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Whimsy, history and whatnot: How a Milwaukee woman is creating her own museum

Maria Cunningham loves doing detective work.  The Milwaukee librarian and artist founded The Whatnot Museum, a collection of historical and cultural curiosities that includes medical models, art, toys, advertisements and other items. An anatomical jaw model that shows how different diseases could develop is displayed on a table. Glass eyes peer out from a display board. Vending machine advertisements are part of the collection. “I like to foc…
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Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service… broke the news in on Monday, March 9, 2026.
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