Tag: Diorama-Rama

Enjoy these mini-Milwaukee Public Museum dioramas from last night’s Diorama-Rama

April 1, 2026

Back in 2016, Milwaukee treasure Danelle "D" Kirschling hosted the inaugural Diorama-Rama. The friendly competition—part of Kirschling's self-created National Diorama Month—featured local dioramists creating sh...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Dioramas, Diorama-Rama

Matt Wild

March 10, 2026

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: dioramas! Fun fact: among its many delightful oddities, Milwaukee...

Diorama-Rama will return in March with “Myths and Legends” theme

Matt Wild

January 9, 2025

Here's a fun fact: Milwaukee is home to the world's first habitat diorama! In 1890, Carl Akeley, a.k.a. the "father of modern taxidermy," created a muskrat colony diorama for the then-young Milwaukee Public Mus...

Whatever! Nineties-themed Diorama-Rama set for March 26

Matt Wild

January 17, 2024

Here's a fun fact: Milwaukee is home to the world's first habitat diorama! In 1890, Carl Akeley, a.k.a. the "father of modern taxidermy," created a muskrat colony diorama for the then-young Milwaukee Public Mus...

Break out those shoe boxes! 2023 Diorama-Rama is coming to Amorphic Beer April 25

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 20, 2023

Among its many oddities—beer, the Bronze Fonz, Bob Uecker—Milwaukee is home to the world’s first museum diorama. In 1890, Carl Akeley, a.k.a. the “father of modern taxidermy,” created a muskrat colony diorama f...

Fasten your seatbelts for the 2020 Diorama-Rama, coming to Lakefront Brewery March 31

Matt Wild

February 26, 2020

Among its many oddities—beer, the Bronze Fonz, Bob Uecker—Milwaukee is home to the world's first museum diorama. In 1890, Carl Akeley, a.k.a. the "father of modern taxidermy," created a muskrat colony diorama f...

Buckle up for the return of Diorama-Rama, March 26 at the Walker’s Point Anodyne

Matt Wild

March 18, 2019

Among its many oddities—beer, the Bronze Fonz, Bob Uecker—Milwaukee is home to the world's first museum diorama. In 1890, Carl Akeley, a.k.a. the "father of modern taxidermy," created a muskrat colony diorama f...

Milwaukee’s National Diorama Month goes big by going small

Matt Wild

March 15, 2016

// Among its many oddities—beer, the Bronze Fonz, Bob Uecker—Milwaukee is home to the world's first museum diorama. In 1890, Carl Akeley, a.k.a. the "father of modern taxidermy," created a muskrat colony di...

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