Milwaukee Museums
Wisconsin Maritime Museum. Founded in 1970 as the Manitowoc Submarine Memorial Association, the Wisconsin Maritime Museum has grown into one of the largest maritime museums in the Midwest. Uncover the rich history of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region in this must-see museum that commemorates sailors, shipbuilders and submarines through fascinating interactive exhibits. For more information, visit http://www.wisconsinmaritime.org.Milwaukee Art Museum. Since it first opened its doors in 1888, the Milwaukee Art Museum has featured a far-reaching collection of works from antiquity to the present. Today, it boasts nearly 20,000 pieces in its permanent holdings. Represented artists include Winslow Homer, Auguste Rodin, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pablo Picasso, Jóan Miro, Georgia O’Keeffe, Mark Rothko, Robert Gober and Andy Warhol. For more information, visit www.mam.org.
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Museum of Beer & Brewing. The Museum of Beer and Brewing is dedicated to preserving and displaying the history of beer and brewing throughout the world. Of course, Milwaukee is truly the city that made beer famous. In the mid-1960s, four of the world’s top-ten breweries were based here-;Blatz, Pabst, Schiltz and Miller, which is the sole major production brewery left in operation in Milwaukee. For more information, visit www.brewingmuseum.org.Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin. In a word, Discovery World is not easily described in a word. Located on the shores of Lake Michigan, this complex and innovative attraction brings together a unique combination of educational, cultural and environmental programs for kids of all ages. Experience a heaping helping of hands-on exhibits, fresh water and salt water aquariums, live performance theater and state-of-the-art media. For more information, visit www.discoveryworld.org. [Top]
Milwaukee Public Museum. To say the Milwaukee Public Museum was diverse would be an understatement of immense proportions-;almost as immense as the 150,000 square-foot museum itself. Tour Africa, Asia, Europe, the Arctic, South and Middle America, the Pacific Island and a Costa Rican rainforest. Travel back in time to turn-of-the-century Milwaukee, to ancient Mediterranean civilizations or more than 65 million years to witness the world’s largest-known dinosaur skull. For more information, visit www.mpm.edu/index.php.Harley Davidson Museum. Two years ago, Harley Davidson broke ground on its future museum site at Sixth and Canal Streets in Milwaukee, where it has been based for more than 100 years. The groundbreaking ceremony was as unique as the company itself. Instead of the traditional golden shovel, the ground was broken with a Harley Davidson motorcycle. Legendary Harley-Davidson dirt track racer Scott Parker performed a burnout on a XL 883R Sportster. As for the Harley Davidson Museum, it will open in 2008 and will celebrate the legendary motorcycles and passionate riders along with the company’s rich history. Green spaces adjacent to the edge of the Menomonee River will be an ideal spot for bikers to meet and share stories. For more information, visit www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/HD_Museum/Museum.jsp?locale=en_US.
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