Milwaukee Public Museum

The Milwaukee Public Museum, a natural and human history museum located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The museum features exhibits on a wide range of topics, including dinosaurs, cultures, history, wildlife, planetarium, IMAX theater, and more. The Museum is well-known for its stunning and immersive dioramas, which feature detailed and lifelike depictions of various habitats, such as forests, wetlands, savannas, and more, as well as scenes from different time periods and cultures. The Butterfly Wing is home to a diverse collection of live butterflies. Visitors to the museum can walk through the Butterfly Wing and observe these colorful and graceful insects up close in a lush tropical environment. The Museum’s large butterfly collection showcases the diversity and delicate beauty of butterflies. Overall, the museum is a captivating glimpse into the natural world and human history. Enjoy your visit!

We had a great day on Sunday at the public museum! First time here and it didn’t disappoint. Loved the butterfly area, as well as the trolly/old Milwaukee area. We didn’t quite get to experience the 2nd and 3rd floor in depth, but if it’s anything like the 1st floor exhibits, I’m sure we’ll enjoy it the next time we’re here. We’ll be back!

Wow, this is an excellent natural history museum that kids will absolutely love! Very well done exhibits showcasing animals from all climates. There was a live butterfly exhibit with tons of butterflies all around. Also a civilization exhibit with Egyptian, Sumerian and other near east exhibits. Great job Milwaukee!

A truly impressive museum with a wealth of exhibits. Highly recommend allocating ample time to explore everything. The $1 coat check is a worthwhile convenience, sparing you from carrying coats. Enjoyed the 30-40min educational movie in the dome theater too.

The Milwaukee Public Museum sure lives up to its name of being a Museum! It's huge, even on busy days I'd be surprised if folks had problems moving around, not to mention NOT noticing how Fricken clean it is despite this size! In terms of service, everyone working there were pretty nice, helpful, and just good people! Exhibits wise....lord there is a lot to see, some might say TOO much really! I'd go into details on that, but for once? Look at the images and videos I put down! It's a great Museum and I'm kinda sad when I was there, apparently they aren't doing too well financially. I can only hope that changes soon because its a great Museum and one I could not recommend enough!

Pictures and videos are of the outside and inside of the Museum, and VARIOUS Exhibits inside it, butterfly enclosure included!

Amazing place, we spent about 3 hours there and still didn't get a chance to see it all. I want to make it back to this location before they build the new one and then compare the new and old. Excited for the growth but worried that some of the elements they have there will be hard to recreate.

HUGEEEE museum. Definitely get your money's worth if you explore it all. There are SEVERAL floors so don't be fooled and think you've explored it all if you've only been there for an hour or so. Keep taking the escalators up until you run out of up escalators. Have fun!

Such a great day trip!! The cost of the ticket is $25 per adult but you can easily spend the entire day walking through the exhibits & eating lunch at the cafe in the museum. Safe parking in the parking garage Next-door and direct access into the museum ground floor.

Walking through the live butterfly exhibit is a must!! Such a great experience!

Much more to do and explore than I thought. The butterfly experience was fun and it was entertaining for my pre toddler son. Teachers get in free and parking was easy underground right on site for $10

We had such a fun trip. We loved the butterfly exhibit. There were many great things to see and they did a great job upkeeping. The old streets of Milwaukee were so fun too!

Always a good time going to the museum. Went with a field trip today and the kids loved the butterfly exhibit, old world milwaukee and the t-rex.

Our Milwaukee Museum is a fascinating diaramic natural history museum. The displays and sound clips help visitors transport themselves to different times and places. The museum is so comprehensive with what is covered, you could make multiple visits and still find something new to learn about. I love the special exhibits that come through and entice return visits.

It's such a great place to be and experience amazing historical artifacts. The details and resources put to the museum is so amazing. It's a good place to visit.

This is the BEST museum I've ever been to. We decided to visit on a whim while exploring the city, and it exceeded our expectations! There's a big planetarium, a butterfly conservatory, areas for animals and nature, old-time stuff, different world cultures, and more. I could stay here for days. I want to come back.

Always a good time. We love visiting. The iMax show was lovely, the butterflies are so fun, and the old streets of Milwaukee are fascinating

The MPM is mid-century gem!! Part time-capsule, part science/field museum, and part theater, it's easy to get lost in the wonder. Came here on a Sunday afternoon. My absolute, hands-down favorite part of MPM is the streets of Old Milwaukee. There's so many cool display rooms to explore. I've been here probably a dozen times in my lifetime and here's proof you can discover something new each time! We found a taxidermy alley cat that was yowling based on a motion activated sensor!! So cool.

Note: Keep Calm and Press the Snake Button!!

A lovely morning showing pur visiting Costa Rican students around the Milwaukee Public Museum. Had to refuel at the barista bar with a Butter Cookie Latte and Almond delight!

It is one of the best places to visit with kids in Milwaukee. There are so many interesting things to see, from butterflies to old town to dianasores to Chrystals. It is a great place to educate your kids. Although I love Field Museum so much and this place has replicas in most cases, I think it was more fun for kids than field museums.

This museum is world class. Is heartbreaking that it will will close and downsize ina couple years. Go here asap and set aside a day at least to explore it. There is so much to see! 10/10! The historic city area was my favourite...it felt...like home.

This place is amazing! You wouldn't know it from the outside but this place is huge and has tons to offer.
We were there for hours and I guarantee we barely touched the surface of what there was to see.
Has something for everyone. The Crossroads of Civilization was fantastic. Don't think I've ever been that close to a real mummy before.
The Dinosaur exhibit was great as well. Definitely recommended and want to go back next time we visit.