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Museum
Do you love architecture and being nosy? This is the dream event for you! Every September Doors Open Milwaukee, sponsored by Historic Milwaukee, lets you wander around dozens of open buildings. Some are businesses who clearly just want more foot… Continue Reading →
The Art Institute of Chicago is an institution everyone should see at least once. Just don’t expect to see it all in one day! At around a million square feet, and with 300,000 pieces, you need to carefully pick and… Continue Reading →
The Cedarburg Art Museum is a small and elegant museum featuring work by local Wisconsin artists. Housed in a historic home, the galleries are open and airy. In addition to the rotating show, the museum hosts many events and has… Continue Reading →
The Dubuque Museum of Art has a minuscule, single-gallery permanent collection, though these pieces do include painter Grant Wood and photographer Edward Curtis. The upstairs houses a slightly larger visiting display. The museum is in the process of building a… Continue Reading →
The new location of the grandly names Wisconsin Science Museum is not quite housed in a cupboard under the stairs, but it’s close. It is located in a building called The Atrium, in a strip mall on Park Street. Head… Continue Reading →
The Volo Auto Museum is only part of a massive entertainment complex. The sheer amount of stuff there is staggering. Not only are there endless buildings of classic and movie cars, but a classic car sales floor, an antiques mall,… Continue Reading →
The Driftless Historium has a fancy name, but is essentially a local historical museum. The collection of items and photos are interesting and well presented. There is also a small gallery with changing exhibits, and a gift shop with a… Continue Reading →
The Fort Crawford museum is housed in the old fort’s medical building. While not much remains of the Fort, some archeological work is being done. The collection is a bit of a mish-mash. There is a focus on medicine, with… Continue Reading →
The Logan Museum of Anthropology, located on the UW-Beloit campus, is the amuse-bouche of anthropology museums. There is a teeny tiny bit of everything, giving you a minute sample…but really not enough to learn anything. Additionally, while collection is called… Continue Reading →
The fantastic new Art Preserve, created by the Kohler Foundation, is a continuation and culmination of their long-running work to preserve outsider art. The JM Kohler Art Center has displayed works of outsiders for decades. The Kohler foundation has preserved… Continue Reading →
The Cana Island Lighthouse takes a bit of getting to. A shallow channel runs between the mainland and island. Visitors can made over some large rocks, or catch a ride on a wagon hitched to a tractor. Neither are the… Continue Reading →
Galleries show recreations of native-American homes and clothing, clothing and tools brought by early settlers, photos of a changing Wisconsin and even a Wisconsin tavern, complete with mounted deer head.
Stop by to see small, changing shows by national and local artists.
The entire world of decorative art is here. Fantastic and endlessly amazing.
The “Minnesota Museum of American Art” is a most grandiose and inaccurately named location. The small, one-room gallery is dwarfed by the size of the outer ante-chamber and shop. Additionally, the one show on display when we visited was of… Continue Reading →
The new Bell has the warmth and appeal of an airport. Too little actual content, too much faux puffery.