Find all the museums that are participating in Milwaukee Museum Days!

Full List at VisitMilwaukee.com.

• America’s Black Holocaust Museum

  • $5 Admission

    Please mention you are visiting as part of Milwaukee Museum Days at the front desk when you arrive to receive discounted admission.

    Stay tuned for a schedule of events and exhibits!

• Betty Brinn Children’s Museum

  • $10 Admission Mention Museum Days between January 23 and February 2 when purchasing tickets in person at the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum for a $10 per visitor rate. 

    The Museum’s hours of operation are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday-Monday. Closed on Tuesdays.

• Cedarburg Art Museum

  • Free Admission, Suggested $5.00 Donation

    Enjoy “A Vision for Cedarburg: The Legacy of Stephan Fischer” from January 18 through April 27, 2025.

• Harvey Davidson Museum

  • $10 Admission

    Online purchase (same-day sales allowed).

    The H-D Museum features an array of interactive exhibits, including the Experience Gallery, where guests can sit on the newest motorcycle models. The 20-acre campus is conveniently located in downtown Milwaukee with plenty of free parking. Two premium retail stores and unique riverfront dining at MOTOR Bar & Restaurant make every trip an epic adventure into the world of an American icon. 

    Redeemable: Thursday, Jan 23 – Monday, January 27, 2025 & Thursday, Jan 30 – Sunday, February 2, 2025. (Closed Tuesday & Wednesday) 

• Jewish Museum Milwaukee

  • $5 Admission

    Redeem at Museum’s Front Desk.

    The last day to see the special exhibit Against the Grain: The Remarkable Life of Artist Bernard Perlin is Sunday, January 26!

    Bernard Perlin was a minority, outsider, gay man, and pursuer of truth, beauty, and justice. Born to Russian Jewish immigrants in 1918, artist-activist Perlin was a talented painter, illustrator, war artist-correspondent, and photographer, who tackled stylistic genres, the horrors of WWII, issues of social justice, and homosexuality with conviction and bravery.

• Lynden Sculpture Garden

  • Free Admission

    The Haggerty Museum of Art is always free.

    Exhibition on view:

    “Parallel Play: The Art of Science and the Science of Art”

    “Parallel Play” was created as an integral component of Marquette’s Biology class, “Creative Problem Solving”. This cross-disciplinary course teaches STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) students to embrace divergent thinking as a path to innovative problem-solving. Through art-based activities and small group interactions with artists and STEM faculty, the class emphasizes the similarities between the creative processes of scientists and artists. The class is team-taught by Dr. Deanna Arble, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences and Lynne Shumow, Curator for Academic Engagement, at Haggerty Museum of Art.

    Featuring work from Haggerty’s permanent collection, “Parallel Play” is divided into four sections that coincide with the scientific method clarify, ideate, develop, and implement. Through the exhibited art pieces, connections will be made between the work of artists and scientists with a special emphasis on the essential elements of scientific research rejection, revision, and the formulation of new ideas. “Parallel Play” aims to demystify the process of innovation across disciplines and to illuminate the multiple routes of discovery and interpretation that art has to offer.

• Milwaukee Art Museum

  • $10 Admission

    Redeem: In-person at the main entrance of Windhover Hall; admissions desks.

    Robert Longo: The Acceleration of History features the work of internationally acclaimed artist Robert Longo, who creates ambitiously scaled, hyperrealistic charcoal drawings that reflect the construction of symbols of power and authority. 

    Drawn from the Museum’s collection, True Story: Photography, Journalism, and Media explores ways that photographers and artists have understood and wielded the power of images to convey the events of our world. 

    Light and Shadow presents mezzotint prints produced by John Constable with David Lucas based on some of his oil sketches, watercolors, and drawings, demonstrating the chiaroscuro of nature.

    Drawn from the Museum’s collection, Farm to Frame is a Layton Art Collection Focus Exhibition that reflects agriculture’s vital role in shaping Wisconsin’s economy, culture, and artistic production. 

    On-Site: Derrick Adams features a multimedia mural and sculptural installation the artist made specifically for the Museum’s East End, on commission. Inspired by Victor Hugo Green’s The Negro Motorist Green Book (published 1936-66), Adams celebrates the rituals of everyday Black life and leisure.

    Museum Hours: 
    Wednesday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.  
    Thursday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m. 
    Friday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. 

• Milwaukee of Beer and Brewing

  • Free Admission

    Free to anyone at the door – Donations accepted.

    Enjoy galleries and exhibits of the Beer and Brewing Hall of Fame, Milwaukee industrialist’s contribution to the brewing culture.

• Milwaukee Public Museum

  • Bonus Onsite Learning
    Weekdays January 23-31, 2025
    10 a.m. – noon, 1-3 p.m.

    Join MPM Educators throughout the exhibit floors and try your hand as a museum professional! Do you want to be a lepidopterist and look up close at butterflies and moths? Will you channel your inner paleontologist for our fossil challenge? Maybe you’ll practice your archaeology as we talk about how to tell apart and study different objects… The choice is yours!

  • Deck the Streets and Village
    January 23-26, 2025
    Experience what the holiday season would have looked like at the turn of the 20th century when you stroll through the decorated Streets of Old Milwaukee and European Village exhibits.

    Located on MPM’s First Floor.

