Milwaukee Art Museum

The Milwaukee Art Museum, on the shore of Lake Michigan, is Wisconsin’s largest art museum, with nearly 35,000 works spanning antiquity to the present and notable strengths in decorative arts, German art, folk and Haitian art, and works by Georgia O’Keeffe. It grew from the Layton Art Gallery and the Milwaukee Art Institute, both founded in 1888, merged in 1955, and took its current name in 1980. Its lakefront complex became a landmark through major additions, especially Santiago Calatrava’s 2001 Quadracci Pavilion with its movable wing-like brise soleil. Gifts, partnerships, and later expansions broadened both its collections and research resources.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin · United States