Milwaukee Art Museum

Milwaukee Art Museum

Four floors of over forty galleries of art are rotated regularly with works from antiquity to the present in the Museum's far-reaching Collection. Included in the Collection are 15th- to 20th-century European and 17th- to 20th-century American paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, decorative arts, photographs, and folk and self-taught art. Among the best in the nation are the Museum’s holding of American decorative arts, German Expressionism, folk and Haitian art, and American art after 1960. The Museum also holds one of the largest collections of works by Wisconsin native Georgia O’Keeffe.

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Milwaukee Art Museum

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Specialty: Art Museum
Neighborhood: Milwaukee, Wis (90 miles from Chicago)
Admission: $8.00 to $14.00
Open: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm daily, Thursdays until 8:00 pm
ADA: Wheelchair accessible

General Info

The Milwaukee Art Museum collects and preserves art, presenting it to the community as a vital source of inspiration and education.
20,000 works of art. more than 300,000 visitors a year. 120 years of collecting art. From its roots in Milwaukee’s first art gallery in 1888, the Museum has grown today to be an icon for Milwaukee and a resource for the entire state.
The 341,000-square-foot Museum includes the War Memorial Center (1957) designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, the Kahler Building (1975) by David Kahler, and the Quadracci Pavilion (2001) created by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
Central to the Museum’s mission is its role as a premier educational resource, with educational programs that are among the largest in the nation, involving classes, tours, and a full calendar of events for all ages.