Milwaukee Public Museum

I was reading the news of Milwaukee because, that's right, I like to know what's going on in that old hometown of mine. Turns out, bad things! I love the museum. It's just true. There are a few places in the world where I feel completely at home, comfortable, blissful even. The Milwaukee Public Museum is one of those places. I used to go there a lot with family and things, I've gone there with several exes, bringing them there to let them share in one of my favorite places. Before I left the US, my dad and I went there because if you are me and my dad, it's what you do. I love knowing how to make the one rattlesnake rattle, knowing the little window you can look out of, making you part of the exhibit below. I love still being a bit nervous seeing the giant dinosaur eating the other dinosaur. I like hearing the howler monkey in the rainforest exhibit and hearing the bad music coming out of the fake Jeep in said exhibit.

I love seeing kids enthralled with seeing things for the first time. I love hearing parents tell their kids about the different animals and people they are looking at. I like that the museum is downtown and is just so Milwaukee to me. I dream a lot of crazy dreams and many of them happen in the museum setting. When my dad and I went there shortly before we all jumped the Wisconsin ship, we sat drinking coffee and remembering what the museum used to look like and all the fun stuff we used to do there. He said, "You just don't want to leave, do you?" No, I didn't. I like that museum. So where is the bad news?

Click on the link and see that the museum doesn't have any money! They are firing heaps of people and just don't have enough money! I can see things going bankrupt in Milwaukee; my grade school and church come to think of it. And that's okay in the long run because there are other churches and schools - better ones, actually. There is no other museum. Can you really, in good conscience, bring up kids without ever taking them to the museum? I am horrified by this turn of events. Milwaukee, you have betrayed me! If I was still there, I swear to God I would start doing fundraising and helping out. So Milwaukee-ans who are still there, do something! It's the museum! How can a city like Milwaukee not have a museum?