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28-571: MPM was one of several major American museums established in the late 19th century. Although it was officially chartered in 1882, its existence can be traced back to 1851, to the founding of the German-English Academy in Milwaukee. The academy's principal, Peter Engelmann , encouraged student field trips , many of which collected various specimens— organic , geological , and archaeological in nature—which were kept at

56-590: A city alderman and member of the national history society, obtained legislation from the state legislature for the City of Milwaukee to accept the collection and take the measures to establish "a free public museum". The newly formed Board of Trustees hired Carl Doerflinger to be the museum's first director and rented space to place exhibits. The Milwaukee Public Museum opened to the public on May 24, 1884. Doerflinger placed emphasis on using MPM's exhibits for study and research as well as for public education. He also urged

84-633: A consensual relationship between him and a staff member. Kois and his wife had filed for divorce earlier that same year. Kois joined the Burchfield Penney Art Center as executive director in 2019; the Center announced several major donations, including a gift in support of family engagement and education of $ 1.22 million in 2020. This was the largest gift received by the Burchfield in over a decade. [2] In February 2021 Kois

112-401: A no-cut athletic policy, which allows every student to participate in any sport. The athletic program begins in fifth grade when students become eligible for a number of teams, including basketball, track and field, football, and several intramural sports. The Middle School offers 13 interscholastic sports and intramural options. The Upper School has 24 varsity teams level sports, in addition to

140-413: A number of junior varsity programs. Girls' basketball: 2× champions Girls' cross country: 2× champions Girls' ice hockey: 2015 Girls' ice hockey: 3× champions Girls' lacrosse 1× champion Girls' soccer: 2008 Girls' soccer: 9× champions Girls': 2023, 2022, 2018, 2017, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 Girls': 14× champions Girls' track: 6× champions Dennis Kois Dennis Kois

168-746: Is an independent pre-kindergarten through secondary preparatory school in River Hills and Milwaukee , Wisconsin . It was founded as the result of the merger of three schools, Milwaukee Country Day School, Milwaukee Downer Seminary, and Milwaukee University School. USM is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). Milwaukee University School,

196-843: Is the executive director of the Yerkes Future Foundation and Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin . Kois was raised and graduated from Whitefish Bay High School in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin near Milwaukee , and received a BA from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and an MA from New York University . He taught in the Graduate Program in Museum Studies at George Washington University from 2001 to 2006. Kois co-designed

224-674: The American Alliance of Museums as well as "Best E-Commerce Site" from Advertising Age. In 2001 Kois became the Chief Designer of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery , Smithsonian Institution. Between 2001 and 2006 he designed a number of exhibitions, including the costume exhibition "Style and Status". In 2006 Kois became the executive director of The Grace Museum , in Abilene, Texas . He

252-685: The Galleries of Greek and Roman Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1999), as well as co-designed museum exhibitions, including the Met's Jacqueline Kennedy : The White House Years . He was a protégé of Jeff Daly , the Chief Designer of the Metropolitan from 1979 to 2006. Additionally, Kois was the internal art director of the Met's website redesign, metmuseum.org, when it launched in 2000. The redesign won both "Best Website" from

280-480: The Milwaukee Central Library, which continued to house exhibits until 1966. A controversy over the imposition of admittance fees on visitors who were not residents of the City of Milwaukee led to the museum being sold by the city to Milwaukee County in 1976. In 1992, amid assertions that the museum was on the verge of bankruptcy and might have to be sold or completely privatized, a compromise

308-779: The academy moved to the German-English Academy Building in downtown Milwaukee. The institution changed its name in 1917 to Milwaukee University School because of anti-German prejudice that occurred during World War I . In 1964, the Milwaukee University School, the Milwaukee Country Day School and Milwaukee-Downer Seminary merged to become the University School of Milwaukee. It operated from two campuses, North and South, one in Whitefish Bay and

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336-427: The academy. Later, alumni and others donated specimens of historical and ethnological interest to the collection. By 1857, interest in the academy's collection had grown to such an extent that Engelmann organized a natural history society to manage and expand the collection. Eventually, the collection, which had come to be informally called "The Museum", exceeded the academy's ability to accommodate it. August Stirn,

364-561: The city to purchase land on which a building could be constructed to house the museum and the Milwaukee Public Library . He resigned in 1888. The new museum building at 814 W. Wisconsin Avenue was completed in 1898. In 1890, Carl Akeley , a taxidermist and biologist noted as the "father of modern taxidermy," completed the first complete museum habitat diorama in the world, depicting a muskrat colony. Henry L. Ward

392-598: The couple had given feedback towards the school based on racial and ethnic stereotypes in classroom assignments. Their children, then 9 and 11, were later removed from enrollment at the school. Craig Robinson stated, "We feel like they were retaliated against because we brought up some issues that were sensitive to the administration." The school issued a statement responding to the allegations, "USM's enrollment decisions had nothing to do with complaints of inequity or discrimination." More families later came out with allegations of discrimination. The school's athletic teams follow

