Living - Places - Museums - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Displays of objects; includes planned educational activities related to art, history, culture, or science

• America's Freedom Ctr: in-development Veteran's museum; telling the story of America's struggle for freedom and the sacrifices that struggle has entailed; to be located on the historic VA grounds adjacent to the Zablocki Medical Center, in Milwaukee
• Art Allis: Charles Allis Art Museum; a house museum containing a collection of paintings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, and more; see photo album page
• Art MAM: Milwaukee Art Museum; lakefront art museum providing a collection and special exhibits; building is notable for its Calatrava-designed addition opened in 2001; see photo album page
• Art MSOE: Grohmann Museum; The Eckhart G. Grohmann Collection Man at Work at Milwaukee School of Engineering; see photo album page
• Art Haggerty: Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University; campus art museum offering permanent collection including a salon-style installation of Old Master works
• Art inova: Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee; campus museum showcasing one-person exhibitions
• Art Villa Terrrace: Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum; a house museum in the style of a 16th century Italian Renaissance villa; on the bluff overlooking Lake Michigan; has outdoor garden on hill going down to the lake; see photo album page
• Art Walker's Pt: Walker's Point Center for the Arts; art exhibits; supports visual and performing arts and learning in a multicultural environment
• Beer: Milwaukee Beer Museum; celebrates the history and positive cultural impact of beer and the brewing arts; in Walkers Point district; building was built in 1877; located across the street from the former Schlitz Tivoli Palm Garden
• Black Historical Society: Wisconsin Black Historical Society; documents and preserves the heritage of African descent in Wisconsin; museum exhibits
• Black Holocaust: America's Black Holocaust Museum; educates the general public of the injustices suffered by people of African Heritage in America; provides visitors with an opportunity to rethink their assumptions about race and racism
• Brewing: Proposed Museum of Beer & Brewing;no museum yet, but an effort to preserve and showcase the history of beer and the brewing industry
• Childrens: Betty Brinn's Children's Museum; on the lakefront at the east end of Wisconsin Avenue
• Clown Hall of Fame: International Clown Hall of Fame and Research Center; preserves and advances clowning
• Discovery World: educational, cultural, and environmental experiences; Hands-on exhibits, fresh water and salt water aquariums, interactive educational programs, media and distance learning labs, digital theaters, live performance theater; on the lakefront; see photo album page
• Eisner Advertising: William F. Eisner Museum of Advertising and Design; galleries and exhibits showing off advertising; see photo album page
• Gallery of Flight: Mitchell Gallery of Flight; a small aviation museum located inside Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport
• Harley: Harley-Davidson Museum; a museum showcasing Harley-Davidson motorcycles; located in downtown Milwaukee near Sixth and Canal; see photo album page
• Historic Soc: Milwaukee County Historical Society; preserves and makes available materials related to Milwaukee's history; historical museum in downtown Milwaukee in Marquette Park on the Milwaukee River; see photo album page
• Jewish: Jewish Museum Milwaukee; Jewish heritage and culture, through artifacts, film, photographs and a timeline; Holocaust and on the founding of Israel, with special emphasis on Golda Meir, a Russian immigrant to Milwaukee who went on to become the fourth prime minister of Israel.
• Pabst Mansion: Flemish Renaissance Mansion of Captain Frederick Pabst; house museum; 1892 mansion of beer baron Pabst; tours of 37 rooms; located just west of downtown Milwaukee on Wisconsin Avenue; see photo album page
• Public Museum: Milwaukee Public Museum; natural history museum located in downtown Milwaukee; human history, paleontology, zoology, botany, geology and anthropology; notable diorama displays and Streets of Old Milwaukee; exhibits include coverage of Africa, Asia, Europe, the Arctic, South and Middle America, the Pacific Island and a Costa Rican rainforest; Soref Planetarium; Humphrey IMAX Theater; Puelicher Butterfly Garden; see photo album page
• WI Athletic Walk of Fame: Wisconsin Athletic Walk of Fame; a display of plaques on the west side of North Fourth Street south of State Street honoring athletic achievement; inductees include Henry Aaron, Sidney Moncrief, Vince Lombardi, Al McGuire, Earl Gillespie, Bob Uecker, Jane and Lloyd Pettit; see photo album page

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