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1. Milwaukee Art Museum
Museum/GalleryLocated 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.
700 N. Art Museum Dr., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53202, USA414-224–3200Sight Details
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2. Betty Brinn Children's Museum
Museum/GalleryOverlooking Lake Michigan, this well-conceived children's museum epitomizes the concept of hands-on learning. Playing on Wisconsin's agricultural economy, the museum lets kids learn the basics of commerce in an exhibit where they pick and sell play apples. Other perennial favorites are the BodyWorks exhibit, with its amusingly graphic mock-ups of bodily functions; nimble kids can crawl through a huge heart to see how blood flows from one chamber to another. Toddler play spaces are well protected from the general flow of traffic.
929 E. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53202, USA414-390–5437Sight Details
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3. Charles Allis Art Museum
Museum/GalleryInside a Tudor-style house built in 1911, with stained-glass windows by Milwaukee Glass Company, this museum houses a stunning international collection of paintings and objets d'art, including works by major 19th- and 20th-century French and American painters.
1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53202, USA414-278–8295Sight Details
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4. Daniel M. Soref Planetarium
Museum/GalleryDaniel M. Soref Planetarium
800 W. Wells St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA414-278–2700Sight Details
Rate Includes: Museum $11, IMAX $8 ($10 feature films), Planetarium $8 -
5. Eisner American Museum of Advertising & Design
Museum/GalleryAdvertising is demystified through the museum's exhibits on psychographics, campaign development, and the impact of advertising on popular culture (and vice versa). The museum is in the Third Ward, a few blocks south of Downtown proper.
208 N. Water St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53202, USA414-847–3290Sight Details
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6. Harley-Davidson Museum
Museum/GalleryThe first Harley rumbled onto the road in 1903, riding a path to history and the hearts of millions of motorcycle enthusiasts. See that past rev to life in the exhibits of this fascinating and fun museum, showcasing more than 450 Harleys through the ages, including the Serial Number One, the oldest in existence. The "Custom Culture" gallery looks at some of the most creatively customized bikes of celebrities like Elvis Presley; the "Experience Gallery" gives visitors a chance to sit on a Harley; and "Imagination Station" is all about getting kids going HOG wild. The Motor Bar and Restaurant fuels appetites with all-American meals like burgers, wings and chili.
400 W. Canal St., , Downtown/Walker's Point, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201, USA877-436-8738Sight Details
Rate Includes: $16; children 5-17 $10; under 5 free with an adult; seniors 65 and up and military and students $12 -
7. Milwaukee Public Museum
Museum/GalleryConsidered among the best natural history museums in the country, this museum houses more than 6 million specimens and artifacts. One hallmark is the "Streets of Old Milwaukee," depicting the city in the 1890s. Cul-de-sacs showcase domestic settings representing the ethnic groups that have settled Milwaukee, such as Greek, Scandinavian, and German. At the candy shop, you can buy penny candy, stick candy, and other old-fashioned favorites. Explore the two-story rain forest, and examine the levels of tropical life from the ground to the treetops. "Third Planet," complete with full-size dinosaurs, lets visitors walk into the Earth's interior to learn about its history. Butterflies fly free in their own enclosed habitat, and visitors can walk among them. The museum also houses the Humphrey IMAX Dome Theater and the
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