Editing Milwaukee (section)

===Museums===
[[File:Milwaukee Art Museum Quadracci Pavilion 2016.jpg|thumb|[[Milwaukee Art Museum]]]]

The [[Milwaukee Art Museum]] is perhaps Milwaukee's most visually prominent cultural attraction, especially its $100&nbsp;million wing designed by [[Santiago Calatrava]] in his first American commission.<ref name="Museum Info">{{cite web|url=http://www.mam.org/info/details/calatrava.php|publisher=Milwaukee Art Museum|title=Museum Info: Santiago Calatrava|access-date=October 16, 2008|archive-date=November 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103074257/http://www.mam.org/info/details/calatrava.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> The museum includes a ''brise soleil'', a moving sunscreen that unfolds similarly to the wing of a bird. The [[Grohmann Museum]] at the [[Milwaukee School of Engineering]] contains the world's most comprehensive art collection dedicated to the evolution of human work.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aG6yi_2T5CQC&q=world's+most+comprehensive+art+collection+dedicated+to+the+evolution+of+human+work&pg=PT261|title=Cool Colleges 101: The Midwestern Region of the United States: Part II of IV|last=Peterson's|date=October 15, 2011|publisher=Peterson's|isbn=9780768935707|language=en}}</ref> [[Haggerty Museum of Art]] on the Marquette University campus houses several classical masterpieces and is open to the public. The [[Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum]] is the former home of Lloyd Smith, president of the [[A.O. Smith]] corporation, and has a terraced garden, an assortment of Renaissance art, and rotating exhibits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villaterracemuseum.org/about.html|title=Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum|website=Villaterracemuseum.org|access-date=August 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805172951/http://www.villaterracemuseum.org/about.html|archive-date=August 5, 2016|url-status=usurped}}</ref> [[Charles Allis Art Museum]], in the Tudor-style mansion of Charles Allis, hosts several changing exhibits every year in the building's original antique furnished setting.

The [[Milwaukee Public Museum]] has been Milwaukee's primary [[natural history]] and [[history|human history]] museum for 125 years, with over {{convert|150000|sqft|m2}} of permanent exhibits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mpm.edu/plan-visit/exhibitions/permanent-exhibits|title=Permanent Exhibits|publisher=Milwaukee Public Museum|access-date=January 23, 2018}}</ref> Exhibits feature Africa, Europe, the Arctic, Oceania, and South and Middle America, ancient Western civilizations, dinosaurs, the tropical rainforest, streets of Old Milwaukee, a European Village, live insects and arthropods, a [[Samson (gorilla)|Samson gorilla]] replica, the Puelicher Butterfly Wing, hands-on laboratories, and animatronics. The museum also contains an [[IMAX]] movie theater/planetarium. Milwaukee Public Museum owns the world's largest dinosaur skull.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://journaltimes.com/news/new-dinosaur-exhibit-to-open-in-milwaukee/article_a0bfc5c9-032e-5555-9137-cde4615e6119.html|title=New dinosaur exhibit to open in Milwaukee|last=By|work=Journal Times|access-date=February 28, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

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[[Discovery World (museum)|Discovery World]], Milwaukee's largest museum dedicated to science, is just south of the Milwaukee Art Museum along the lakefront. Visitors are drawn by its interactive exhibits, saltwater and freshwater aquariums, as well as touch tanks and digital theaters. A [[double helix staircase]] wraps around the {{convert|40|ft|m|adj=on}} kinetic sculpture of a human genome. The S/V Dennis Sullivan Schooner Ship docked at Discovery World is the world's only re-creation of an 1880s-era three-masted vessel and the first schooner to be built in Milwaukee in over 100 years. It teaches visitors about the Great Lakes and Wisconsin's maritime history. [[Betty Brinn Children's Museum]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbcmkids.org|title=bbcmkids.org|publisher=bbcmkids.org|access-date=July 28, 2013}}</ref> is geared toward children under ten years of age and is filled with hands-on exhibits and interactive programs, offering families a chance to learn together. Voted one of the top ten museums for children by [[Parents Magazine]], it exemplifies the philosophy that constructive play nurtures the mind.

[[Pabst Mansion]] was built in 1892 by beer tycoon [[Frederick Pabst]] and was once considered the jewel of Milwaukee's famous avenue of mansions called the "Grand Avenue". Interior rooms have been restored with period furniture, to create an authentic replica of a Victorian Mansion. The [[Milwaukee County Historical Society]] features Milwaukee during the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, including a research library. The Wisconsin Black Historical Society documents and preserves the historical heritage of African descent in Wisconsin, exhibiting collecting and disseminating materials depicting this heritage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wbhsm.homestead.com/home.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210222239/http://wbhsm.homestead.com/home.html|archive-date=February 10, 2012|title=Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum – African American Heritage and Culture Resource}}</ref> [[America's Black Holocaust Museum]], founded by [[lynching]] survivor [[James Cameron (civil-rights activist)|James Cameron]], featured exhibits which chronicle the injustices suffered throughout history by African Americans in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackholocaustmuseum.org|title=de beste bron van informatie over blackholocaustmuseum. Deze website is te koop!|publisher=blackholocaustmuseum.org|access-date=September 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908233903/http://www.blackholocaustmuseum.org/|archive-date=September 8, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=America's Black Holocaust Museum reopens at online site|url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/americas-black-holocaust-museum-reopens-at-online-site-794eb86-141381653.html|access-date=February 9, 2015|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=March 4, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abhmuseum.org/|title=America's Black Holocaust Museum {{!}} Bringing Our History To Light|website=abhmuseum.org|language=en-US|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> The [[Jewish Museum Milwaukee]] is dedicated to preserving and presenting the history of the Jewish people in southeastern Wisconsin and celebrating the continuum of Jewish heritage and culture.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishmuseummilwaukee.org/|title=Preserving our Jewish heritage for future generations – JMM|date=March 27, 2020}}</ref>

The [[Harley-Davidson Museum]], opened in 2008, pays tribute to [[Harley-Davidson]] motorcycles. The [[Mitchell Gallery of Flight]] at [[Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport]] exhibits Milwaukee's [[aviation]] history.