420-733: The current museum to be completed was Streets of Old Milwaukee , which opened in January 1965. It is one of the more popular exhibits in MPM, and it is estimated that several million people have visited it since its completion. Totaling more than 4 million artifacts, research and collections at the Milwaukee Public Museum include 43°02′27″N 87°55′16″W  /  43.040744°N 87.921095°W  / 43.040744; -87.921095 German-English Academy The University School of Milwaukee (often abbreviated to USM)

448-533: The interim president and CEO while the MPM Board of Directors conducted a nationwide search for the position. At the conclusion of the search in June 2019, Dr. Ellen Censky was officially named president and CEO In 2017, the Milwaukee Public Museum announced their intention to relocate after results from a two-year study indicated the existing museum was in need of extensive and costly repairs. In 2020, MPM revealed

476-463: The museum saw the highest quarters of attendance in its 140-year history and following several years of development and a unanimous vote by the museum board to proceed, plans and renderings were publicly announced for a $ 180 million new museum. In August 2018 Kois resigned, following a Board investigation of a consensual relationship between him and a staff member. Kois and his wife had filed for divorce earlier that same year. Ellen Censky had been named

504-558: The museum through the Great Depression of the 1930s. Barrett used the Works Progress Administration and other New Deal programs to keep the museum running and to create employment beyond the existing staff. Construction on MPM's current building began in 1960 and was completed in 1962. The current site is at 800 W. Wells Street, a block north of the old Museum-Library building , still the home of

532-479: The new construction's location on a 2.4 acre site along North Sixth Street, between West McKinley Avenue and West Vliet Street. Designs for the $ 240 million project were released in 2022, featuring a five-story, 20,000 square foot building. The project is set to break ground in Spring 2024 and estimated to open early 2027. The Milwaukee Public Museum houses permanent and traveling exhibits. The first major exhibit in

560-543: The oldest of the three schools that merged as University School of Milwaukee, was founded in 1851 as the German-English Academy ( die deutsch-englische Akademie ) by a group of Milwaukee German Americans that included educationist Peter Engelmann and hardware wholesaler William Frankfurth . The Academy offered classes that taught the German language and literature , as well as English . In 1891,

588-528: The other in River Hills. In 1985, the two combined into one campus at the River Hills location, serving students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. On Monday, April 18, 2022, Craig and Kelly Robinson filed a civil lawsuit alleging that "the school acted impermissibly to silence and to retaliate against those adversely affected by, and raising concerns about, the school's unfair treatment of students of color and underrepresented students." Earlier,

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616-479: The park. In 2014 Kois became President and CEO of the Milwaukee Public Museum , a museum of natural history, science, and culture with annual attendance of half a million annually. During his tenure the museum saw the highest quarters of attendance in its 140-year history [1] and plans and renderings were announced for a new museum. In August 2018 he resigned, following a Board investigation of

644-809: The restoration of the observatory and a reimagining of its mission as home to a mix of research, science, arts and culture. In 2022 Yerkes announced the hiring of astronomer Dr. Amanda Bauer as the Montgomery Foundation Deputy Director, and re-opened to the public for tours and events. In 2023 the Observatory brought in a range of speakers and performers, including Nobel Laureate Dr. John Mather, four-time Grammy winners Eighth Blackbird , former US Poet Laureate and Pulitzer prizewinner Tracy K. Smith, and NPR science personality Dean Regas . A commissioned sculpture envisioning space-time by Brooklyn, New York artist Ashley Zelinskie

672-509: The revelation that the museum was several million dollars in the red, a fact that allegedly had been hidden for years by illegal money transfers. Gaouette pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge of falsifying a financial report. His CPA license was restored in 2010. In 2010, the Milwaukee Public Museum appointed a new director Jay B. Williams, formerly of PrivateBank. He has focused on fundraising and improving repeat traffic. In 2014, MPM hired Dennis Kois as president and CEO. During his tenure

700-453: Was announced as the new executive director and first employee of the Yerkes Future Foundation, responsible for the fundraising, conservation and future vision for the historic Yerkes Observatory and its 50 acres of Olmsted-designed grounds. The observatory, still home to the largest refracting telescope in the world, is widely considered a landmark of modern science. Between 2021 and 2023 the Yerkes Future Foundation raised $ 20 million towards

728-700: Was appointed to the Texas Commission on the Arts visual arts panel for a two-year term in 2007. In June 2008, Kois became the director of the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln, Massachusetts . Kois was widely credited in the media with re-invigorating the deCordova’s fundraising and program, commissioning or acquiring major sculptures by Antony Gormley, Andy Goldsworthy, Ursula von Rydingsvard and other major international artists for

756-418: Was hired as MPM's fourth director in 1902. Previously, the museum had focused solely on the natural sciences , but this changed when Ward began the creation of a History Museum. To further this goal, Samuel A. Barrett , the recipient of the first doctorate in anthropology awarded by the University of California , was selected to head an anthropology-history department. Barrett later succeeded Ward and led

784-451: Was reached in which the county retained the museum's nominal ownership but all operating control was handed over to Milwaukee Public Museum, Inc., a not-for-profit controlled by local business interests such as Miller Brewing . Employee wages and benefits were reduced, but private donations expanded and the county's share of costs was diminished. In 2006, charges were filed against former museum chief financial officer Terry Gaouette, following

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