MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM: POSTS TO DATE

The financial crisis at the Milwaukee Public Museum is turning into one our biggest stories to date.  To assist our readers, we are providing this index to all of our stories to date.

1. Milwaukee Public Museum: Stafford Resigns; Problems Blamed on "Predatory Politics and Headline Grabbing";
2. New Discovery at the Milwaukee Public Museum: Cannibals Ate Egyptians in Quest for Immortality;
3. Milwaukee Public Museum: The Other Shoe Has Dropped--The Endowment was Stripped; Wisconsin's Attorney General Should Begin an Investigation;
4. Milwaukee Public Museum: The Quest for Immortality;
5. Milwaukee Public Museum:  When Is Someone Going to Start to Raise Accountability Issues?;
6. Part 2--Milwuakee Public Museum:  The Numbers Are In, either More Governmental or Philanthropic Support is Required;
7. Part 2--Milwaukee Public Museum: How Could the Deficit Have Been a Surprise?;
8. Bleeding More Than Red Ink: It's Time for the Milwaukee Public Museum to Come Clean;
9. Milwaukee Public Museum:  No Theft or Fraud, But...;
10. Milwaukee Public Museum:  Did the Directors Read Interim Financial Statements?

The two basic questions remain:

                  

                WHERE WAS THE  BOARD?

                WHERE IS WISCONSIN'S ATTORNEY GENERAL?

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