Event Guide

Friday, April 13, 2018

5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Welcome to MPM Inside Out
Thanks for joining us as we bring rare and intriguing items
from our collections storage into the exhibit areas. You’ll see
objects too sensitive to remain on view year-round, explore
the fascinating back-stories of items already on display, and
speak with the staff, researchers, students, and volunteers that
keep the Museum thriving. Feel free to ask questions or sit
back, observe, and enjoy these presentations.

Exclusive Discounts
-MacArthur Square parking discounts are available; stop by
Admissions to validate your ticket.
-The Museum Marketplace and Haymarket Candy Store are
offering a 20% off discount on purchases during this event.

Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed

Add a ticket to Maya for a special price tonight only. Last timed
entry is 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $5 adult; $4 youth/senior (ages 5-13; 65+); free (4 and under)

Cafe and Coffee Kiosk

The café located on the Ground Floor will be open until 7 p.m.
The coffee kiosk will be open until 8 p.m.

Located throughout the Museum, nineteen UW-Milwaukee

Museum Studies Graduate Students have chosen their own
themes related to the Maya and Native Americans to explore
in conjunction with our current special exhibit, Maya: Hidden
Worlds Revealed, and the 25th anniversary of the A Tribute
to Survival exhibition. Come see their engaging table top
exhibitions highlighting their work. These presentations are
indicated by the star symbols on the maps.
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Escalator

2 1
Daniel M. Soref
Dome Theater &
Planetarium

1. Dark Side of the Dome

Location: The Daniel M. Soref Dome
Theater & Planetarium
Break on through to the dark side of the
Dome Theater and learn how we make a
Planetarium show. Also, hear some fun facts
about projectors, pixels, power, and more.
Presented by: Bob Bonadurer, Director, Dome
Theater & Planetarium

2. Take a Peek at the Bird Collection

Location: Bird Collection Storage
Take a tour of the Museum’s bird collections and learn what we have,
how we store them, why we keep them, and what we do with them.
Presented by: Julia Colby, Zoology Collections Manager
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Owen J. Gromme
Lecture Hall
Piazza

European Village E
First Ramp
Aid
Ramp

Rain Forest
Herzfeld
Enter Hall of Science
Exit Lab
Sense of Theater Rain Forest Mezzanine
Car

Wonder
9
Street
Market

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Hay

7 Third Planet: Earth

Nickelodeon
Theater
Staircase
8 10 11
Exploring
Streets of Old Milwaukee Life on Earth 6
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5 Puelicher
Butterfly
Wing

Jack Puelicher Bugs

Butterfly Garden Alive!
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3. A Juneau Triptych: A Re-introduction

to Milwaukee’s Founding Family
Location: A Sense of Wonder
Two hundred years ago Solomon and Josette (Vieau) Juneau took
up the fur trade business around Milwaukee. See objects from the
MPM History collections that tell their story and demonstrate the
life and recollection of Milwaukee’s first citizens.
Presented by: Al Muchka, Curator of Collections, American & Local
History; Valerie Davis, Costume & Textiles Honorary Curator; Jackie
Schweitzer, Honorary Curator, American History
4. Leave Your Drink at the Door
Location: Exploring Life on Earth
Have you ever wondered why you can’t eat or drink in the
Museum? There’s a good reason, and it comes in the form of tiny
insects. Come discover the Museum’s Integrated Pest Management
program, and learn about the ways the Museum (and you!) protect
our objects from these hungry, little bugs.
Presented by: Sara Podejko, Registrar & Head of Photograph Archives

5. When Plants Attack!

Location: Exploring Life on Earth
Can Wisconsin’s carnivorous plants really be trusted? Time and time
again they have proven themselves to be deceitful and duplicitous.
Why do Wisconsin’s carnivorous plants mislead insects? If
Wisconsin’s carnivorous plants slay insects, who are they going to
go after next?
Presented by: Christopher Tyrell, Ph.D., Research Curator of Botany
6. The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event
Location: The Third Planet: Earth
The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event, or ‘GOBE,’
describes one of the most important increases in biodiversity in
the history of life on earth. During a relatively short time (about 25
million years), an explosion of new species, genera, and families
appeared. Explore the fossils that give paleontologists a window
into the ecosystem restructuring.
Presented by: Patricia Coorough Burke, Curator of Geology Collections

7. Through the Microscope: Looking at

Specimens and Sand Grains Using the SEM
Location: Exploring Life on Earth
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) is a powerful tool when
needing to look at small-scale features of both biological and
geological specimens. Look at various samples from my own
dissertation research, as well as samples from MPM collections.
Presented by: Kathryn Pauls, Geology Intern

8. The Lure of Crystals

Location: The Third Planet: Earth
They may sparkle and have beautiful colors, but it’s not all razzle-
dazzle when it comes to crystals. The unique geometric shapes of
even common crystals are equally alluring.
Presented by: Gary Rosenberg, Ph.D., Adjunct Curator in Geology
9. 3D Computer Modeling of
MPM Invertebrate Fossil Specimens
Location: The Third Planet: Earth
Learn about the photographic methodology and computer
processing involved in constructing interactive 3D models of
invertebrate fossils (virtual fossils) that can be placed on the web
or used in museum exhibits.
Presented by: Ralph Kugler, Ph.D., Geology Volunteer

