Milwaukee Art Museum

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The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) is located on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Starting around 1872, multiple organizations were founded in order to bring an art gallery to Milwaukee, as the city was still a growing port town with little or no places to hold major art exhibitions. Over at least nine years, all attempts to build a major art gallery had failed. In 1881, exhibitions were held at Milwaukee's Exposition Hall, which was Milwaukee'... more
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Opened:

  • 1957

Building Function:

Architecture

Architect

Eero Saarinen

Eero Saarinen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈeːro ˈsaːrinen]) (August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish American architect and product designer of the 20th century famous for varying his style according to the demands of the project: simple, sweeping, arching structural curves or machine-like...

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Milwaukee Art Museum Address

700 N. Art Museum Drive
Milwaukee Wisconsin
United States of America

Type of museum:

Established:

  • 1888

Construction Started:

  • 1955

Structures Owned:

Structure Start Date
  • Dec 10, 1997
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Exhibitions at this venue:

Exhibition Opened on Closed on Admission fee? Sponsor
  • Feb 7, 2009
  • Apr 26, 2009
  • Yes
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