Ellen Censky

Milwaukee Public Museum Kicks Off Final Year with First of Five “Greatest Hits” Exhibit Celebrations: Ancient Civilizations

January 10-February 14, 2026

Elitists Are Destroying Art at the Milwaukee Public Museum—Scott Bush, Vice President, PreserveMKE

Milwaukee Public Museum Announces Current Building will be Open for all of 2026 Ahead of Move to New Museum

Final year will feature “Greatest Hits” celebration of Museum’s iconic exhibits

Milwaukee Public Museum Reveals Future Museum Name and Logo

Museum will be known as Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin when it opens in 2027

Community Group Responds to Milwaukee Public Museum’s President and CEO Ellen Censky’s “Public Pushback” Comment in Milwaukee Magazine

Milwaukee Public Museum Begins Exhibit Fabrication Process for Future Home

The world-class team at Kubik Maltbie, other local firms to support exhibit creation and installation

Local Companies Drive Construction of the Future Museum, Exterior Construction Expected to Finish in 2025

In total, more than 70 Wisconsin-based companies are now powering the largest cultural project in state history

Museum Days Returns to Milwaukee

Experience world-class cultural institutions at discounted prices Jan. 18-28 in the Greater Milwaukee area

Scientists, Nature Enthusiasts to Race to Find Species Throughout Havenwoods State Forest During Annual BioBlitz Competition

Public Invited to Festival of Biodiversity to Learn About Results, Participate in Nature Activities

Milwaukee Public Museum to Host Virtual Town Hall About the Future Museum

Leadership to present on project progress, answer community questions

Milwaukee Public Museum Hires Three Additional Scientific and Research Curators to Lead Botany, History and Anthropology, and Zoology Departments

Curators to bolster MPM’s scientific research capabilities, overseeing collections, securing grants to support research and producing scientific publications to help increase understanding of our world’s natural and cultural diversity

Milwaukee Public Museum Hires Director of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessiblity (IDEA)

Rhoan Garnett, PhD, to lead Museum's effort to grow community engagement initiatives and ensure diverse voices are represented at museum

MPM to Close Temporarily Due to COVID-19-related Staffing Shortage

Monday, January 10 - Wednesday, January 12

Milwaukee Public Museum Open on Wednesdays, Starting November 17

Museum extends hours of operation as part of phased reopening plan

Milwaukee Public Museum Offers Free Admission to All Wisconsin Tribal Members in Recognition of Native American Heritage Month

Voyage to the Deep at Milwaukee Public Museum

Limited engagement October 15, 2021 - January 9, 2022

Milwaukee Public Museum Open on Mondays, Starting October 11

Museum extends hours of operation, reopens café, and debuts Dome Theater shows

Milwaukee Public Museum Announces New Vice President of Finance and Operations

Lue Hang to lead the finance and operations team and continue momentum towards Wisconsin’s 21st Century Natural History Museum

MPM Butterfly Wing Re-opens Thursday, August 19

MPM welcomes the community back into the Puelicher Butterfly Wing and debuts new interactive elements

Cultural Institutions and Businesses in Milwaukee’s Hospitality and Performing Arts Industries Urge Milwaukee-area Residents to Get Vaccinated

MPM Issues Call to Action in Honor of Nelson Mandela

MPM challenges the community to take the “My Mandela Pledge,” spend 67 minutes in service

City Of Milwaukee Receives $150,000 State Grant To Support Milwaukee Public Museum Plans

WEDC investment to help fund site investigation for redevelopment.

MPM Builds Momentum With New Vice Presidents

Rebecca Ehlers, Dr. Jennifer Zaspel join leadership team.

Joint Committee on Finance Supports Funding of New Museum in Capital Budget

MPM and The Yabuki Family Foundation Partner to Help Families

$100,000 in matching funds and the donation of 4,000 Museum memberships for Milwaukee families kicks off Thursday’s Giving Day at MPM

The Milwaukee Public Museum and America’s Black Holocaust Museum Invite You to Take a Journey Through the Life of Nelson Mandela at the U.S. Debut of Mandela: The Official Exhibition

Limited Engagement April 23 - August 1, 2021

Milwaukee Public Museum Applauds Governor Evers’ Proposed Funding of New Museum in Capital Budget

Milwaukee Museums Reopening to the Public in March

Discovery World, the Harley-Davidson Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Milwaukee Public Museum will reopen in March with robust health and safety protocols in place.

Milwaukee Public Museum Announces Site for Future Home

MPM to join the growing Deer District area in downtown Milwaukee

Milwaukee Public Museum to Reopen to the Public on August 21

Museum members and donors to receive early access

Northwestern Mutual Makes $1M Grant to Milwaukee Public Museum

Funds to support current, future museum

Milwaukee Public Museum Adds Chief Planning Officer

Katie Sanders to Advance Museum’s Strategic Effort to Build Wisconsin’s 21st Century Natural History Museum

MPM to Give Free Admission to Tribal Members and Schools During November 2019

During this time, MPM will also present special programming celebrating Native American traditions and cultures with tribal members from throughout the state.

Milwaukee Public Museum Curator Awarded $4.3 Million Grant

Funds will support MPM’s involvement in a national effort to digitize entomology specimens, helping to predict dispersion of parasites over time and spvdsdfds

Milwaukee Public Museum Announces New President & CEO

Dr. Ellen J. Censky chosen to lead Wisconsin’s natural history museum into its groundbreaking next chapter

Milwaukee Public Museum Report Demonstrates Statewide Education, Science and Research Impact

The inaugural report includes a recap of the museum’s 2018 educational, accessibility and science and research endeavors.

Supervisor Dimitrijevic Proposes Mitchell Park for Site of New Milwaukee Public Museum

"The positive possibilities of this proposed relationship are endless."

STEM in Style: A Celebration of Women in STEM

MASA to hold a benefit runway show this week celebrating women in science at the Milwaukee Athletic Club

STEM in Style: A Celebration of Women in STEM

MASA to hold a benefit runway show celebrating women in science at Hot Water Wherehouse

Community leaders in Milwaukee County show increasing momentum for Gwen Connolly for Circuit Court Judge

Connolly has previously announced the endorsement of a majority of Mayors and Village Presidents in Milwaukee County, as well as hundreds of judges and attorneys, including many leaders working to serve the poor.