Milwaukee Art Museum Review

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Milwaukee Art Museum

  • Address: 700 N. Art Museum Dr., Milwaukee, WI | Map It
  • Phone: 414/224-3200
  • www.mam.org

Fodor's Review:

Located on the lakefront, this museum houses collections of paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, and decorative arts. Its permanent collection emphasizes European and American art of the 19th and 20th centuries. A soaring 2001 addition hosts major traveling exhibitions and includes a set of graceful "wings" that open during the day to let light stream into the gallery. The museum's lower-level café is a glass-walled promontory that faces the lake. Here, you can order light lunch or take a mid-afternoon coffee and dessert break. The addition also includes performance space, and the museum hosts dance, installation art, and other performances. Visit at noon to watch the building's wings flap.

  • Cost: $8 for permanent collection, $14 all-access pass
  • Open: Fri.-Wed. 10-5, Thurs. 10-8
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