Milwaukee Public Museum

Milwaukee Public Museum
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Established1882
Location800 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 United States
TypePublic museum
Collection size4 million[1]
Visitors500,000-600,000 annually[1]
PresidentDr. Ellen Censky
OwnerMPM, Inc.
Public transit accessBus interchange MCTS
Websitewww.mpm.edu

The Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) is a natural and human history museum in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The museum was chartered in 1882 and opened to the public in 1884; it is a nonprofit organization operated by the Milwaukee Public Museum, Inc.[2] MPM has three floors of exhibits and the first Dome Theater in Wisconsin.

  1. ^ a b Behm, Don (May 25, 2015). "Milwaukee Public Museum taking stock of current digs and future needs". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on May 26, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  2. ^ MPM Mission Statement