  • CANstruction Milwaukee Kickoff Weekend
    February 1-2, 2025
    On Saturday, February 1, observe more than two dozen teams of local leaders in architecture, engineering, and construction carefully assemble their sculptures made of canned and non-perishable food items as part of the CANstruction Milwaukee exhibition at MPM. This year’s theme is “WisCANsin.” On Sunday, February 2, view the fully assembled colorful and creative sculptures—each made of at least 1,000 canned and non-perishable food items!

    Located in the Steigleder Special Exhibits Gallery on MPM’s Second Floor.

• National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum

  • $5 Admission

    It will be the standard rate for all visitors during those days. 

    We will not have a special exhibit or programming, but visitors will still be able to see the world’s largest collection of bobbleheads!

• North Point Lighthouse Museum

  • $5 Admission

    All entrants to the museum would pay $5 admission on the days during Milwaukee Museum Week that we are normally open to the public, which would be January 25/26 and February 1/2 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Active military and children under 4 are free.

    Children and adults can tour the museum gallery (docents will be on duty to give tours if desired), climb the tower and browse the gift shop. A take-home craft or worksheet will be available for school-aged children. See our newest addition to the gallery, an interactive, educational touch table!

• Pabst Museum

  • $10 Admission

    Redeem: In-person at the main entrance of Windhover Hall; admissions desks.

    Robert Longo: The Acceleration of History features the work of internationally acclaimed artist Robert Longo, who creates ambitiously scaled, hyperrealistic charcoal drawings that reflect the construction of symbols of power and authority. 

    Drawn from the Museum’s collection, True Story: Photography, Journalism, and Media explores ways that photographers and artists have understood and wielded the power of images to convey the events of our world. 

    Light and Shadow presents mezzotint prints produced by John Constable with David Lucas based on some of his oil sketches, watercolors, and drawings, demonstrating the chiaroscuro of nature.

    Drawn from the Museum’s collection, Farm to Frame is a Layton Art Collection Focus Exhibition that reflects agriculture’s vital role in shaping Wisconsin’s economy, culture, and artistic production. 

    On-Site: Derrick Adams features a multimedia mural and sculptural installation the artist made specifically for the Museum’s East End, on commission. Inspired by Victor Hugo Green’s The Negro Motorist Green Book (published 1936-66), Adams celebrates the rituals of everyday Black life and leisure.

    Museum Hours: 
    Wednesday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.  
    Thursday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m. 
    Friday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

• Racine Art Museum

  • Free Admission

    All visitors during this time will automatically receive free admission.

    The Racine Art Museum in downtown Racine is home to the largest contemporary craft collection in North America, and many examples from these holdings will be on display during Milwaukee Museum Days 2025. Please note that the museum’s largest gallery will be undergoing an exhibition changeover at this time, so approximately half the museum will be unviewable.

    Discover works from the site of a significant textile industry that challenge technique, construction, and material limits in Collection Focus: Polish Fiber.

    Consider the power of storytelling in photographic imagery as artists of color address social, cultural, and personal issues, including identity, the environment, community, history, and the every day in RAM Showcase: Storytellers Narrative Photography from Artists of Color.

    Re-examine your understanding of jewelry through pieces made from found objects and repurposed materials originally intended for use other than adornment in Zero Waste: Jewelry.

    Take a second (or third) look at still-life sculptures that are not what they seem in Fool Me Once: The Trompe L’oeil Sculpture of Karen Dahl and James Doran.

    RAM’s Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, the original of the organization’s two campuses, is located just two miles from RAM and offers a complimentary experience. Wustum is home to RAM’s diverse art education program including studio art classes and outreach initiatives like RAM on the Road and the SPARK! Memory loss engagement program and locally and regionally focused exhibitions like Watercolor Wisconsin 2024, featuring work by nearly 70 artists from across the state through April 19, 2025. Best of all, Wustum admission is always free!

• Villa Terrace Art Musuem

  • $10 Admission

    $10 admission is available to everyone during Milwaukee Museum Days 2025.

    Exploring how artists challenge oppressive systems and create connections with communities, themselves, and the Earth, “Disrupting Ecologies” features artists Lois Bielefeld, Vanessa Filley, Tanya Gill, Rita Grendze, Tulika Ladsariya, Nirmal Raja, and Marenza Ziejka.

• Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum 

  • $5 Admission

    Price can be redeemed by anyone visiting the museum during Museum Days.

    The WCHSM will highlight Les Paul � throughout museum week we will provide visitors with docent lead tours and access to hands-on activities – Les Paulverizer and the Log.

    Our curator will also host two sessions sharing the exhibit creation process in our new Waukesha Springs exhibit.

• Wisconsin Black Historical Society

  • $5 Admission

    Call 414 372-7677 or email: BensonClayborn@gmail.com

    Current Exhibit : Black Cross Nurses

• Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts

  • $5 Admission

    No coupon is necessary. Ask for the Museum Days rate when purchasing tickets.

    WMQFA will have two exhibits in our gallery: 

    Shin-hee Chin: Rootedness presents the work of decorated fiber and mixed-media artist Shin-hee Chin. Her art is a rich tapestry woven from diverse influences, including feminist traditions, Christian spirituality, and Eastern philosophy. This unique blend forms a coherent narrative addressing the complex issues of the female body, procreation and motherhood, mother tongue, cultural identity, cultural hybridity, and a sense of belonging. 

    Paula Nadelstern: Kaleidoscope Quilts. Nadelstern is internationally acclaimed for her innovative and complex quilt designs inspired by the bilateral symmetry of kaleidoscopic images. Her kaleidoscopic designs burst with visual dynamism as she artfully arranges an abundance of light, color, form, and motion into a rich and cohesive picture.