By Ann Eberwein The Hmong Museum in St. Paul, Minnesota identifies itself as a museum without walls and is the first and only museum dedicated to the preservation of Hmong culture. The museum was founded by Mai Huizel who received … Continue Reading »
UWM students contribute to new Haggerty Museum of Art exhibition
By Ann Eberwein The Haggerty Museum of Art presents, Material Storytelling: Highlights from the Native American Collection, an exhibition was curated by Dr. Samantha Majhor, an Assistant Professor in Marquette University’s Department of English. The exhibit features a selection of works by Indigenous … Continue Reading »
2022 Ritzenthaler Museum Research Internship Award
Katie Cianciola is the 2022 Ritzenthaler Museum Research Internship Award Recipient. Over this summer, she continued examining a portion of the MPM’s Malcolm K. Whyte Collection which primarily consists of over 2,000 archaeological textiles, ceramics, metalwork, featherwork items from Peru. … Continue Reading »
2021 Ritzenthaler Museum Research Internship Award
Aislinn Sanders is the recipient of the Ritzenthaler Museum Research Internship Award. This summer (2021), she began research on a collection of Thai silver bowls and boxes, dating to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, housed at the MPM. … Continue Reading »
2020 Ritzenthaler Museum Research Internship Award
Armando Manresa is the 2020 Ritzenthaler Museum Research Internship Award Recipient. This semester (Spring 2020), he began working with the Milwaukee Public Museum’s (MPM) collection of about 130 ceramic vessels that are fake, fraudulent, or reproductions from throughout Latin America. … Continue Reading »