10. What Happened to the Dinosaurs?

K-Pg Extinction (Dinosaur Extinction)
Location: The Third Planet: Earth
Hear the supporting evidence of what happened to the dinosaurs
and many other plants and animals about 65 million years ago and
learn who survived.
Presented by: Charles Buechel, Geology Volunteer

11. Wisconsin Pleistocene: From Ice to Animals

Location: The Third Planet: Earth
The Wisconsin landscape was shaped by melting ice and moving
water. The Museum’s Geology collections narrate the story
of Wisconsin’s icy past. Stop and see some of the evidence of
glaciers in Wisconsin, from glacially polished rocks to mammoth
tusks.
Presented by: Christine Rundblad, Geology Volunteer
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Uihlein Hall

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Northwest Navajos
Tribute Coast & Hopi
to Survival

12 14 Rocky
Mountains
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Steigleder Bison Southwest
Special Hunt
Wisconsin North America
Exhibits Archaeology
Gallery
The Southeast
Broadleaf
The Prairie Forest

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Wisconsin
W Woodlands
16 S

12. Maya Cart

Location: Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed
Stop Spot Cart - Learn about the importance of trade to the Maya
economy and get a closer look at some examples of Maya trade
goods.
Presented by: Ben Vela, Anthropology Intern
13. Capturing the Voices of Native American Activism
Location: Second Floor Elevator Lobby
Sifting through modern history of the United States, we find
Indigenous peoples used different ways to reassert their
sovereignty both nationally and locally. In the mid-20th century
and continuing into the 21st century, media such as posters,
bumper stickers, picket signs, and photography in the MPM
collections have been invaluable tools used for visualizing what
the pursuit for self-determination looks like, especially for those
people often marginalized or left out of the broader historical
narrative.
Presented by: James Flores, Nancy Oestreich Lurie Diversity Intern,
Anthropology Department

14. The Creation of the

“A Tribute to Survival” Exhibition
Location: Tribute to Survival
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Museum’s North
American Indian Hall introductory exhibition A Tribute to
Survival. Find out how this ground-breaking exhibition came to be
and how, and if, it has stood the test of time.
Presented by: Dawn Scher Thomae, Curator of Anthropology Collections

15. Stronger Mussels:

Building Our Wisconsin Mussels Data
Location: Wisconsin Woodlands
What can 100-year-old specimens help us discover about today’s
ecosystem? Come learn about MPM’s Freshwater Mussels
Collection and find out how digitization connects researchers and
volunteers with our collections.
Presented by: Todd Levine, MPM Research Fellow & Jenny Harris,
Digitization Volunteer
16. How Wild is Waubesa? MPM Summer BioBlitz
Location: Wisconsin Woodlands
MPM knows a lot about Wisconsin, but there is still so much to
learn! This summer MPM is taking inventory of the natural areas
around Lake Waubesa, just south of Madison. See examples from
our collections of what plants and animals call Lake Waubesa
home, and learn how you can tag along with biologists to discover
just how wild Waubesa really is.
Presented by: Jessica Mailhot, Digitization Intern

17. Digging into Collections:

Casas Grandes Ceramic Rediscovered
Location: Southwest
The Museum houses over 100 ceramic items from Casas Grandes
(Paquimé), Mexico but they have never been closely examined.
Come unveil the mysteries of these beautiful polychrome vessels
and find out about the research currently being done to further the
understanding of this UNESCO World Heritage site.
Presented by: Samantha Bomkamp, Ritzenthaler Graduate Research
Intern, Anthropology Department
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Crossroads of Civilization

Mezzanine
Arctic
18
Igloo

Guatemalan Elephant Savanna

Market Diorama Water Hole
Walrus Morocco Diorama
Diorama

Indian
Market
19 Tuareg
Africa
Masai
Middle North Rhino Lion Hunt
Japanese America Africa Diorama Diorama
House
Asia

Korean
House
Latin
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America
Living
Oceans E
Chinese
House

W Pacific Islands
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18. Saving History: MPM Tell Hadidi Site Excavations

Location: Third Floor Elevator Lobby
Through MPM’s archaeological rescue operations in Syria
between 1974 and 1978, uncover the layered past of the Bronze
Age settlement of Tell-Hadidi – a site threatened by construction
and destroyed by regional conflict. Learn about MPM’s excavation
efforts and how other sites in the Middle East have been affected
by similar fates, sometimes leaving museum collections as the
only evidence of their existence.
Presented by: David Stock, Anthropology Intern
19. Immortal Malta: Digging Deeper
into the Leopardi Collection
Location: Entrance to Africa
Throughout its long and fascinating history the island of Malta
has seen periods of Phoenician, Punic, and Roman rule, all leaving
remarkable traces on the island. Learn more about the burial rites
and funerary practices of these periods through objects in MPM’s
Leopardi collection, the largest collection of archeological material
from Malta in North America.
Presented by: Cara Caputo, Anthropology Intern

20. Worth a Thousand Words: Uncovering

MPM’s Ethnic Record Albums
Location: Africa
At the tap of a finger, the music of every country around the world
is now available but how was music recorded and spread before the
technological advancements of today? For the first time, selections
from the Anthropology collection of over 200 ethnic record albums
will be on display.
Presented by: Annica Mandeltort, Anthropology Volunteer

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