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Milwaukee Public Museum

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The Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) is a natural and human history museum located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The museum was chartered in 1882 and opened to the public in 1884. MPM has three floors of exhibits and the first IMAX Theater in Wisconsin. Admission is free to residents of Milwaukee County on Mondays.

Machine 3, Exhibit Floor 1 (not to be confused with the ground floor where admission sand the gift shop is) to the right of the entrance to the Herzfield Hall of Science.
Design is: Triceratops design

Machine 5, Exhibit Floor 1 in the Jack Puelicher Butterfly Garden (not the Puelicher Butterfly Wing which is a separate room nearby). Design is:
1) A Butterfly design

Machine 6, Exhibit Floor 2 by the elevators. Design is:
1) The Egyptian Sarcophagus

Machine 7, Exhibit Floor 3 by the elevators., Design is:
1) Cleopatra design

Machine 8 - 2017 - located on the ground level by the cafe. Designs are:
1) Planetarium Logo with Earth, Saturn, Universe,
2) Samson the Gorilla,
3) Puffin,
4) T-Rex on a bicycle.

Machine 9 - 2016 - Exhibit Floor 1 to the left of the entrance to the Herzfield Hall of Science, designs are
1) Herbior Mammoth skeletons
2) 'King Tut' in Chariot
3) 'Streets of Milwaukee', Streetcar
4) 'The Streets of Old Milwaukee', Lamp post and building

Retired designs.
Retired 1 - The Museum's temporary exhibit - Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition 3 design set (In 2009).
Retired 2 - Buffalo (in 2007).
Retired 4 - Milwaukee Numismatic Society design in commemoration of the ANA's "World Fair of Money" that took place at the Museum in 2007.

2/17: Machine 8, a Pennyman 4 design hand crank machine, was installed here. GSY

5/06/26: Machine 8 still here and working great. Is next to the escalator between the cafe and museum marketplace.

9/13/26: Was told that Machine 5 (the Butterfly design) broke earlier this morning and had an 'out of order' sign on it; not sure if/when it'll get fixed. CRT

Machines and designs

8 machines
MachineDesignsCoin type
Machine 8 - 20174Penny
Machine 9 - 2016- Exhibit Floor 1 to the left of the entrance to the Herzfield Hall of Science4Penny
Machine 3, Exhibit Floor 1 (not to be confused with the ground floor where admission sand the gift shop is) to the right of the entrance to the Herzfield Hall of Science.1Penny
Machine 5, Exhibit Floor 1 in the Jack Puelicher Butterfly Garden (not the Puelicher Butterfly Wing which is a separate room nearby).1Penny
Machine 6, Exhibit Floor 2 by the elevators1Penny
Machine 7, Exhibit Floor 3 by the elevators1Penny
Retired 1 (Titanic Exhibition) & Retired 2, Single?Penny
Retired 4?Penny

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