We welcome members of the Milwaukee community at large. Members of the Milwaukee community are welcome to use the Music Collection.
The Music Collection and Music & Performing Arts Librarian support the UWM Departments of Music, Theatre, and Dance as well as teaching, research, and avocational needs of the entire UWM community. We support the UWM campus needs for Music materials - printed & digital scores, CDs, LPs, Books about music, and streaming audio. In addition we help train new music librarians through our work with the
04/30/2025
Curiosity sparked by The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Peck School of the Arts) ? Come see our pop-up library during Wednesday's opening night performance! Browse and check out plays, memoirs, YA novels, and non-fiction related to the show in the lobby or online at tiny.cc/curiousuwm . Or just come chat about the library and our services!
04/06/2025
Seeing today’s final performance of The Ballad of Maria Marten? Stop by the pop-up library during intermission to see some related materials from the collection. Or check out our online guide.
https://guides.library.uwm.edu/displays/bomm
03/18/2025
Check out the new grad student study space starting next week-- It's right next to the music collection!
The Graduate Student Commons, a collaboration between the UWM Libraries and the Graduate School, will open on Monday, March 24.
Located on the second floor, east wing of the Golda Meir Library, this fully renovated 2,700-square-foot area provides UWM graduate students with a “third space” — an alternative to home and classroom — for studying, networking with peers, and building community.
Access to the Graduate Student Commons is restricted to currently enrolled UWM graduate students using their PantherCard.
A grand opening for the entire UWM community will be held on Monday, April 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. as part of the UWM Graduate Student Appreciation Week activities.
03/07/2025
Checking out this weekend's Peck School of the Arts production of Dames at Sea? Wondering about the background of the musical and its inspiration? We've gathered some library resources, including the original cast recording, novels and memoirs of Broadway, and films of the 1930s film musicals that inspired the 1960s stage musical. Browse away! https://guides.library.uwm.edu/displays/dames
11/08/2024
Curiosity peaked by this week's performances of Shakespeare's Pericles in the Peck School of the Arts ? The UWM Libraries have lots of materials to explore, including a facsimile of the 1609 first edition, scholarly books and articles about the play, LOTS of modern editions, video performances, and even an audio performance with Judi Dench as Marina!
Or, check out our new purchase, The Porpoise-- a novel based on Pericles by Mark Haddon, the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in Nighttime, which Peck will perform in the spring!
https://wisconsin-uwm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UWI_ML/13nukll/alma991014146468702124