Milwaukee Public Museum
Founded in 1882, this world-renowned natural history museum in downtown Milwaukee features more than six million artifacts and specimens throughout its 150,000 square feet of exhibit space. Themed galleries range from human history and anthropology to zoology, botany and paleontology. Visitors will enjoy venturing through a Costa Rican rainforest, taking a tropical trek through the two-story Puelicher Butterfly Wing accompanied by enchanting free-flying butterflies, or taking an autumn evening stroll down the brick-paved streets of a re-created gaslight-era Milwaukee neighborhood at The Streets of Old Milwaukee Exhibit. Museum goers also enjoy exploring the Third Planet Exhibit, home to the world's largest known dinosaur skull; the Daniel M. Soref Planetarium, the largest planetarium in Wisconsin; and the Humphrey IMAX Dome Theater, showing exhilarating films such as Everest and The Living Sea on a soaring 60-foot-tall screen.
The museum features galleries, lecture halls and an auditorium for private events and can accommodate groups of up to 3,500 guests. The Milwaukee Public Museum is open Monday through Saturday from 9 AM to 5 PM and Sunday from 10 AM to 6 PM. It is open during the summer, June 15 to September 30, Monday and Wednesday through Saturday from 9 AM to 4 PM and Sunday from 11 AM to 4 PM. General admission is $7 for children ages 3-17, $11 for adults, $7 for students and $9 for seniors ages 62 and older. Admission for children under 3 is free. For more information: 414-278-2702
