first total habitat diorama. You can still check out the muskrat colony on the 1st floor. I've gone through more directors and presidents than should be allowed. My favorites include Moynihan and Stephen Borhegyi. Borheygi made me what I am today, and we're so close that despite losing his head in an accident, we still chill together on the 3rd floor. My most popular exhibits are the Third Planet Dinosaur Exhibit....note that the 3rd planet is EARTH, the live butterfly exhibit, the European Village, the Streets of Old Milwaukee, and our Egyptian, African, and Native American exhibits. I've had some rough years lately, but it can only get better! Come and visit mehttp://www.mpm.edu