Milwaukee Museum of Art is one of the most prestigious institutes of cultural importance, known for its milieu of the intellectual class and rich patrons since the Victorian days. The cultural political and social lives of Wisconsin and the surrounding areas are on display through various exhibitions like the Winterthur Collection. The exhibition was held between May and the first week of September in 2010. The Museum is also one of the best hangouts for families, as they get the special weekends with various interesting things for everyone to learn in art.

One of the latest exhibitions that is already on includes the collection of masterpieces, and is titled Intimate Images of Love and Loss: Portrait Miniatures. The exhibition is featuring works from Europe and America, mainly small-scale portraits with exquisite detail and touch of the best artists. The demand for miniature portraits has been reported to skyrocket over the period of display at this Museum.

Other events on at the Museum include Art in Clay, being held from the first week of September until mid January 2011. The exhibition is featuring works from North Carolina's earthenware enterprises. October is the finest time to visit Milwaukee before the temperatures dip too low, and guess what - an auction of Contemporary Art is scheduled on October 23rd, 2010, 6 pm.

The Museum receives more than 300,000 visitors every year. With 20,000 art exhibits for everyone to learn from, the facility also houses some of the most important attractions of historical and architectural importance. War Memorial Center, Quadracci Pavilion and the museum's collection of ancient works of art make it one of the top rated tourist destination. The place remains closed on Sundays and is usually open between 10 am and 5 pm.

The iconic conglomeration of structures in the Milwaukee Art Museum has become one of the most costly resources of the state. Children enjoy the 20,000 art works which has been over a period of 120 years.

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The Milwaukee Art Museum constitutes of 4 floors which features a total of 40 galleries. The rotating selections includes extensive collections of photographs, paintings, decorative arts, drawings, sculpture, folk, prints, and self taught arts of the American artists of 17th to 21st century and European artists from 15th to the 21st century.

Children seem to enjoy collection of the American artistic decorative items, Haitian art, German Expressionism, folk art, the American art after the 60s constitute some of the best collections.

There are huge collections of native Georgia O'Keeffe, Wisconsin, and Sun Prairie. Milwaukee Art Museum is popular for featuring constant revolution of the extraordinary itinerant exhibitions.

The total area covered by the Milwaukee Art Museum is about 341,000 square feet. In the museum is included War Memorial Center of the 50s created by Eero Saarinen, the Finnish-American designer, Kahler Building of 75 by David Kahler, the Quadracci Pavilion which contains wing-like protrusions, the Burke Brise Soleil on the huge roof. This was the creation of Santiago Calatrava a Spanish architect. The work was completed in the year 2001.

Brise soleil is the prominent symbol of the city Milwaukee. The gallery devoted to the temporary exhibits, the store of the museum as well as the Cafe Calatrava famous restaurant. Visit to the museum is a must if you want your kids to bring back home wonderful memories.

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